Short-Term Applications

Tufts Global Education currently offers a small catalog of short-term programs: 

Summer: 

• Data and Computer Sciences and Italian in Pavia, Italy Apply to Pavia, Italy - Summer
• Global Public Health and Indigenous Communities in Santiago, Chile  Apply to Santiago, Chile - Summer

In addition to submitting an application directly to the program provider, Tufts students are required to register each short-term study abroad program they apply to with Tufts Global Education. You will be required to register each program for which you request TGE’s assistance. We encourage you to thoroughly research your options to find a program that best suits your needs and avoid applying to multiple short-term programs during the same term (unless you plan to attend two separate programs in sequential order). We also recommend submitting your application well in advance of the deadline as many summer program application deadlines fall within the same timeframe as final exams. 

By registering your short-term program, you will: 

1. receive institutional support for your external application;
2. be eligible to transfer credit earned on the program back to Tufts University; and 
3. have access to Tufts' global assistance provider, which provides Tufts University travelers with health care and medical and security assistance services worldwide 24 hours a day.  

Please be sure to review Tufts academic and transfer of credit policies, as well as our financial considerations page, which includes information on various funding opportunities for study abroad.

Academic Policies Funding Opportunities 

Register a Short-Term Program

To register a program:  

1. Log in to the Tufts Global Education portal at globalopportunities.tufts.edu with your Tufts ID.
2. Search for the appropriate short-term application (Independent Summer Study or Independent Winter Study) for the term in which you wish to go abroad.  
   Note: You are not applying to a short-term program by selecting this option, but registering your program with Tufts Global Education. Unfortunately, the online portal does not allow us to update this verbiage.  
3. Enter the information requested, including program name, a link to their website, start and end dates, and program contact information.  
   Note: You will be required to register each program for which you request TGE’s assistance. We encourage you to thoroughly research your options to find a program that best suits your needs and avoid applying to multiple short-term programs during the same term (unless you plan to attend two separate programs in sequential order). We also recommend submitting your application well in advance of the deadline as many summer program application deadlines fall within the same timeframe as final exams.  

Request Tufts Global Education Support with External Applications

As part of the application process, many programs will request a home school authorization form to confirm that you are in good academic and disciplinary standing and whether courses on the program are eligible for transfer credit.  

• For online forms: List Aliki Karagiannis (Aliki.Karagiannis@tufts.edu), Assistant Director, as your institutional contact. This should prompt the program’s application system to send us the form directly.  
• For PDF or paper forms: Email to globaleducation@tufts.edu for completion. Please fill out your portion of the form before emailing it to TGE as we cannot sign blank documents.   

Tufts Global Education requires a minimum of two weeks to complete the home school authorization form; the form cannot be signed until a community standards check has been completed. Additionally, we will not be able to submit the form if you have not yet registered your program in the TGE application portal.