Stanford in Santiago

New Offering: Santiago to Offer Winter Quarter Study Away
Beginning in the 2026–27 academic year (starting Winter Quarter 2027), BOSP’s Santiago program will be offered during Winter Quarter. This change gives students a more immersive, quarter-length study away experience with deeper academic and community engagement. We encourage you to plan ahead and take the following next steps:  Meet with your UAD to review eligibility and course fit, book an appointment with the BOSP Santiago Program Advisor for program and application guidance, and speak with Santiago Student Ambassadors to learn about academics, daily life, and the student experience away.

The Santiago program offers students a unique encounter with the vibrant culture of Latin America. Students may choose from a variety of courses that explore relevant topics in the region including economic development, the environment, climate change, sustainability, literature and artistic expression.
 

Spend a quarter in Chile, a vibrant living lab to study biodiversity loss in Patagonia, sustainable cities in Santiago, reproductive rights and public policy in real time, or accelerate your Spanish to fluency through immersive coursework and internships.

Home to the Atacama—the driest desert on Earth—and nearly 70% of the world’s ground-based astronomical observation capacity, Chile is a global epicenter for space science, engineering, and big data. It is also a country where climate adaptation, water governance, mining innovation, seismic resilience, and demographic aging are unfolding in real time. In just a couple of hours, you can be skiing in the Andes or swimming in the Pacific, experiencing extreme geography alongside the systems that shape societies.

Small classes, field-based learning, and direct engagement with scientists, policymakers, communities, and industry leaders make this a rigorous, research-informed, experiential, and transformative Stanford quarter. Don’t just study the world. Engage it.

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