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===International programs===
The institution sponsors [[study abroad]] programs in [[Argentina]], [[Australia]], [[Austria]], [[Chile]], [[China]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Denmark]], [[England]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Greece]], [[Ireland]], [[Italy]], [[Japan]], the [[Netherlands]], [[New Zealand]], the [[Pacific Rim]], [[Scotland]], [[Spain]], [[Taiwan]], and [[Wales]].<ref>University of Puget Sound, [http://www2.ups.edu/intlprogs/List_of_Programs.htm List of Study Abroad Programs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060110050809/http://www2.ups.edu/intlprogs/List_of_Programs.htm |date=2006-01-10 }}</ref>

The program in the Pacific Rim, known as PacRim, or the Pacific Rim/Asia Study-Travel Program (PRAST) is unique to Puget Sound. Every three years a group of fifteen to twenty-five students are selected to spend two semesters traveling, studying, and researching in eight Asian countries. Students must have taken three courses in the Asian studies program and completed a course of readings assigned by the director.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/departments-and-programs/undergraduate/asian-studies/pac-rim/ |title=Pacific Rim/Asia Study-Travel Program |publisher=University of Puget Sound |access-date=2014-08-22}}</ref> Over the program's 40-year history students have visited: [[Mongolia]], [[People's Republic of China]], [[Japan]], [[South Korea]], [[India]], [[Nepal]], [[Vietnam]], [[Thailand]], [[Cambodia]], [[Malaysia]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Indonesia]], [[Papua New Guinea]], [[Fiji]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[Iran]], and [[Yugoslavia]]. Previous lecturers have included: [[Johan Galtung]], [[Ken Yeang]], M.S. Nagaraja Rao, [[Jack Weatherford]], the [[14th Dalai Lama]], Swasti Sri Charukeerthi Bhattaraka, [[Ogyen Trinley Dorje]], [[Khyongla Rato Rinpoche]], and [[Sogyal Rinpoche]].