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Program Types


UA Faculty-Led Programs

Priority is given to students with an overall grade point average of 2.20 or above. Students below the 2.20 GPA may petition for admission with the CIAP director and the summer program director. Students pay a program fee that includes tuition, housing abroad, in-country travel, international insurance, and other on-site expenses.  Generally, this fee DOES NOT include airfare.   Students will be issued a permit to pay by CIAP once they complete their application and will pay directly through Student Receivables.

Quick Facts: UA Faculty-Led Programs
  • Summer (typically 2-5 weeks)
  • Program fee includes UA tuition at in-state rate for all participants
  • 2.2 GPA requirement
  • Study, internship, and service learning options
  • Open to Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors, and Graduate students
*Faculty-Led programs vary from year to year, and a complete listing of all summer programs will be available mid-fall.

Current UA Faculty-Led programs


UA Semester Exchange Programs

A student must hold a 3.0 GPA at the time of application. Language requirements vary by program. Students must be enrolled at UA for at least one semester before participation. Students pay UA tuition and fees directly to Student Receivables or through Mybama and pay housing and living expenses to the host university, for most programs. A full-exchange option (payment of tuition, housing, and meals at UA is available at Kansai Gaidai University only).

Students apply for the exchange program, a committee of UA faculty reveiw applications and make nominations of applicants to the prefered host university abroad. If the nomination is accepted, the applicant will be given information on how to complete the admission application for the exchange university abroad.
 
Exchange program participants will be enrolled in a CIP placeholder course while they are abroad.  Credits will be evaluated and applied to their UA transcripts upon the receipt of their international transcript. Students receive institutional, pass/fail credit for exchange programs.

Notes:
1. Students will be billed for mandatory international insurance for these programs.

2. Any early withdrawal from the program, whether by decision of the student or as a consequence of disenrollment, shall not entitle the student to any refund of the payments required for the program. Any extra expenses associated with early withdrawal from the program are the responsibility of the student. The student should consider the academic impact that an early withdrawal will have on her/his official academic record.

Quick Facts: Exchange Programs
  • Semester and Year-long
  • Pay UA tuition
  • 3.0 GPA requirement; placements are competitive
  • Study and research options
  • Over 20 universities in 15 countries
  • Sophomore standing at the time of departure
Exchange Institutions

Australia Italy
Queensland University of Technology Polytechnic University of Torin
Austria
Klagenfurt University
Japan
Belgium Chiba University
HEC-University of Liege Hiroshima University
Denmark
 Kansai Gaidai University
Aarhus University Meiji University
England
 Ritsumeikan University
University of Birmingham Netherlands
University of Hull Hanze University Groningen
University of Leicester Scotland
France University of Glasgow
South Korea
University Francois-Rabelais-Tours Ajou University
University of Poitiers Pusan National University
Germany Yonsei University
Fachhochschule Augsburg, University of Applied Sciences Taiwan
Freie University - Berlin Feng Chia University
University of Mannheim Wales                                                             
  Aberystwyth University



UA Affiliate and Direct Enroll Programs

GPA requirements vary by program.  Students are billed by the program provider or the host institution and pay fees directly to host.  UA students are enrolled in a CIP placeholder course and credit will be awarded upon receipt of their program transcript.  Programs awarding credit through a US institution of higher education will be reflected on the UA transcript as graded transfer credit.  Programs awarding credit through accredited international institutions will be reflected on the UA transcript as UA pass/fail credit.

Note:
1. These programs have a $100 course/administration fee and will also be billed for mandatory international insurance automatically. 

2. Any early withdrawal from the program, whether by decision of the student or as a consequence of disenrollment, shall not entitle the student to any refund of the payments required for the program. Any extra expenses associated with early withdrawal from the program are the responsibility of the student. The student should consider the academic impact that an early withdrawal will have on her/his official academic record.
 

Quick Facts: Affiliate and Direct Enroll Programs 
  • Summer, Semester, Year-long
  • Pay program fee directly to provider (not UA tuition)
  • GPA requirement varies by program
  • Study, research, internship, and service learning options
  • 14 affiliate providers with programs to multiple locations in many countries
  • 6 direct enroll universities

Affiliate Program Providers
 
AIFS - American Institue for Foreign Study CIS Abroad - Center for International Studies Abroad
API - Academic Programs International EUSA
Arcadia - Arcadia University School of Global Studies GlobaLinks - GlobaLinks Learning Abroad
ASA - Academic Studies Abroad IFSA-Butler -  Institute for Study Abroad Butler University
CAPA - CAPA International Education ISA - International Studies Abroad
CEA - CEA Global Education SAI - Study Abroad Italy
CIMBA - Consortium Intstitute of Management and Business Analysis S@S - Semester at Sea


Direct Enroll Universities

Australia      Ireland
China   University of Limerick
  Wales 
Ocean University Swansea University


 
 
 
 


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