Signature Hands-On Experiences

Developing a strong professional portfolio, regardless of your major or interests, is key to achieving your post-graduation goals. Whether you are interested in partnering with overseas faculty to conduct research, helping community organizations better serve their constituents, or gaining professional experience in the workplace, Frederick Global Learning can help you in achieving your goals.

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The Case: Crime, Justice, and the Law in England

In this immersive introduction to criminal law and justice, you will investigate a fictional criminal case that develops throughout your time in Greater Manchester. As new evidence and questions emerge, you'll learn the legal concepts you need to make sense of the case, explore how the English criminal justice system works, and consider how its approach differs from the United States.

Hong Kong
Chinese University of Hong Kong Summer Research Program

Apply to be one of a select group of 150 students from across the globe who complete an 8-week research project with faculty members at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Research placements are available across most disciplines and interests, including arts and humanities, physical and life sciences, law, social science, and more.

London
London Pre-Health Internships

King’s College Hospital is one of the premier hospitals in London and offers you the ability to work full-time alongside practitioners, administrators, and quality improvement teams. This program is intended for upper-division students interested in gaining first-hand experience in the administrative functions of healthcare. Placements include opportunities in quality control and evaluation, hospital operations, and patient care improvement across dozens of clinical departments.   

This program is offered for 8 weeks in the summer or for a full semester in the spring.

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London Pre-Law and Justice Internships

Deepen your knowledge of legal practice, justice, and court systems through an immersive 8-week full-time internship in London.  Placements are customized to your interests – past students have worked on refugee advocacy, supported paralegals, and performed tech policy analysis! 

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Pre-Health Clinical Observations in Vietnam

Spend 8 weeks in Ho Chi Minh City conducting first-hand, clinical observations in a private hospital. You have the opportunity to choose up to 4 specialties as you shadow medical professionals working with patients on a daily basis. This program is observational only – no direct care or patient contact is allowed and it follows AAMC’s guidelines for study abroad students. 

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Portugal Internship Program

Spend 8 weeks in Lisbon immersed in a full-time internship that is customized to your interests and background. Our partners are able to place interns across a wide variety of fields with limited opportunities for research placements!

This program has a limited capacity and preference is given to rising seniors in fields and interests that are not met by one of our other Signature Experiences.

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Research and Culture in Senegal

Design and pursue an independent research project connected to your own academic interests while immersing yourself in Senegalese culture, history, and daily life. Your research might explore public health, sustainability, politics, economics, education, history, the arts, or another field—the question is yours to develop. You'll also study Senegalese culture and history, participate in academic and cultural experiences, and live with a Senegalese host family. Together, these experiences will challenge you to consider how place, culture, community, and perspective influence not only what we study, but how we understand what we find. 

St. Lucia street view
St. Lucia Healthcare and Clinical Observations

This 4-week program, offered both in May and June, provides you with an immersive experience shadowing and learning from a single specialty in one of St. Lucia’s newest hospitals. You will observe doctors and other medical professionals in healthcare delivery and patient care. This program is observational only – no direct care or patient contact is allowed and it follows AAMC’s guidelines for study abroad students. Working alongside clinicians and hospital leadership in Saint Lucia, you'll examine healthcare delivery through a comparative lens — considering how resource constraints, infrastructure, and policy shape patient outcomes differently than in the systems you're used to studying at home.

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Vietnam Internship Program

Trade the classroom for the workplace in Ho Chi Minh City, one of Southeast Asia’s most dynamic economic and cultural hubs.  Placements span a wide range of majors and are customized to fit your professional and academic background and interests!