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SMCC offers a growing variety of study abroad opportunities, ranging from short-term study tours coordinated by our faculty to semester exchanges through partnerships with other colleges and organizations. While some of our programs are targeted for specific program majors, others focus on foreign language immersion, diverse cultural experiences, or more general studies.
If you are interested in incorporating study abroad into your SMCC education, please read on and visit the links below to gather more information. And schedule an appointment with the Center for Global Opportunities for advice, ideas and guidance!
Short Term Study Tours
Several faculty and staff have organized short term study tours that typically occur during spring break or the summer semester. For more information, please contact the faculty or staff as listed:
- Mexico – Professor Kevin Sweeney,
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- Ireland – Professor Bill McClaran,
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- Austria – Professor Wilfred Beriau,
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Semester Abroad
If your interest is in studying in another country for an extended period of time, please visit the links below to begin your search. Then schedule an appointment with the Center for Global Opportunities to continue the quest!
IRELAND – Please consider the George Mitchell Peace Exchange program, which is a competitive scholarship open to Maine Community College System students in reciprocal exchanges with students from the Cork Institute of Technology. http://www.mccs.me.edu/student/gm.html
GERMANY – Since 2003, SMCC has partnered with CDS International to offer exchanges for German and SMCC students that include competitive scholarship opportunities. Through this Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange, SMCC has hosted students from throughout Germany, and has sent SMCC students to Germany for summer semester programs as well as year-long exchanges. http://www.cdsintl.org/cbyx/cbyxfromusa.htm
MEXICO AND CANADA – SMCC is working with two colleges in Monterrey and Cancun, Mexico and with two colleges in New Brunswick and Ontario, Canada to create semester-long exchanges engaging up to six SMCC students per year. For more information, please contact Debra Andrews at the Center for Global Opportunities.
OTHER COUNTRIES – If you prefer to find another country or program for your study abroad experience, please visit the following organizations’ websites. Make a list of questions you may have, and make an appointment with the Center for Global Opportunities to discuss your preferences and your plans.
- College Consortium for International Studies (CCIS) http://www.ccisabroad.org
- Academic Programs International (API) http://www.academicintl.com/
- School for International Training (SIT) http://www.sit.edu/studyabroad/
- Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) http://www.ciee.org/
Scholarship Opportunities
Study Abroad programs are life changing, enriching, and very expensive. You ought to be planning your budget for study abroad early on in your process. Please know that Financial Aid can be applied toward study abroad.
You may want to consider applying to the Benjamin Gilman Scholarship Program, which is designed to assist students of limited financial means to pursue academic study abroad programs. http://www.iie.org/programs/gilman/overview/overview.html
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