Join us in exploring Sweden’s rich culture, history, and geography beyond the capital city. Students take an overnight trip to the Stockholm Archipelago during orientation and can join optional weekend trips to the Island of Gotland (fall term) and Arctic Circle (spring term).
Orientation week includes an unforgettable overnight trip to the Stockholm Archipelago, giving students a chance to relax and get to know one another before classes begin.
We’ll stay on an island in the Stockholm Archipelago, a collection of tens of thousands of beautiful islands surrounding Stockholm’s eastern coast in the Baltic Sea.
Activities typically include a nature walk, optional sauna time (combined with a cold dip in the sea for those who dare), and lots of time for rest, relaxation, and fun.
The cost for this trip is included in tuition.
You will receive the travel dates for orientation upon acceptance. This overnight excursion is a mandatory part of orientation, so no registration is required.
The Island of Gotland is one of the most beautiful and historically significant islands in the world, sitting about 56 miles east of mainland Sweden in the Baltic Sea. The first Stone Age settlers came to the island 7,000 years ago and many traces of their dwellings can still be seen, along with limestone picture stones, unique to Gotland, covered with mythological scenes and depictions of ships and warriors.
We’ll stay on the island’s northwest coast in the medieval city of Visby, a popular tourist destination and home to a Viking village during the 9th century. Today, the city is a UNESCO world heritage site and arguably the best-preserved medieval city in Scandinavia. Outside of the city, Gotland’s landscape ranges from desolate heaths to lush meadows, spectacular cliffs and sandy beaches.
Activities typically include a tour of Medieval churches and burial grounds, a guided visit to the Fornsalen Viking museum, the opportunity to bike or hike in the surrounding countryside, and a tour of a local microbrewery. We hope you will join this Viking adventure on the island of Gotland!
Fall 2025: $625
This cost includes round trip transportation, accommodations, all meals, and activities. If you receive financial aid from your home school but your aid doesn’t cover this cost, you can request a fee waiver during registration.
You will receive the travel dates upon acceptance and sign up to attend via your Swedish Program registration form.
Sweden is the land of the midnight sun in the summer, but winter in the Arctic is breathtaking. The landscape is strikingly beautiful from its sparkling frozen lakes to the snowy mountains where reindeer are herded by the indigenous Sámi people. On clear, cloudless nights, you might also see the majestic Northern Lights streak across the sky. This trip to explore northern Sweden is truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience!
We’ll stay at a ski resort in the beautiful tundra of Swedish Lapland, a remote area in the far, far north with a unique and breathtaking landscape.
Activities typically include dog sledding, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, visiting a traditional Sámi village, and touring the world-famous Ice Hotel. You’ll have the opportunity for additional alpine ski touring, downhill skiing, or snowboarding at your own expense. If we’re lucky, you’ll also have a chance see the beautiful Northern Lights! (Of course, we cannot control or guarantee this meteorological event.)
Spring 2025: $675
Spring 2026: $700
This cost includes round trip transportation, accommodations, all meals, and activities. If you receive financial aid from your home school but your aid doesn’t cover this cost, you can request a fee waiver during registration.
You will receive the travel dates upon acceptance and sign up to attend via your Swedish Program registration form.
We recognize that students want to travel while studying abroad. Therefore, we provide two full weeks of vacation time to do so. Students find it easy to travel throughout Europe during this time and appreciate the opportunity to choose for themselves where they want to go! There are quick direct flights from Stockholm to many of Europe’s great cities:
Berlin: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Prague: 2 hours
London: 2 hours and 15 minutes
Paris: 2 hours and 30 minutes
Barcelona: 3 hours and 15 minutes
