Study overseas with Monash Arts
Monash Arts offers unmatched opportunities to study overseas, whether it’s a short two-week program or a full semester abroad. With programs designed to suit your interests, curiosities, and academic goals, there’s an experience waiting for you.
We partner with more than 150 universities worldwide and provide unique learning experiences at our study centre in Prato, Italy, and our campus in Malaysia.
Studying overseas helps you expand your worldview, develop independence, and gain skills that employers highly value, such as communication, collaboration, and time management. It’s more than study; it is a chance to grow personally and professionally while exploring the world.
Why study overseas?
Research shows that students with international study experience:
You’ll also experience different cultures, build confidence, and become more adaptable and independent.
Your overseas study options
Short study tours
Arts study tours vary in length from two to six weeks. They’re taught intensively so you can complete a full unit in that time. Another bonus is that they run between semesters, which means you can continue to travel after completing your program and you could finish your degree sooner. Some examples of what you could do include:
- undertaking archaeological fieldwork and excavation in Italy
- music-making in Prato
- mastering Mandarin in China
- comparing crime and social control in the USA, Asia or Europe
- unravelling the effects of genocide in Europe.
Arts Semester in Prato
Spend a semester in the heart of Tuscany at Monash’s Prato Campus.* Located in the beautiful 18th-century Palazzo Vaj, the campus sits in the vibrant city centre of Prato, just a quick 20-minute train ride from Florence. You will be surrounded by rolling hills and the historic charm of Tuscany while immersing yourself in one of Italy’s most culturally rich and lively regions.
Take Monash Arts units in a supportive, close-knit environment with classes from Monday to Thursday. This schedule leaves your long weekends free to travel, relax, or explore more of Europe. With Monash-arranged accommodation, a straightforward application process, and travel grants of up to $5,000, this program offers a flexible and enriching overseas study experience without the complexity of a full exchange.
* The Arts Semester in Prato is open to eligible Monash Arts students and runs as a condensed semester each year from September to November or December.
Intensive language programs
Studying overseas as part of your language major is a great way to immerse yourself in your chosen language and culture. Monash Arts offers a variety of faculty-led and endorsed language programs available to language students for credit.
Intercampus exchange to Monash Malaysia
Established in 1998 in Bandar Sunway (18 kilometres from Kuala Lumpur), Monash Malaysia is Monash’s first international campus. Intercampus exchange to Monash Malaysia is available to all Monash Australia students, provided they have room within their course.
Exchange to a partner institution
An exchange program involves studying with one of our partner universities around the world. You can go on exchange for one or two semesters. Financial assistance is available and there are no extra tuition fees.
Study Abroad
If your preferred overseas destination is not a Monash partner university, you can still choose to go there. You’ll pay the host university’s tuition fees for the time you’re there, and you’re still able to access financial assistance to support your travel.
Global Immersion Guarantee
The Global Immersion Guarantee (GIG) is a funded 12-credit point fieldwork unit for Monash undergraduate students at the end of their first year. It takes you to one of nine countries: India, Indonesia, Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, Malaysia, Italy, China, or Vietnam, where you can learn from local leaders about sustainability, environmental protection, and social development.
Flights, accommodation, visas, and program costs are covered. You only pay tuition and personal expenses. GIG gives you the chance to gain practical experience, explore real-world solutions, and develop skills valued by employers.