SIT has been educating passionate, social-minded professionals for intercultural and international careers for more than fifty years. SIT is a nonprofit, accredited graduate school with a unique and distinguished history.
School for International Training was officially established in 1964. However, its roots date back to 1932 when Dr. Donald Watt founded The Experiment in International Living, which aims to improve understanding across cultures and nations by sending US students abroad to live with families in their communities in order to expand their worldviews.
Education
School for International Training is a U.S.-accredited global institution with learning centers in more than 30 countries worldwide. Faculty are accomplished scholar-practitioners who live and work in the regions where programs take place, bringing real-time global expertise directly into the learning experience. Through site visits and applied projects, students gain firsthand insight into the forces shaping their fields. Graduates leave equipped with practical skills, global insight, and lasting professional relationships—joining a worldwide alumni network advancing meaningful work across sectors and regions.
Research
SIT fulfills its mission by offering transformative reflective learning and research experiences that prepare agents of change to work across cultures and communities for the mutual benefit of all.
Career
SIT offers a variety of services to help students explore their career options, develop their professional networks, build their job seeker skills, and connect them with internship and job opportunities.
Top reasons to study here
SIT develops our programs within a framework of the most critical global issues of the day
SIT academic programs are designed to engage students in this process of learning, supporting and challenging them as they develop the knowledge, skills.
SIT Study Abroad offers more than 80 accredited field-based semester and summer study abroad programs in more than 40 countries worldwide.
School for International TrainingKey Statistics & Highlights
1 Courses
75Academic Staff
Private Institution Type
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Medical services
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