Undergraduate Exchange and Study-Abroad Programs

Studying abroad can broaden students’ cultural horizons and offer a new and extended perspective on a technological education. Rensselaer, therefore, offers a wide variety of exchange and/or study-abroad programs to undergraduate students.

Most exchange programs are intended for students in their junior year. Students apply to participate in these programs during the second semester of their sophomore year. Serious consideration for these programs generally requires that students achieve and maintain a GPA of 3.0 or better.

Study-abroad programs with a number of established colleges and universities throughout Europe, as well as with a limited number of Asian and Australian institutions, are available. Participation in these programs is usually for one year. However, some one-semester arrangements are possible.

Some programs give priority to specific majors, and some institutions require foreign language proficiency.

Rensselaer study-abroad and exchange programs and the associated contact person:

• Undergraduate International Exchange Program
  Robert Conway, (518) 276-6822, conwar@rpi.edu
  
  
• International Management Exchange Program
  Beth Macey, (518) 276-6585, maceyb2@rpi.edu
  
  
• Architecture Exchange Program
  Lecia O’Dell, (518) 276-8478, odelll@rpi.edu
  
  
• Global Engineering Education Exchange (Global E3) Program
  Lester Gerhardt, (518) 276-6203, gerhal@rpi.edu
  
  
• Swiss Exchange Program
  William A. Wallace, (518) 276-6854, wallaw@rpi.edu
  
  
• French Exchange Program
  Lucien Gerber, (518) 276-8125, gerbel@rpi.edu
  
  
• University of Amsterdam Exchange Program
  David Nichols, (518) 276-2601, nichod3@rpi.edu