Welcome  to Cabrillo's
Study Abroad Program!

Cabrillo College is one of the pioneer community colleges in California to offer (for transfer credit) intensive language/culture study programs abroad beginning in 1972. Our first program to Zacatecas, Mexico was so successful, it enrolled 74 students. Since then, the Department of Foreign Languages has conducted many of these programs abroad for credit, including Europe, the Spanish speaking Americas, as well as Puerto Rico. The philosophy behind study abroad is to provide a unique language learning environment by living in the country where the language is spoken, provide small classes (6-8 students), and live in the home of a local family.

Planning is now underway to offer full-semester programs in different parts of the world, but for now we hope you will soon have the opportunity to participate in one of our four-week sessions abroad in January and/or summer of each year.

Check out new location photos on each trip's page!

Comments from past participants:

“Living and studying Spanish in Mexico for just four weeks was a life-changing experience for me. I now want to continue my education, because I have a lot more focus and interest.”

“This experience opened my eyes to see the world with a much wider lens.”

“I wish I had participated in a study abroad program when I first began to study a foreign language.”

To learn more about current and past programs, please use the links above or to the right.

The general release form that needs to be filled out by every student participating in all trips and turned in to the BELA Division office in room 501 can be downloaded here.

To see a powerpoint of recent Cabrillo Study Travel trips, click here.