global experience programs

WHY GLOBAL EXPERIENCES ARE SO IMPORTANT

At UIS, we have a motto: Local excellence; global impact.

Each year, around thirty students personally go from “local” to “global” by taking part in a study abroad experience, giving up their income and paying extra to go.

WHAT STUDENTS GAIN FROM GLOBAL EXPERIENCE

Academic benefits: Students become more interested in learning, and more often decide
to attend graduate school.
Global competence: Students become curious and learn more about geography, global affairs, and cultural communication.
Global sensitivity: When students encounter poverty first hand, see how truly limited medical care can be, and have someone offer them their own bowl of beans and tortillas,
their lives change forever.
Career direction: Study abroad offers students a new sense of purpose regardless of what career they are planning.
Personal maturity: Most of all, study abroad helps students mature. Speaking of his global experience program, UIS student Julian Borjas says, “This trip reinforced a lot of things I had been thinking about. It definitely makes you think to keep on the right track, to make sure your life goals are not selfish, but that you are giving back, maybe even in excess of what you are taking.”

EXPENSES FOR GLOBAL EXPERIENCE PROGRAMS

Here are some sample totals for a global experience for one student (travel, tuition, fees, room, board). If you would like to know expenses for another program please contact our office directly:

Ashikaga, Japan: $3500
Jamaica: $3500
Quebec: $3000

Travel costs for global experience:

Japan: $2500
Jamaica: $2200
Quebec: $2000

Tuition and fees for semester abroad:

Current use: $1000 to $3500
Endowed: $25,000 to $100,000

Travel costs for a student to spend a semester studying at an exchange university:

Australia: $2500
Japan: $1500
Mexico: $1000

Visa:

Between $50 and $200

QUESTIONS?

Please use the Send Us Your Question link or contact our office directly. We will be happy to assist you.