Why SRAS
Our Experience
Your Experience
Working Together
Strong Academics
Support Abroad
Innovation
Mutual Growth
Your growth fuels ours. We offer our participants opportunities to publish work, develop resources, and inform the direction of our programs. We want you to grow to your fullest professional potential.
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"I spent Fall and Spring with your program in St. Petersburg and it was truly the highlight and culmination of my University experience and just a banner year! I can't thank you enough for or gush enough about your program. I recommend it to just about everyone I talk to, whether or not they're interested in learning Russian."
- B. Lewis, University of Utah
"I’ve studied in Irkutsk and St. Petersburg with SRAS, but [Bishkek] is, by far, my favorite because of the intense focus on speaking skills. I spend about three hours, 4 times a week speaking one-on-one. It's such a unique opportunity! The people are also especially friendly here. My homestay is fantastic, the coordinator is a never-ending wealth of help, and the food of Central Asia is delicious."
- C. Hughes, The Evergreen State College
"At a time in my life when I was at a crossroads regarding where my career might take me, this course showed me a path that truly inspired me, and I haven't looked back since."
- B. DeYoung, Reed College
"The program here is wonderful. All of my teachers have been extremely helpful and I have made friends both here in the dorms and with others who live in the city and find that I often have many opportunities to practice Russian outside of the classroom. Already I feel that my Russian has improved immensely, especially my listening and speaking."
- J. Wilburn, University of South Carolina
"I wanted to find a program that combined my love of Russia and my passion for environmental studies. Because of my interest in environmental issues, Lake Baikal had always been a site of interest to me. Studying abroad in Siberia gives you the opportunity to see a completely different side of Russia and the Russian people. Just think, few people at home even know that Siberia is anything but a wintery tundra!"
- I. Korsgard