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SMCC can assist with international education experiences, ranging from short-term study tours coordinated by our faculty to semester exchanges through partnerships with other colleges and organizations. While some 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.\
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:
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.
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.
GERMANY – CDS International offers exchanges for German and U.S. students that include competitive scholarship opportunities. Through the Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange, SMCC students may travel to Germany for summer or semester programs as well as year-long exchanges. http://www.cdsintl.org/cbyx/cbyxfromusa.htm
MEXICO AND CANADA – SMCC is partnering with two colleges in Monterrey and Cancun, Mexico, and with two colleges in New Brunswick and Ontario, Canada, to offer semester-long exchanges for SMCC students in the Culinary Arts major. For more information, please contact Paul Charpentier, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs at pcharpentier@smccme.edu.
OTHER COUNTRIES – If you prefer to find another country or program for your study abroad experience, please visit the following organizations’ websites.
Scholarship Opportunities
Study Abroad programs are life changing, enriching, and very expensive. You should 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/en/Programs/Gilman-Scholarship-Program
For general assistance in forming study abroad plans, please make an appointment with Sharon Bannon by calling 207-741-5626. |
