STUDY ABROAD

Studying abroad can be one of the most rewarding, thrilling, challenging, and memorable experience you have at UVA. While students explore these opportunities for many reasons, any experience will help provide you with new world views, cultural perspectives, personal growth, and hopefully a new contextual understanding of your educational field.

As an engineer, you may think that it is more difficult to incorporate an international experience into your education. But you can do it! This website will provide you with the resources you need to find an existing UVA program with classes for your major and minor, find a free semester for the experience of your choice, or create your own program just for you.

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Steps to Success

For SEAS students, the key is starting early. Below are the steps to pursue an international experience in the E-School. The world is your oyster!

1. Attend an Education Abroad Workshop

The first step you must take is to complete a mandatory Education Abroad Workshop (EAW). EAWs are designed to provide students with the "big picture" of study abroad. Students will gain an understanding of program options, how to use the Study Abroad website to search for and apply to programs, advice on using your personal and academic goals to select a program, and access to a variety of resources.

2. Meet With a Major Advisor

Meet with your department's advisor to discuss which program might be right for you and when would be a good time to study abroad. In addition, you can meet with Lisa Marks, the SEAS advisor in the ISO office. For more information, look at the resources page.

3. Select a Program

There are a variety of available study abroad programs for engineering students. You can select an exisiting January Term or Summer term trip, or create your own semester abroad at universities around the world. Take a look at our Program Database to see which univerisites UVa has partnerships with.

Also, look at these UVa run summer programs:
UVa in Germany
UVa in Argentina

4. Stay on Track

Once you've chosen a potential program, there are several steps necessary to complete before you can actually study abroad. Check out these timelines to see what you need to be doing to stay on track month by month.

Select intended semester abroad:
Summer Term or Fall Semester
January Term or Spring Semester

Note: Students who study abroad must be academically eligible. For more information visit the ISO webpage with eligibility details.