Field Schools are amazing opportunities that involve you travelling with a group of fellow students to another country and then studying a topic there in depth. It's also a great chance to see if you'd like to take part in longer exchange programs! When you're in a Field School, you study outside of the traditional classroom setting with a group of other students. Beyond academic training, it's also a chance for you to receive hands-on experience in another culture and/or environment.
Your Field School adventure starts with you attending classes at KPU with your fellow students/adventurers and an instructor. After that, you will fly up, up and away, travelling abroad to continue your education in the field and acquiring new and exciting stories to tell all of your friends!
Field School Scholarships Info Session
We invite you to review the Scholarships Information Session recording to discover more about the scholarship opportunities available to Field School students.
Fine Arts Field School PARIS & VENICE 2026
Visiting both Paris and Venice, this trip of a lifetime places the cities and their rich artistic legacies in a comparative frame working with the theme Artists Feeling the City—Urban Emotion, Materiality, and Experience. The goal of this field school is to approach Paris and Venice with the following questions: What do we mean by “urban emotions” and what is the role of the artist in identifying, representing, and circulating their multifaceted meanings through materials and experiential experimentation? Come join KPU’s Fine Arts Field School and travel and learn alongside your fellow classmates and KPU faculty.
Global Health Field School 2026 – Costa Rica
This Field School consists of 3 weeks abroad as a global health placement. It provides nursing students with a unique opportunity to explore key public health topics within Costa Rican communities. Through the delivery of basic nursing care in partnership with local healthcare professionals—including community health workers—students will gain practical, hands-on experience.
Japan: Design Field School 2026
The Design Field School itinerary immerses students in contemporary and historical design, directly supporting the course objectives of contextual and global engagement. Site visits, including the Tokyo Station Building and the National Museum of Modern Art, showcase diverse architectural styles and design philosophies, encouraging students to critically analyze how environment, culture, and human experience intersect.
Brazil Field School 2026: Interdisciplinary Community Service in Agroecology
The goal of this field school is to provide students with the opportunity to do community serviceinternationally. You will have the opportunity to do community service with Teia dos Povos (Web of the Peoples), a network of Indigenous, Black, landless and working-class organizations.
Info Session Recording
For more information on Scholarship Opportunities, click on the video to watch the most recent Field School Scholarship Webinar.
Note: The information in this video is relevant for Field Schools 2026 only. Programs and scholarship opportunities may vary significantly from year to year.
