1. Study Abroad lets you explore the world for a summer, semester, or even a year while you are still a Virginia Tech student.

2. Study Abroad will set you apart from other job seekers in a very competitive job market. You will highlight your experience abroad in job interviews and on your resume.

3. Study Abroad can help you develop new skills, more independence and self-confidence. You'll return from study abroad with new skills that just can't be learned on campus.

4. Study Abroad helps you see the world from a completely new perspective. The simplest things take on a new meaning when you are overseas.

5. Study Abroad introduces you to a new culture - a new way of life (Whether you go to Ecuador or Zimbabwe, you'll learn to recognize and appreciate how culture determines values and behaviors.)

6. Study Abroad will give you an opportunity to make lifelong friendships with people you wouldn't have met. You might even find yourself 'adopted' by a local family.

7. A semester, summer, or year abroad gives you the opportunity to participate in an international internship - an impressive asset in today's global market place.

8. Study Abroad can give you an unparalleled opportunity to develop genuine fluency in a foreign language and meet your foreign language requirements.

9. Study Abroad helps you learn what it really means to be an 'American.' You'll learn what makes life in the United States different from anywhere else.

10. You'll be part of the elite 1% of Undergraduates who have studied abroad.

 

Management Entity: Office of International Research, Education, and Development,
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA - 24061-0334