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1. Why study abroad?
2. Will I get credit?
3. What questions have I to ask before enrollment to foreign
university?
4. Can I receive any financial aid for study abroad?
5. How long I have to study?
6. What can I study and Where can I study it?
7. How can I discuss with a real, live person my study
abroad?

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1. Why study abroad?

To enhance your education. A study abroad experience adds a new perspective to your studies. You will see things from another point of view, which will help you to develop your analytical and critical thinking skills.
To build your resume. Study in another country adds a new dimension to your career planning. In an age of global economies and information super-highways, experience abroad distinguishes your background from the rest.
To develop your self-awareness. We sometimes impose limitations on ourselves that limit our progress toward our goals. By leaving the familiar behind and encountering different people and places we gain a better understanding of ourselves and the world around us.
To understand another culture. Living and learning in another culture in the midst of the unfamiliar adds to our understanding of the variety

2. Will I get credit?

In many cases yes, for coursework successfully completed. How the credit applies to specific requirements depends on your campus rules; see your advisor.
Pre-departure advisement is required. All students must meet with advisors to plan how the work taken abroad will apply to major, minor, general education or elective requirements.

3. What questions have I to ask before enrollment to foreign university?

How is the program accredited?
Are the proposed classes listed in the university course catalog?
Can these be applied toward a university degree?
Can the university show a list of US universities that have accepted credit from this course of study?
How much does the program cost?

4. Can I receive any financial aid for study abroad?

As a general rule, many students will be able to take their Title IV funding (Pell, Stafford and PLUS) overseas with them. If the study abroad program is approved for credit by the school, and the student meets the usual eligibility requirements for federal aid, the school is not allowed to deny federal aid to the student just because he or she is participating in a program of study abroad. Institutional aid, however, is subject to the school's own policies.
Students who participate in study-abroad programs that cost more than the usual cost of attendance for their school may be able to get an increase in their Federal Pell Grant to help cover those costs.
Many foreign universities have some aid programs for US students. In most cases these programs do not cover the full program costs.

5. How long I have to study?

One year is the optimal term to get the most out of the study abroad experience, personally and academically. We all seem to be in a hurry, but some things cannot be hurried. One of these is cultural assimilation. It takes time to go beyond tourism and to undergo the transformation from visitor to resident. An academic year offers the opportunity for the fullest possible adaptation and integration in the context of university studies. During the first half of your year you will be learning, adjusting, and assimilating information at an incredibly rapid pace. During the second half of your year you will be applying and using what you have learned and you will finally feel "at home" in your host country and host university environment. It is also the time when you will really come to feel that you have made friends.

6. What can I study and Where can I study it?

Many subjects in Many Different Places! Take a look on our Foreign Universities Colleges, and Centers webpage

7. How can I discuss with a real, live person my study abroad?

Send us email with your questions: info@www.iul-world.com, our foreign education advisor will contact you.