Exchange Programs

The IvyPlus Exchange Scholar Program enables University of Pennsylvania Ph.D. students to take courses or conduct dissertation research for up to one academic year at one of the following universities:
 

  • University of California, Berkeley
  • Brown University
  • University of Chicago
  • Columbia University 
  • Cornell University
  • Harvard University
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.)
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Princeton University
  • Stanford University
  • Yale University

Students are normally eligible for this exchange program after completing one year of residence at Penn. Students are regularly registered at their home institution, and hold special nondegree status at the host institution. Participation in the program requires the approval of the director of graduate studies (or the department chair) and the graduate school dean at both the home and the host institutions.  Please include the email from the instructor that grants you permission to take the course.  The deadline to submit an application is two months prior to the registration date at the host institution.  Your application will not move through the process until all signatures and required materials are received.

IVY+ Exchange Scholar Program Application

The Regional Cooperative Exchange Program enables PhD students to take courses or conduct dissertation research for up to one academic year at one of the following institutions:
 

  • Bryn Mawr College
  • Curtis Institute of Music 
  • Rutgers University 
  • University of Delaware (Anthropology and Art History only) 
  • Temple University (Philosophy only) 
  • Villanova University (Philosophy only) 

Students are eligible for this exchange program after completing one year of residence in their PhD program. Students are regularly registered at their home institution and hold special nondegree status at the host institution. Participation in the program requires the approval of the director of graduate studies (or the department chair) and the graduate school dean at both the home and the host institutions.  Please include the email from the instructor that grants you permission to take the course.  Your application will not move through the process until all signatures and required materials are received. 

First year doctoral students and master’s students may not participate in the Regional Cooperative Exchange program. Please check with your graduate group about graduate group policies regarding the program.  

Graduate students may only register for graduate-level courses (course numbers 5000-9999).

Regional Cooperative Exchange Program Application