With careful preparation, any Penn State student can participate in study abroad and maintain normal progress toward graduation. Please realize that students must consult with their departmental academic advisor regarding how courses taken at an overseas institution will apply to their major, minor and other general education requirements on their course audit. Advisors and staff in the office of International Education Programs and Studies do not advise on these matters, as they neither qualified nor authorized to do so. Students who do not have a faculty advisor should work with the designated undergraduate advisor in their department, with an advising center in their college, or with an advisor in DUS if no major has been declared. This program, like all of Penn State's semester or academic year study abroad programs, satisfies the University's cultural diversity requirement.
Most participants go abroad in their junior or senior year.
Applications are due about one year in advance of the program start date, so students should plan to apply during their sophomore or junior year.