Participants will receive full-time credit for each semester and have a choice of several options, depending on proficiency and career objectives. Grants are available for Fall 2000 and Spring 2001 and language training grants are available for Summer 2001 to learn either Spanish or French, whichever is applicable. Business and Technology majors may study for a semester with the Noordelijke Hogeschool in Leeuwarden, Holland. Students should be juniors or seniors. Classes are conducted in English, and the spring semester works best for exchange students.
Limited scholarships are available.
By agreement, WIU students may participate as exchange students summer, fall, and spring at UAQ which is located in Queretaro in the north central part of Mexico. Study may include instruction in intensive Spanish and several other classes in a variety of subjects. Selected courses are offered in English for students who lack proficiency in Spanish. Students majoring in business, law enforcement and justice administration, political science, sociology and the social sciences are invited to spend a semester or year in the University of Central England in the city of Birmingham. WIU exchange students should be in their sophomore year at a minimum.