TOP PICKS Study abroad this summer with UC Irvine Travel-Study Programs. Travel to Europe, Asia or South America. Our short-term programs allow you to stay on track academically and financially. Open to all class levels and all majors. Courses taught in English. All programs include activities and special events. Visit www.summer.uci.edu/travelstudy Budget study abroad. Low prices, academic quality. Open to all. Earn college credit. Easy to register. Quick confirmation. Flexibility. Can pay balance at arrival, or in advance. Go with CSA - Center For Study Abroad. Low cost programs since 1990. See website. CEA provides college study abroad programs to college students in 16 countries and 29 cities across the globe. Enrich your global education by studying for a semester or an entire academic year and earn college credit while immersing yourself in local culture. Cultural Experiences Abroad (www.gowithcea.com) USAC offers summer, semester and yearlong programs in 25 countries, 39 program locations! Earn university credit in Spanish, French, Italian, German and Chinese languages and other courses including culture, art history, business, political science, anthropology, ecology and more. www.usac.unr.edu or usac@unr.edu Featured Content Europe: University of Oxford, University of Cambridge It's hard to find more old-world academic prestige than at the Oxbridge axis. Famous alums include Isaac Newton, Jonathan Swift, Stephen Hawking, and Hugh Grant. ox.ac.uk, cam.ac.uk Asia: National University of Singapore Founded 100 years ago as a medical school, NUS stays true to its roots with a heavy tilt toward professions ranging from electrical enginering to dentistry with music, economics, and even American studies thrown in for good measure. Classes are in English. ntu.edu.tw Africa: American University in Cairo Rub shoulders with the Egyptian elite at this historic center of learning in the Arab world. The core curriculum is essentially Western humanities, natural sciences but also focuses on cultural links between East and West. Classes are in English, but you'll want to learn Arabic, too. (You're in Egypt, remember?) aucegypt.edu Caribbean: St. Matthew's University School of Medicine For those looking for a tropical antidote to the stresses of medical school, St. Matthew's on Grand Cayman Island may be the answer. Fully accredited in the U.S. with clinical sites in the States and Western Europe, it attracts a strong contingent of international med students/sun worshippers. stmatthews.edu