ISEP Direct Chile website
Advisor/Important notes:
- Direct Enroll Programs offer students an immersive academic and social experience as they directly enroll in a local University in their Host country! Students learn in a diverse classroom with degree seeking and fellow global study students from all over the world, and have opportunities to choose from a wide array of courses. Students love engaging with the local campus and the opportunities to join student clubs and organizations. These programs oftentimes offer more STEM courses in comparison to our Hybrid/Group programs through our affiliated study abroad providers. Most direct enrollment programs allow students to live in shared apartments with other university students, but a few have host family options.
- Spanish majors/minors must meet with faculty in the Spanish Department prior to choosing a program.
- Offers something for everyone!
- 1 semester of spanish required prior to semester here, though this is not too strict (mainly for the purpose of talking with locals and getting more involved in the community)
- Offers good courses taught in English
- Courses appear good for BOM, ES, Peace & Justice, LACLS, Spanish. Sociology.
- Housing in Homestay
- families are committed to integrating student as a family member
- students will have kitchen access, laundry, internet, 3 meals/day
- most dietary restrictions can be accommodated
- volunteer opportunities here!
- Students should contact the specific ISEP Student Services Officer (SSO) for this program with any questions they may have about the program, application process, visa process, course registration, etc. The SSO can be found on the program’s ISEP webpage.
Who to contact:
- ISEP Program Contact Information - Find the ISEP Student Services Officer (SSO) on the ISEP Program Webpage. As of Summer 2024, the SSO is Kira Hakanson (KHakanson@isep.org)
- Contact a returned Gettysburg student
Program Highlights:
- Experience the unique culture of Chile’s second largest city: Valparaíso, a UNESCO world heritage site filled with world-renown coastlines, street art, and hillside elevator systems.
- Enhance your language proficiency by living in a homestay while taking classes taught in Spanish alongside local students.
- Engage with an inclusive campus environment that offers learning support, and resources to accompany underrepresented students.
- Deepen your fluency in Spanish and broaden your understanding of Chilean life by taking language and culture classes, or directly enroll in an expansive number of classes spanning a broad range of academic fields.