PERU: Cuzco & Lima

PERU ACADEMICS

LIMA: Semester & Calendar Year
CUZCO: Internship (Customized Dates)

The semester and calendar year (Spring-Fall) curriculum in Lima offers courses and community service. Courses are offered at Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (USIL). Community service (not for credit) is organized at various NGOs and humanitarian organizations. Students can enroll in a maximum of 15 credits per semester. Most courses are 3 credits.

Spanish Language & General Education Courses

Subject-Specific Courses (Taught in English)

Subject-Specific Courses (Taught in Spanish)

USIL offers a wide selection of courses taught in Spanish. Students must have upper-intermediate or better proficiency in Spanish to enroll in these courses. Select a Faculty/School to view academic subjects.

Architecture

Click on the Department to visit USIL’s Faculty of Architecture website. Contact KEI for a list of courses.

DEPARTMENTS
Architecture

Art & Humanities

Click on the Department to view courses. The link opens in a new window and will take you to the USIL website. Scroll down mid-way on the USIL webpage to view course offerings. NOTE that semesters at USIL are called cycles. Cycles start with the Spring semester of Year 1. For example, a course offered during the 3rd Cycle means it is offered during the Spring semester and it is a Year 2 course.

DEPARTMENTS
Art & Business Design
Music

Business & Economics

Click on the Department to view courses. The link opens in a new window and will take you to the USIL website. Scroll down mid-way on the USIL webpage to view course offerings. NOTE that semesters at USIL are called cycles. Cycles start with the Spring semester of Year 1. For example, a course offered during the 3rd Cycle means it is offered during the Spring semester and it is a Year 2 course.

DEPARTMENTS
Business Management
Entrepreneurship
Corporate Finance
Economics
Economy & Finance
Economics & International Business
International Buisiness
Marketing

Communications

Click on the Department to visit USIL’s Faculty of Communications website. Contact KEI for a list of courses.

DEPARTMENTS
Communications

Education

Click on the Department to visit USIL’s Faculty of Education website. Contact KEI for a list of courses.

DEPARTMENTS
Education

Engineering

Click on the Department to view courses. The link opens in a new window and will take you to the USIL website. Scroll down mid-way on the USIL webpage to view course offerings. NOTE that semesters at USIL are called cycles. Cycles start with the Spring semester of Year 1. For example, a course offered during the 3rd Cycle means it is offered during the Spring semester and it is a Year 2 course.

DEPARTMENTS
Agricultural Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Civil Engineering
Business Engineering
Engineering in Food Industries
Industrial and Commercial Engineering
Mechatronics Engineering
Information Systems Engineering

International Relations & Law

Click on the Department to view courses. The link opens in a new window and will take you to the USIL website. Scroll down mid-way on the USIL webpage to view course offerings. NOTE that semesters at USIL are called cycles. Cycles start with the Spring semester of Year 1. For example, a course offered during the 3rd Cycle means it is offered during the Spring semester and it is a Year 2 course.

DEPARTMENTS
International Relations
Law

Medicine, Health & Sport Science

Click on the Department to view courses. The link opens in a new window and will take you to the USIL website. Scroll down mid-way on the USIL webpage to view course offerings. NOTE that semesters at USIL are called cycles. Cycles start with the Spring semester of Year 1. For example, a course offered during the 3rd Cycle means it is offered during the Spring semester and it is a Year 2 course.

DEPARTMENTS
Health Administration
Sport Science
Bio-medical & Life Sciences
Nutrition & Dietetics
Psychology

Tourism, Hospitality & Gastronomy

Click on the Department to view courses. The link opens in a new window and will take you to the USIL website. Scroll down mid-way on the USIL webpage to view course offerings. NOTE that semesters at USIL are called cycles. Cycles start with the Spring semester of Year 1. For example, a course offered during the 3rd Cycle means it is offered during the Spring semester and it is a Year 2 course.

DEPARTMENTS
Hotel Administration
Tourism Administration
Culinary Arts
Restaurant Management

Community Service

Community service (not-for-credit) allows students to learn from practical experience and engage with the local community. Community service does not have a minimum time requirement. Placement is based on student interests. Positions are available in humanitarian aid, child care and social care.

For more information, download:

Experiential Learning Guide

CREDIT & TRANSCRIPTS

Credit and transcripts issued by the Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (accredited in Peru) and Lincoln University (accredited in USA)

HOST UNIVERSITY

Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (USIL), founded in 1993, is an autonomous not for profit institution of higher learning. The university offers a comprehensive curriculum that is taught in Spanish and English. The academic community consists of 5,000 students and faculty, spread across three campuses in Lima and a satellite campus in Cuzco.