Study Abroad
Lauren Cannon ’17
EXPLORE DIFFERENT CULTURES WITH UJ
Whether you travel for two weeks or up to a month, you can expand your horizons with faculty- and staff-led study abroad experiences in the following locations:
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Chogoria, Kenya
Work with local schools, non-profit entities, and community organizations on projects related to your major in this small community located 115 miles north of Nairobi. While you’re there, you’ll have the opportunity to hike Africa’s second tallest mountain, Mt. Kenya, and go on a safari in the Maasai Mara.
In February, a second trip to Chogoria is reserved for nursing students, who have a clinical experience in the PCEA Chogoria Hospital and work with community agencies doing public health outreach. Photo Gallery -
Churchill, Manitoba
Interested in Biology? This is the trip for you. Travel to the Polar Bear Capital of the World to learn about the Hudson Bay, the surrounding near-Arctic environment, and indigenous cultures. Stay for a few short weeks or spend your entire summer conducting research on arctic wildlife. Photo Gallery
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Costa Rica
Two options are available for traveling to Costa Rica. The first is with the Foreign Language Department, where you can receive upper-level course credit during a summer study trip.
The second option is through the biology department, where you can spend two weeks studying Costa Rica’s incredible biodiversity and observing tropical organisms and ecosystems. You may even have the opportunity to snorkel along the coastline, zip-line through the cloud forest, and whitewater raft in the rain forest. Photo Gallery -
Europe
Two options are available for traveling to Europe. The first is with the Foreign Language Department, where you can receive upper-level course credit during a summer study trip to a country like Germany.
The second option is through ieiMedia, an organization dedicated to the study of international media. On this trip, you have the opportunity to study media, journalism, and culture for a month in the summer in places like Norway, Spain, Israel, Croatia, and Northern Ireland. -
Nkhoma, Malawi
This trip is reserved for nursing students to travel and work at Nkhoma Mission Hospital in departments like pediatric, adult medical, family planning, labor and delivery, the NICU, and surgery. While there, students also work with outreach programs and perform screening for malnutrition and malaria. Photo Gallery – Video
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Asia
Study media, journalism, and culture for a month in the summer in Asian countries like Japan through ieiMedia, an organization dedicated to the study of international media.
GO GLOBAL WITH PARTNERING PROGRAMS
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Worldwide
(ISEP) is a network of international institutions in more than 50 countries. Through ISEP, students have the ability to study abroad for the same cost of tuition, housing, and meals that they pay at UJ. Participants can study in English or the host language, and can take classes across all disciplines.
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Ireland
Each year, up to three students can study in Northern Ireland through the Irish American Scholars program. Applicants must be current sophomores or juniors with a minimum GPA of 3.2 on a 4.0 scale. Contact Alexis Lueck for more information.
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Mussoorie, India
University of Jamestown has a unique partnership with Woodstock School, a Christian High School in Mussoorie, India. Jimmies who travel to Mussoorie have the opportunity to influence the lives of high school students by student teaching. Photo Gallery
