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Get on the ground field experience while completing your master's degree.

Experiential programs equip you with the real-world strategies, field experience, and the intercultural skills sought after in global leaders.

SIT offers internationally focused, full-time and low-residency programs in International Education, Peacebuilding/Conflict Transformation, Sustainable Development, Social Justice, Intercultural Relations, TESOL.

The SIT global network enables limitless professional opportunities during, and following, the course of study. Alumni and partners are engaged in creating, leading, and developing social justice, educational, and international development organizations around the world.

Our Mission
SIT Graduate Institute prepares students to be interculturally effective leaders, professionals, and citizens. In so doing, SIT fosters a worldwide network of individuals and organizations committed to responsible global citizenship. SIT fulfills this mission with field-based academic study abroad programs for undergraduates and accredited master’s degrees and certificate programs for graduates and professionals.

Azi (Azhar) Hussain
Rutgers University

SIT Graduate Institute alum, Azhar (Azi) Hussain, applies insights from his graduate studies for establishing understanding and peace in Muslim communities in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

"Attending SIT was a transformational experience for me…I learned to give meaning and action to all the good that I wanted to do."

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Noah Baker Merrill

In one evening, Noah Baker Merrill, SIT Graduate Institute student, went from being an outside observer of the Iraq war to someone deeply involved in ensuring a better future for the country's people.

"The future of Iraq is going to depend on whether there is a vibrant civil society."

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Rebecca Johnson
University of Rhode Island

During her time with SIT Study Abroad and SIT Graduate Institute, Rebecca Johnson gained firsthand experience campaigning against human trafficking. Now, she's earned a much coveted Polaris Project Fellowship, allowing her to follow her professional passion.

"I couldn't have gotten here without the experiences, knowledge, and practitioner skills I gained from SIT."

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Julia Fisher

Julia Fisher, SIT Graduate Institute, breaks down stereotypes and gains a deeper understanding of her own assumptions during an off-campus course in Mexico.

"The flexibility and support to investigate our own interests in San Miguel allowed each of us to make the experience our own."

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Michel-Ange Jerome

SIT graduate Michel-Ange Jerome was teaching English in Haiti when he felt the ground shake unexpectedly. Since then he plans to use his teaching skills to help rebuild his country.

"I love my country, and I would like to serve it as much and as long as I can."

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