Study Abroad Information: By Students for Students

Yale Daily News recently reported on the difficulties finding study abroad programs for hard science majors. They report that Yale and other Universities are looking to increase opportunities for students to go abroad:

“Officials said the addition of undergraduates to the joint program in astronomy between Yale and the Universidad de Chile is part of recent trend in academia to improve study abroad opportunities specifically meant for science majors. Only 13.4 percent of Yale students studying abroad were majoring in the physical sciences, engineering and health sciences, according to the most recently published statistics by the Yale Institute for International Education.

This trend is not just limited to Yale. On Oct. 13, a faculty panel at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recommended a development of exchange partnerships with universities overseas and more flexible curricular requirements to encourage MIT students to study abroad.”

The great thing about study abroad programs is that when one university creates a new one, they usually open it up to students from other schools. So, even if your school isn’t pushing for hard science classes abroad, you may be able to piggy back on what another school is doing.