STUDY ABROAD
Photo credit: Chloe Goodman Location: London, England
Office of Study Abroad
WHY
STUDY ABROAD?
Make BANK in your job post-college ($7,000 more per year).1 Raise your self-confidence and independent living skills.2 Increase your GPA.3 Expand your curiosity about the world.2 Learn more about your major and the world in general. Have an amazing adventure. 1 How Higher Education Affects Lifetime Salary, U.S News and World Report, Aug. 5 2011 2 CISabroad Student Survey, Spring 2016 3 Study abroad may lead to better GPA, graduation rates, USA Today, July 14, 2010
It’s not just about living and learning in another country, it’s about setting yourself up for success academically, professionally, and personally. You also get to have an amazing adventure while you’re at it.
ELLIE BIXLER Anthropology, India, Fall 2018
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Studying abroad is one of the hardest, most fulfilling things you can do during your college career. My advice is to go somewhere that will challenge and excite you, and push you out of your comfort zone. It’s surprising the places you’ll learn to love and call home.
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WHO
CAN STUDY ABROAD?
Are you: A degree-seeking student at UTC? In good judicial and academic standing? Rocking at least a 2.5 GPA? Respectful? Driven (when it counts)? Finished with 24 credit hours of courses (before you depart)? Averse to boredom? OK with getting lost? Then study abroad is definitely for you!
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KATHERINE WILKES
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International Studies, Paris, France, Fall 2018
As cliche as it sounds, studying abroad can change your life. I will never forget the people I met and the experiences I had abroad. It’s a chance to get to know yourself while also getting to know the world.
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The Center for Global Education awards more than
$250,000 in scholarships every year AND your regular financial aid package (including scholarship and HOPE) may apply to your study abroad experience. There are also thousands of dollars available in national scholarships that we’ll help you apply for. Come to Study Abroad 102 to get all the deets about how study abroad can be affordable. Location: Costa Rica Photo credit: TriDereka Hall
ANY MAJOR • ANYWHERE • just to name a few... Criminal Justice in Scotland Education in Germany Computer Science in Greece Communication in Senegal
Business in South Korea Biology in India
Exercise Science in South Africa
Environmental Science in Australia
Location: Jordan Photo credit: Rhiannon Ong-Halleron
Location: Brazil Photo credit: Lilly Roberson
Location: Thailand Photo credit: Elena Nourabadi
Location: Peru Photo credit: Jarred Stan
ANYTIME WHAT
Take classes in almost every major, including general education courses.
WHERE
Live and learn in over 40 countries across every continent—including Antarctica!
WHEN
Study for a semester, summer, spring or winter break, or even a full academic year!
Spanish in Cuba
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Engineering in Colombia
JUSTIN FRIAR Exercise Science, Florianopolis, Brazil, Summer 2018
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Life is short and nothing is guaranteed. If you want to learn about other languages, cultures, customs and the grandeur of the world around you (in addition to finding a little piece of what life means), Study Abroad is the answer!
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HOW
DO YOU STUDY ABROAD?
Check out the UTC Study Abroad office website to search through programs, find out how we can help you pay for your adventure and see student stories for inspiration.utc.edu/studyabroad
Come to a Study Abroad 101 and 102 session to learn more! (dates, times and sign-ups at our website).
Meet with a Study Abroad advisor to help find the program that’s perfect for you.
Apply! Talk to the Financial Aid Office about how you can use your aid to go abroad.
Get on a plane and start your adventure!
AMBER BOYD
Mechanical Engineering, CISabroad, San Jose, Costa Rica and Sorrento, Italy, Summer 2018
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Be brave. For me, it was my first time ever leaving the country and first-ever flight. I was completely and totally by myself but through this experience, I learned so much about myself and my boundaries. Push yourself. You will achieve great things!
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UTC has sent over 440 students abroad, and
McKenzie Jaynes
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Environmental Policy & Planning, South Africa, Summer 2018
This experience was invaluable to the development of myself as a global citizen, as well as the person I have to face in the mirror every day. While I was learning about other people and practices across the globe, I learned things about myself that would have remained buried without this experience. I left part of my heart in my study
abroad county, as well as with the lifelong friends I made. If you have considered studying abroad but are hesitant about the process or finances, please just reach out and explore your options. There are vast resources and dedicated people desiring to replicate this once-in-lifetime experience for you, too! Do it! You won’t regret it!”
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CONTACT US University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Office of Study Abroad 615 McCallie Ave., Lupton Hall 117 Chattanooga, Tennessee 37403, USA
utc.edu/studyabroad studyabroad@utc.edu (423) 425-4731 UTCglobal
Laura Livermore Study Abroad Director laura-livermore@utc.edu
Jamie Booth Study Abroad Advisor jamie-k-booth@utc.edu
Takeo Suzuki Executive Director of the Center for Global Education
UTC is a comprehensive, community-engaged campus of the University of Tennessee System. UTC is an EEO/AA/Titles VI & IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA institution. E045710001-003-22
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