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TYPES OF STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS
SVSU offers different types of study abroad programs. Read below to determine which program would be best for you!
Faculty-led:
Faculty-led are short-term programs that are led by SVSU faculty members. Students travel as a group with the faculty leaders to the destination abroad. The destination and courses taught vary from year to year. Each college proposes programs which will be led with different subjects and destinations each year. Available programs that will take place in a given academic year will be announced by the start of the Fall semester.
How long? 1-4 weeks
When? During the Spring and Summer terms, winter break, and spring break
Where? Varies from year to year (Programs announced at the start of the academic year)
What can you study? Varies from year to year (Programs announced at the start of the academic year)
Where? Varies from year to year (Programs announced at the start of the academic year)
What can you study? Varies from year to year (Programs announced at the start of the academic year)
Previous destinations offered: Australia, Cambodia, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, El Salvador, England, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Peru, Russia, Senegal, Uganda, Zambia
Previous subjects offered: Business, Chemistry, Education, English, French, Geography, German, Health Science, History, Management, Marketing, Japanese, Kinesiology, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Rhetoric & Professional Writing, Sociology, Spanish
Provider Programs:
Program providers are companies that work with SVSU to send students abroad. They help to coordinate the logistics for students by providing students with on-site orientations, finding housing for the students on the program, registering students for the courses abroad, providing in-country support and cultural activities and trips, and more. Some of the providers SVSU works with include ISA, Panrimo, GlobaLinks, CISabroad, ASA, API, AHA, Classport, and more.
Students on provider programs have the option to choose between many different destinations, course options, housing options, program dates, and more. Students are also guaranteed to receive SVSU credit and are able to use all of their financial aid and scholarship toward the program cost.
How long? 4-6 weeks over the summer, intensive month, full semester, and full academic year
When? Fall, Winter, and Spring/Summer terms
Where? Almost anywhere in the world
What can you study? Any major offered at SVSU
Where? Almost anywhere in the world
What can you study? Any major offered at SVSU
Exchange Programs
SVSU has relationships with many universities and institutions overseas. Many of these relationships allow the exhange of students between universities, meaning SVSU students can go and study at one of the institutions for a semester. In most cases, students are living on campus and studying alongside local students. These programs tend to be the most affordable type of program, given that students typically pay SVSU tuition and housing rates or less in order to participate in the program.
SVSU has relationships with many universities and institutions overseas. Many of these relationships allow the exhange of students between universities, meaning SVSU students can go and study at one of the institutions for a semester. In most cases, students are living on campus and studying alongside local students. These programs tend to be the most affordable type of program, given that students typically pay SVSU tuition and housing rates or less in order to participate in the program.
How long? Full semester (~15 weeks)
When? Fall and Winter terms
Where? France (summer program), Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, and more!
What can you study? Almost any major offered on campus (International studies, business, foreign languages, communication, history, art, literature are all great examples of courses you can take as part of an exchange program!)
Where? France (summer program), Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, and more!
What can you study? Almost any major offered on campus (International studies, business, foreign languages, communication, history, art, literature are all great examples of courses you can take as part of an exchange program!)
Direct Enroll Programs
Students have the option of enrolling directly into a foreign institution. Students interested in this option should consult with a study abroad advisor. SVSU has current relationships with the following universities that allow students to enroll directly at their insitution for a semester program:
Edge Hill University (England)
Vesalius University (Belgium)
