SIT Study Abroad: Ecuador: Comparative Ecology and Conservation
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SIT Study Abroad: Ecuador: Comparative Ecology and Conservation
- Ecuador
- Quito
- Galapagos
About Program
You will live like a biologist as you explore the Amazon basin, the Andes, cloud forests, Pacific Ocean coastline, and the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador—unique climatic niches that harbor ecological treasures and a wealth of flora and fauna. Within these diverse and vulnerable settings, you will conduct fieldwork and live with homestay families in Quito and the rural cloud forest. Excursions include the Andean páramo, the Amazon, and a week in the Galápagos Islands.
This program offers the choice to do a minor in environmental science or conservation biology. You’ll develop practical skills in biological fieldwork, biodiversity assessment, and apply environmental research methods across Ecuador's four distinct ecosystems—from the Amazon rainforest to the Galápagos Islands—to contribute to conservation solutions in one of the world's most biodiverse countries.
This program offers immersive field experiences across Ecuador’s diverse ecosystems, combining rigorous academics with hands-on research and cultural homestays.
Program Highlights
- Study biology and ecology in one of the world’s most biodiverse countries.
- Visit the Andes, the cloud forests, the Amazon basin, and the Galápagos Islands.
- Live like a biologist: use field research methods to study plants and animals.
- Study in beautiful Quito and live with a local host family.
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