First established in 1998, The Trinity-in-Cape Town program, in association with Interstudy, provides students with the opportunity to spend a semester or year in this fascinating city while studying at the prestigious local universities. South Africa is a dynamic country recovering from years of racial and class oppression. The nation's unique history, diverse population, and varied cultures make this an extraordinary opportunity to participate and learn in a thought provoking and stimulating political environment.
Program Highlights
- Students enroll in an internship for credit, with a local NGO or school which exposes them to another important side of the community and culture. Some options include human rights organizations, AIDS/HIV education, women's and gender rights and law, soccer camps in the Townships and tutoring children in the Townships.
- There are excursion throughout the semester in and around Cape Town
- Students have 24 hour access to both Trinity and Interstudy staff to assist them
The City
Tucked beneath the appropriately named Table Mountain, Cape Town is an exhilarating port city, rich in history, architecture, and cultural pursuits. The city is dominated by a towering, table-shaped mountain, set on a peninsula of soaring, rocky heights and lush valleys, where two oceans converge—the Indian and the Atlantic—and where immense natural beauty and the fast pace and bright lights of a great urban center come together.
Cape Town takes its name from the term “Cape of Good Hope,” Africa’s southern-most point, founded in 1482 by Portuguese explorer Bartholomew Diaz. Today the city has a population of 3.5 million and is the provincial capital of the Western Cape, as well as the legislative capital of South Africa. The city is a cultural melting pot, with a diverse and vibrant character is influenced by Xhosa, Zulu, and other African tribes, as well as Indonesian, French, Dutch, British, and German settlers.