Faculty-Led Study Abroad
Explore the World with Faculty-Led Study Abroad Program
The Faculty-Led Study Abroad Program offers short-term study abroad programs to allow UM-Flint students to experience the world. These global learning trips allow students to travel with their peers and faculty leaders and provide them with the academic experience of the destinations’ cultures, customs, and histories.
The deadline to submit the completed and approved application for the Faculty-Led Short-Term Study Abroad Program for the academic year 2026-27 is February 6, 2026. Please complete the online InfoReady application. If you have any questions or require additional resources, please contact Zachariah Mathew at zmathew@umich.edu.
Benefits of Faculty-Led Programs
For faculty:
- Significantly enhances one’s teaching, research, and service.
- Provides global competence which can then be passed on to students.
- Allows connecting with students in a more meaningful way as opposed to large lecture-style courses.
- Adds experiential learning objectives to your courses.
- Provides a fully supported method for one to travel and conduct academic work abroad.
For students:
- Classes are taught by UM-Flint faculty.
- Students earn credit toward their major, minor or degree program.
- Programs are pre-planned and structured.
- Programs are sponsored by UM-Flint departments/schools/colleges.
- Students have the opportunity to build strong connections with UM-Flint faculty members.
For more information regarding Faculty-Led Study Abroad, please contact Zachariah Mathew at zmathew@umich.edu.
2027 Faculty-Led Education Abroad Programs
The following programs will be offered to UM-Flint students in 2027. Express your interest here to receive email updates about upcoming information sessions and when applications open!
Summer Course and Travel | Service Learning In Kenya
This service learning course offers undergraduate and graduate students a transformative education experience in Kenya with a central focus on healthcare, education, and global engagement. Designed to deepen understanding of health disparities and educational inequities, the course integrates academic learning with community-based experiences that emphasize the social determinants of health and the role of education in health promotion.
Summer Course and Travel | Design Thinking In Japan
Students experience firsthand the culture and business practices of Japan, see how various organizations operating in the traditional and modern arts spaces do business in a fast-paced and changing environment, and work on developing their own sense of aesthetics. Students have the opportunity to exchange ideas with arts and business professionals in Tokyo and other parts of Japan.
Winter Course and Summer Travel | Place-Based Learning In India
A unique opportunity to explore the intersections of education, culture, and social justice in India is available to undergraduate education and social work students. This two-part experience begins in an Ashram in rural Karnataka where students assist in teaching ESL and basic computer skills. The second half of the program takes place in Bangalore where students learn about community-based initiatives addressing poverty, child welfare, and educational access.
Winter Course and Summer Travel | Holocaust And Genocide: The Rwandan Experience
In this course, students theorize and understand genocide and mass violence at an intellectual level before traveling to Rwanda to learn first-hand the lived experience of genocide. Students will see how Rwanda has healed and rebuilt itself after the Genocide against the Tutsi in the 1990s and explore a modern, urbanized, developed, forward-looking African country.