In this age of worldwide communication and the global marketplace, university graduates are handicapped if they do not have significant exposure to diverse cultures. Perhaps the best way to expand one s global awareness is to study abroad. It is also helpful to befriend foreign students on our campus. In thinking about study abroad, four issues are important to understand.
Financial aid is available for study abroad costs.
See the Financial Aid Office early in your planning process to ensure that details can be worked out in timely fashion. Study abroad programs range in length from two weeks to a year. Fairly brief summer programs allow students both to study abroad and to earn money for the next year. Study abroad programs can give one experience in a foreign language, but many programs are available in English even in countries where English is not the native tongue. MSU-Billings is one of about a dozen international universities sending students to The Maastricht Center for Transatlantic Studies in the Netherlands.