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Spending time in another country
involves commitment - emotionally, academically, and financially. The
return on your initial investment, however, is well worth the
planning. If you are serious about studying abroad, make a time to
meet with Ratna
Sarkar with an unofficial transcript and go to
a Step
One Advising Session at the International
Programs office. Meanwhile, browse the International
Programs website and review the detailed
information for Science
and Engineering Majors. Think about where you
would like to go, what language you want to study in -- and also
where you prefer not to go.
When undergraduates spend a
semester at an exchange university or affiliate institution, they
usually are able to access the financial resources they would be
using if they spent that semester on campus at Rice. Most of Rice's
exchange and affiliate programs cost about the same as or less than
study at Rice and there are a range of study abroad scholarships that
you can also apply for. See Financing
Study Abroad, the Office
of International Scholarship & Fellowships,
and IIE
Passport Funding for Study Abroad for more
information.
As engineering students are highly
underrepresented in US study abroad numbers they are typically highly
competitive for national study abroad scholarships such as the
Benjamin
A. Gilman International Scholarship, the NSEP
Boren Undergraduate Scholarship and Rotary
Ambassadorial Scholarships. Of particular note,
the Gilman Scholarship will be piloting a summer award cycle in 2010
for STEM students to pursue summer study abroad. For more
information see the Pilot
Summer 2010 Award Cycle Fact Sheet.
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