Institute For Shipboard Education

The Institute for Shipboard Education (ISE) is a 501c3 nonprofit based in Fort Collins, Colorado, that administers the Semester at Sea study abroad program in conjunction with the Colorado State University. The mission of The Institute for Shipboard Education is to educate individuals with the global understanding necessary to address the challenges of our interdependent world. With the world as our classroom, our programs integrate multiple-country study, interdisciplinary coursework, and experiential learning for meaningful engagement in the global community. Since 1963, more than 73,000 individuals from 1,700 institutions have travelled to more than 60 countries on Semester at Sea and its predecessor programs.

Semester at Sea takes a global comparative approach to study abroad using a ship as its travelling campus and sailing to multiple ports worldwide.