Broaden your global outlook with VIA's unique Stanford Programs!

For more than 30 years, VIA's Stanford Programs have been uniting Stanford and Asian university students through short-term, cross-cultural educational programs aimed at exploring contemporary social issues and providing students with the skills to be international citizens and leaders in a global society. These programs, grounded in the principles of experiential education and public service, vary in focus and explore such topics as service-learning, healthcare, language, and social issues from a cross-cultural perspective. 

VIA currently offers four different short-term programs which take place at Stanford University and the San Francisco Bay Area: Exploring Health Care (EHC) and Exploring Social Innovation (ESI) programs are offered in the spring and American Language and Culture (ALC) and Asia-US Service-Learning (AUSL) programs are offered in the summer.

EHC participants with a Stanford LifeFlight helicopter pilot and technician	ESI participant sharing a social venture project idea	ALC participants at a major league baseball game in San Francisco	AUSL participants serve food for the hungry at a soup kitchen

To learn more about our programs, click here if you are a student from Asia, and click here if you are a Stanford student.

  Read our SP Newsletter to learn more about VIA Stanford Programs.