 Beyond this , BYU also runs a very large study abroad program , with satellite centers in London , Jerusalem , and Paris , as well as more than 20 other sites . Nearly 2 @,@ 000 students take advantage of these programs yearly . In 2001 , the Institute of International Education ranked BYU as the number one university in the U.S. to offer students study abroad opportunities . The BYU Jerusalem Center , which was closed in 2000 due to student security concerns related to the Second Intifada and , more recently , the 2006 Israel @-@ Lebanon conflict , was reopened to students in the Winter 2007 semester . 
