#  Jesus College, Cambridge 

 



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photo by Victor Wu '16  
[**Applications**](https://forms.microsoft.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=9CL6b2hFBUGtQy461HJpV-G-_4py8ztFkenTN3t83I5UMVhWOUtYNE0xOE1FMVFLWjRTTlVHWEs2Wi4u) **for the 2027 Jesus College program are** **due** **by 11:59 p.m.** **on** **April 24, 2026.**

  
This is a unique study abroad opportunity for second semester juniors who are Social Studies concentrators. For one Harvard semester, up to four students travel to Cambridge, England where they study with professors at Jesus College from January-June, which corresponds to the British terms of Lent and Easter.

This program demands significant self-direction and academic focus from students, who generate their own potential program of study and are matched to appropriate faculty at Cambridge who supervise students through one-on-one and small-group based coursework. Students take four courses during the two British terms they are in residence at Jesus.

Examples of Previous Supervisions:

- Religion, Politics, and Social Movements
- The Self and Modern Forms of Selfhood
- Adam Smith, Natural Law, and Scottish Jurisprudence
- Digital Subcultures in a Neoliberal Age
- Postcolonial Development Theory
- Religious Cults
- Partition and Paradox
- Anti-Colonialism and the Black Radical Tradition
- Land Politics and Indigeneity in North America
- Natural Beauty: Cognitivism, Imagination, and Climate Change
- South Asian Political Thought
- Social Ramifications of Social Media

Between terms, there is a 5-week break which many students use for travel around the region. Students live in student-appropriate housing arranged through the help of Jesus College administrators and have the opportunity to participate in the local social environment and Cambridge University undergraduate college life through involvement in extracurricular clubs or other activities.

Participation in the Social Studies at Jesus Program is competitive, and the selection of participating students is made during the spring semester of interested students’ sophomore year at Harvard.

For more information about studying abroad as a Social Studies student, please contact Associate Director of Studies [Charles Clavey](/people/charles-clavey "Charles Clavey").