CU Boulder Education Abroad offers hundreds of programs in nearly 70 countries. Programs exist for all majors, and provide formats and opportunities that are as diverse as the student body that we serve. Education abroad programs come in various forms including, but not limited to, study abroad programs, student exchanges, short-term faculty-led programs, internships, research, and service-learning opportunities.

We encourage your support of these programs and your students' participation on them. Many students say that they did not think about going abroad until a faculty member mentioned it.

We are particularly interested in working with departments, schools, and colleges who would like to help us integrate the course work abroad with their degree programs here. If you are interested in working with us to set up pre-approvals that will apply to all students in a particular major, please contact Michal Greenberg at michal.greenberg@colorado.edu, who manages curricular integration efforts.

Fulbright Opportunities:

Financial support for graduate work abroad is available from a number of sources. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is one source of support for graduate study or research abroad and CU Boulder fares well in these annual competitions. Current CU Boulder students who wish to apply for a Fulbright should contact Deborah Viles (topscholarships@colorado.edu) at the Top Scholarship Office. 
 

Other Opportunities:

In pursuing opportunities abroad for graduate students, there are certain restrictions or limitations to keep in mind. Linguistic ability is probably the most important single element to consider regarding foreign study for graduate students. International fellowships and grants inevitably require the recipient to have an adequate command of the host country language. If a department hopes to establish a continuing exchange of graduate students with a country where the native language is not English, the department might want to consider a rigorous international language requirement for its own program. 

We also need to keep in mind the limitations on the number of credit hours from another institution that can be counted toward a graduate degree at CU Boulder. Most graduates who go abroad for academic work have already completed necessary course work and wish to go abroad to do thesis or dissertation research.