Program highlights for Montevideo, Uruguay

• Experience a unique opportunity to explore the Rio de la Plata region of Uruguay and Argentina with its Spanish, Italian and African cultural influences. Live in a city with political, financial, and economic stability that is consistently rated as having the highest quality of life in Latin America.
• Take courses in Spanish language, Latin American studies, gender studies, and more at one of the most influential universities in the country, Universidad ORT.
• Discover some of the most beautiful places in South America on the optional tours: lively Buenos Aires, breathtaking Patagonia, and one of the new seven wonders of the world, Iguaçu Falls.
• Enjoy the thriving cultural scene of Montevideo, with tango, carnival, ferias, live shows and theatre a part of daily life.
• Adjust to life abroad easily with the full-time on-site USAC Resident Director and staff, and participate in the included cultural immersion activities like field trips to have the best study abroad experience possible.

Why study in Montevideo?

Montevideo is the biggest city in Uruguay, combining a relaxed lifestyle with a thriving cultural scene that includes rich architecture, sandy beaches, plazas, shops, museums, restaurants, and a robust music, theater, and arts scene.

It’s easy to connect to nature in Montevideo. La Rambla (waterfront promenade) offers more than 19 miles of coastline and is the perfect place to socialize, enjoy the sunset, bike, or play beach sports. In addition, Montevideo’s vast number of green spaces, parks, and gardens and its humid subtropical climate make it easy to get outside.

Explore destinations like Cabo Polonio beach town, Thermal Parks of Salto, Natural Reserve of Pan de Azúcar, and Punta del Este beach resort city with the city’s extensive bus service, or head to neighboring countries like Argentina and Brazil.
You can study for a January session, summer, semester, or year. Choose from courses in intensive Spanish language, viticulture, gender and activism, sports management, Latin American studies, and health. The intensive language approach allows you to complete up to one year of Spanish language coursework in one semester.

Combine your work in the classroom with cultural immersion activities to enhance your study abroad experience, such as course-related field trips, tours, and studies to local cities and sites, and a variety of activities included in your program fee like a visit to Palacio Legislativo, photography workshops, art expo openings, graffiti tours, and much more.