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Winter Break 2024 Treks
Applications for our Winter Break Treks, scheduled for the week of December 16th, have now closed. The following destinations were offered:
Beijing & Shanghai, China - Business
Berlin & Hamburg, Germany - STEM & Startups
Hong Kong - International Markets
Nairobi, Kenya - Global Health
Paris, France - Humanities Study Abroad Program
Paris, France - STEM Study Abroad Program
Prague, Czech Republic - Humanities
New Delhi, India - Climate & Energy
New Delhi, India - Languages & Humanities
Atlanta, GA - Civil Rights
Houston, TX - Healthcare
Los Angeles, CA – Trott Emerging Business Leaders
New York, NY - Wall Street
New York, NY - Humanities: Publishing, Creative Writing, and Arts
San Francisco, CA - Finance
Santa Clara & San Jose, CA - Computer Science & Biotech
Washington, D.C. - Public Policy Leaders Program
Washington, D.C. - Energy & Climate Policy
Spring Break 2025 Treks
Our Spring Break treks will take place the week of March 17th. We will begin accepting applications for the following Spring Break treks via Handshake on Monday, January 6, and will be due by Tuesday, January 21 at 9:00 a.m.
Cape Town, South Africa - Public Policy Leaders Program
Istanbul, Turkey - Humanities
London, UK - Finance
Austin, TX - Game Design
Los Angeles, CA - Aerospace Engineering
Los Angeles, CA - Cinematic Arts, Media, and Entertainment
New York, NY & Greenwich, CT - Financial Markets
New York, NY - Wall Street
New York, NY - Tech
New York, NY - Healthcare
New York, NY - Consulting
New York, NY - Visual Arts, Curation, and Theater
New York, NY - Languages
Philadelphia, PA - Education
Seattle, WA - Biological Sciences
Program Costs
Students are responsible for the following costs associated with the trek:
A program fee that will be charged to your student account by the Office of the Bursar upon completion of the trek. These fees support program benefits such as hotel accommodations and ground transportation. Please visit each Handshake application page for more information, as a different fee will be assessed for each trek.
Airfare to and from the trek destination
Transportation to and from the airport and between the airport and hotel
Lunches and dinners during the trek
Financial Assistance
Career Advancement’s trek financial assistance fund is designed to ensure that all students, regardless of income level, can participate in treks. For treks outside of the Chicago area, undergraduate students with demonstrated need are eligible to have their program fee waived and receive funding for their airfare to and from the trek destination. If approved, qualifying students will be awarded an amount up to the total cost of their transportation. These funds are not loans and will not need to be paid back.
All trek acceptance decisions will be made independently of funding requests.
To request funding, please submit the travel assistance application form before the trek application deadline.
If your paperwork is incomplete, please review the list of materials required to apply for need-based aid. You can contact the Office of College Aid with any questions about the financial aid process at 773-702-8666 or college-aid@uchicago.edu.
If you have any questions about the trek financial assistance fund, please contact Erwin Paderanga at CATreks@uchicago.edu.
Summer 2024 Treks
Career Advancement offered the following treks this summer to the following locations:
London - Humanities Study Abroad Program
Hong Kong - Finance
Singapore - Business & Innovation
Zurich & Basel, Switzerland - Business & Healthcare
New York - Business
New York - Finance
New York - Law
New York - Real Estate
If you have any questions about the program, please contact Erwin Paderanga at CATreks@uchicago.edu.