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Affiliate study abroad programs

Iowa State is unable to provide opportunities that meet every need, so students are allowed to participate
in programs sponsored by other organizations. Students are able to use their financial aid packages
in the same way as they would with ISU programs. With some organizations with which we have experience
and a high level of confidence, we have affiliate status. Program fees associated with affiliate programs are billed
to the Study Abroad Center, and we then place this fee on the students' ISU bill. In this way we can schedule
the payment of affiliate program fees with the release of student financial aid.

     

Directories of non-ISU study abroad programs

Learn about financing your study abroad trip.

What kinds of programs are there?

Group programs -- On most group programs, an ISU professor leads the group abroad and oversees your academic work. Group programs range from one to eight weeks during a break (Spring Break, Winter Break, or Summer) up to
a whole semester. These are "non-integrated" programs, meaning you'll be taught with other ISU students and no students from the host country. On most group programs, you'll earn ISU credits and take courses designed
especially for members of the group.

Regents' semester programs -- You'll go to Wales, Ireland, or Australia with a group of students from the Iowa Regents' Universities or to New Zealand with other Iowa State students but will take regular classes at the foreign university. These are "semi-integrated" programs, in which you'll have an orientation class with the other U.S. and international participants but take all your classes with students from the foreign institution. Excellent student services are provided at your host school. You'll pay a negotiated rate and receive transfer credit.

Exchange programs -- You'll take regular classes at a foreign university and pay tuition, and sometimes room and board, at ISU. You'll be abroad for one or two semesters and will earn transfer credit. "Integrated" programs such as
this require a little more independence!

Practical experience -- You can gain experience in your field while living abroad in another culture. Choices include internships, student teaching, and study-and-work programs.

What else is there? -- You can participate in programs organized by other U.S. or foreign schools, or you can apply directly to a school overseas. The Study Abroad Center has plenty of information on other schools' programs.
In most cases, you'll receive transfer credit and can use your ISU financial aid.

Look for programs by language of instruction

Study in Spanish -- Go to Tec de Monterrey in Mexico (summer intensive language program; semester or academic year exchange); to Spain; to the Center for Bilingual and Multicultural Studies in Cuernavaca, Mexico (semester intensive language courses); or on exchanges in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Spain, or Uruguay through ISEP.

Study in French -- Be an exchange student at the University of Lausanne or EPFL in Switzerland; in France or Switzerland through ISEP (semester or year); at the University of Laval in Canada; and through the Regents' Summer Language Program in France.

Study in German -- There are exchanges in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland through ISEP including semester
and summer language programs in Germany.

Study in Portuguese -- Try Brazil through ISEP.

Study in English -- Go on semester-long programs through the Regents' Semester in Wales, Regents' Semester in Ireland, or the Regents' Semester in Australia; in the Semester in Greece program; in the Semester in New Zealand program; on exchange in Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, Ghana, Hungary, Iceland, Japan,Korea, Latvia, Malta, the Netherlands, Sweden, New Zealand, Thailand, and the United Kingdom through ISEP; on ISU exchanges at Bogazici University; Brunel University; University of Exeter; Lancaster University; University of Wales, Swansea; University of Helsinki; Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Swedish Royal Institute of Technology; Curtin University, University of Melbourne; University of Canberra; University
of Queensland; Yonsei University; National University of Singapore; and on most short-term ISU programs.

Or, learn a less-common language like Mandarin Chinese at NTNU in Taiwan or Korean at Yonsei University!