Lima-IU

• This is an IU-Administered Program
• Semester or Academic Year Program at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUCP), a prestigious private university
• 17,000 students
• 100 international students (5-10 from IU)

• PUCP humanities and social sciences courses with Peruvian students
• Representative courses include: 
  • Andean or Amazonian ethnography
  • Urban anthropology
  • Peruvian history
  • Quechua language and culture
  • Peruvian literature
  • Peruvian archaeology

• Program Website
• Handbook
• Getting Started Handbook
• Diversity, Identity, and Accessibility Resources

• Rented room in Peruvian homes with meals included

You may apply if you:

• are an undergraduate student at any Indiana University campus who is making normal academic progress
• are in at least your fourth full-time semester of college
• have strong Spanish language competencies
• have taken or are enrolled in seventh semester (two 300-level courses) college-level Spanish with a B average
• have approximately a 3.0 cumulative GPA

Note: Applicants would ideally have previous international travel experience.

Students must have a passport valid for six months beyond program's end date.

Students must be able to demonstrate flexibility, resilience, and self-reliance.

Complete eligibility criteria and selection criteria are outlined within the Academic Policies and Procedures of Education Abroad. Selection is based on maturity, seriousness of purpose, and appropriateness of match between program and applicant. Students on disciplinary probation during program period are ineligible.

Please check back later for updated fees.

Academic Year 2021-2022

• Fee paid to IU: (academic fees, health insurance)
  • Indiana resident: $10,400
  • Non-resident: $23,400
• Room & meals: $3,700 - $5,250

Airfare, personal expenses and vacation travel additional.Initial prepayment of $500 due on March 29, 2021.

Fall 2021

• Fee paid to IU: (academic fees, health insurance)
  • Indiana resident: $5,206
  • Non-resident: $11,712
• Room & meals: $2,000 - $2,800

Airfare, personal expenses, and vacation travel additional.Initial prepayment of $500 due on March 29, 2021.

Spring 2021

Financial Aid and Scholarships:

• Most IU scholarships, grants and loans applicable to program costs.
• Education Abroad Scholarships, including Scholarships for Students from IU campuses other than Bloomington.

• $1,000 Merle E. Simmons Scholarship

• IU Scott C. Schurz Pell Match Study Abroad Scholarships for resident undergraduate students with a Pell grant

Please see our financial aid page for general information and links to additional scholarship opportunities.