Fitchburg State University offers a wide variety of ways to study abroad as part of your college experience. Studying abroad is an essential part of the undergraduate experience and allows students to grow academically, professionally and personally.
Our faculty-led programs allow you to take a Fitchburg State course with one of our professors that has a travel component either for part or the entire duration of the course.
Fitchburg State University offers two scholarships for faculty-led study abroad, the Global Ambassador Scholarship (for any faculty-led program) and the CIC/AVGC Scholarship (for any study abroad program to Italy). Our Spring Scholarships open every October 1 and close October 15. Our Summer Scholarships open January 1 and close Jan 15 every year.
In our exchange programs you can study at a foreign university in China, Italy, Germany, or Japan. Apply to one of our partner foreign universities today!
There are also provider-led programs that you can take through the university providing an even wider selection of countries to study in.
Contact the OIE at inthelp@fitchburgstate.edu or nsalerno@fitchburgstate.edu for additional questions.
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