Study Abroad and Travel Opportunities

The USF School of Architecture & Community Design (SACD) is committed to providing a global education to its students. Students have the chance to embark on domestic field trips as well as on international study programs. By experiencing the significant architecture and urban systems of different locales, students gain an enhanced perspective about the built environment in various historical, social, and cultural contexts. They develop a deeper understanding of how past designs can inform future possibilities. Exploring urban studies across regional, national and international places broadens our students’ creativity.

To make study travel more affordable and accessible to SACD students, the school has implemented shorter study abroad opportunities embedded into the fall and spring semester design studios. These opportunities vary to better fulfill the needs of our students and of the school.

Studio-based Field Trips

SACD's Graduate Core and Advanced Design studios each offer a field trip associated with the learning outcomes and project of that particular course.

Recent Graduate Core Design trips have included:

New York City, NY
Saint Augustine, FL
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Recent Advanced Design studios trips have recently included:

Domestic:

Boston, MA
Chicago, IL
Dallas, TX
Houston, TX
Seattle, WA

International:

Copenhagen, The Netherlands
Cuscos. Peru
Florence, Italy
London, United Kingdom
Medellin, Colombia
Rome, Italy
Stockholm, Sweden
Tokyo, Japan

Summer Study Abroad

Occasionally, in addition to studio course trips, summer study abroad trips are offered. In 2025 students traveled to Barcelona, Spain.