There is wide recognition of the educational benefits of a period of study abroad, and MIT as an institution is becoming more active in promoting this possibility for its students.

The American Mathematical Society website contains links to a number of summer and semester programs.

Here are some programs of various types in Mathematics which recent MIT Mathematics majors have attended. Several of them have kindly sent reports of their experience and invite you to contact them if you want more information.

• Cambridge MIT Institute:
  An established program consisting of a full year at Cambridge University, England. Application deadline in March.
  
  
• Budapest Semesters in Mathematics:
  As the name indicates, this is a one-semester program in Budapest, Hungary. The language is English.
  
  
• Math in Moscow:
  A one-semester program at the Independent University in Moscow. The language is English. Here is a letter from an MIT math major who attended this program in the Spring of 2004. The American Mathematical Society administers National Science Foundation grants to cover some of the costs. Deadline September 30 for Spring, April 15 for Fall.
  
  
• The International Exchange Program at the Ecole Polytechnique, France:
  This program is for one or two semesters, at France's premier science and engineering school, in French. Deadline February 29. Here is a report from an MIT math major who took a postgraduate year there, in general terms and with specific reference to the mathematics program
  
  
• The MIT-France Program:
  This program assists in organizing student visits to a variety of other French institutions.