Atacama Highlands

Student Experiences

Paris, France
Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art

My name is Adelaide Madary, and I am a sophomore majoring in international relations and French literature.
This past summer, I spent six weeks in Paris as an intern at the Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art (INHA), which is an art history…

Guayaquil, Ecuador
Paz y Esperanza

Over the summer, I spent 10 weeks serving in Guayaquil, Ecuador with an organization called Paz y Esperanza (Peace and Hope). Paz y Esperanza promotes human rights in Ecuador and works specifically in vulnerable neighborhoods of Guayaquil, which…

Sydney, Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales

My name is Breanna Sandoval, and I am part of the class of 2023 studying product design. This past summer, I worked with the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. My experience at the art gallery was truly life changing and one I…

Riga, Latvia
HackMotion

My name is Connor Rokos, and I'm a co-terminal student getting my master's in communication with an undergraduate degree in political science. Thank you so much for the opportunity to be able to be able to work abroad for HackMotion in Riga,…

Tartu, Estonia
University of Tartu

My name is Danielle Healy, and I am a senior majoring in international relations and minoring in Russian language. In the summer of 2022, I worked at the University of Tartu in Tartu, Estonia.

During the internship, I engaged in social…

Tartu, Estonia
University of Tartu

My name is Estelle Ciesla, and I am a master’s student in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at Stanford. For the past eight weeks, I have been working at the University of Tartu. During those eight weeks I have discovered much about a…

Brussels, Belgium
Bruegel

My name is Ezra. I am a second-year economics major, and this summer I had the privilege to intern at a Brussels-based think tank called Bruegel. There, I formed meaningful relationships with my colleagues, who all hailed from different parts of…

Seoul, South Korea
Simone

I spent this summer working at Simone, a handbag company in South Korea. I was asked to brainstorm new ideas for bag designs, help other employees find leather in the leather basement, and take photos of current products. I learned a lot about…

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Post-Conflict Research Centre

Many thanks for your support, which allowed me to have an experience of a lifetime. I am a rising junior studying classics and international relations and had the opportunity through Stanford Global Studies to intern at the Post-Conflict Research…

Tallinn, Estonia
AI & Robotics Estonia

I want to express my gratitude to the fullest extent to you for making the experience I had this summer possible. It was one of the most enriching three months of my life. All of a sudden, I was dropped into a foreign country, on my own…

Paris, France
Gagosian Gallery

This summer I worked at the Gagosian Gallery in Paris. Not only was it amazing to live and work in Paris and practice my French, but I was also able to work for one of the top art galleries in the world! I learned so much about the art world,…

Brussels, Belgium
Renew Europe

 

I am a junior majoring in international relations, and this past summer I worked at the Renew Europe political party at the European Parliament, located in Brussels, Belgium. I thoroughly enjoyed my experience that this internship…

Sydney, Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales

My name is Jeanette Chen, and I'm in the class of '23 studying mechanical engineering with a concentration in product realization. This past summer, I've been fortunate enough to live in Sydney, Australia, working with the Art Gallery of New…

Taipei, Taiwan
Yuan Ru Gallery

 

I am a first-year master's student at Stanford's Center for East Asian Studies, focusing on Taiwan and Taiwanese literature. I was an intern for the Yuan Ru Art Gallery. While originally, I had planned to do my internship in Taiwan,…

Montpellier, France
LIRMM, University of Montpellier

Thank you so much for your support in helping me participate in this internship. I had one of the most fantastic and fulfilling summers of my life, where I was able to live in an incredibly gorgeous city (Montpellier) while still performing…