IFR’s field schools offer hands-on, experiential learning in a variety of disciplines and locations around the world. Our academically rigorous and culturally immersive programs award up to 8 semester credits to help you fulfill degree requirements and further your career in the field sciences or beyond.
Summer 25 Programs – Still Enrolling!
The following programs may still have spaces available for this summer – act fast before they close!
Ecuador: Zuleta Excavation
Overview Set out on an extraordinary journey to the picturesque Andes mountains of northern Ecuador, where a unique blend of history, culture, and ecology [...]
Italy: Industria Excavation
Overview Step back in time as you explore the fascinating history of Industria, a once-thriving Roman settlement in Piedmont, Northern Italy. Founded in the [...]
South Africa: Kromdraai Human Origins
Overview Dig into the origins of humans at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Kromdraai in South Africa! Journey into this fossil-rich site to [...]
US-Alaska: Environmental Storytelling
Overview Journey by ship through the “storied geography” of Alaska’s Inside Passage, studying narratives that record struggle and survival in an ice-carved landscape highly [...]
US-IL: Cahokia Excavation
Overview Step back in time and explore Cahokia, a once-thriving Indigenous city that rose to prominence between A.D. 1050-1350 in present-day Illinois. Situated in the [...]
Summer 25 Programs – ALL
Check out our full list of Summer 25 Programs. Many will return for the Summer 26 season.
