UMBC Education Abroad

The UMBC Education Abroad Advisor is here to help you sift through the hundreds of study abroad programs at your fingertips to find the right experience for you.  If you are planning to study abroad for a non-faculty-led summer or winter, semester or academic year you are required to meet with the Education Abroad Advisor to fulfill your advising requirement. If you're interested in winter/summer faculty-led study abroad programs, although not required, you may schedule an advising meeting with the Faculty-Led Study Abroad (FLSA) Coordinator. Both staff members can provide advising regarding study abroad scholarships and any other concerns you may have about studying abroad.

Please note that it is required to attend Study Abroad 101 before scheduling a meeting with the Advisor or Coordinator. To request an appointment, email [email protected]. 

Advising for spring 2027 and winter 2027 programs is available now!
NOTE: If you are planning to apply to either ISEP Exchange, early deadline ISEP Direct, or UMBC Exchange: Nanzan University, special advising times are available starting now. Please email [email protected] to set up an appointment.

Happy Friday Retrievers!
We hope you had a wonderful spring break! In addition to our Spring Break faculty-led programs running, it seems like most of our Abroad Ambassadors were also on Spring Break and made the most of their time abroad to travel and explore their host countries! This week read all about Kayla's time in Morocco, Lucy's trip to Derry and celebrating St. Paddy's day in Ireland, Maranna's trip to Osaka, Arnelle's time in Switzerland, Tafat's weekend in Paris, and the highlights Victoria showed to her friend who visited Newcastle! You can find all of the blogs linked in our bio!

Happy Friday Retrievers! We hope you have a great spring break!

Our Abroad Ambassadors Tafat and Maranna have been loving their time studying abroad! Maranna visited Ghibli Park and got to see all of her favorite movie scenes and characters! Tafat took a long weekend trip with some of her friends to Belgium! Even though it was a little rainy, they still had a great weekend filled with good memories and, of course, chocolate!

Some exciting news: We will have 3 New Abroad Ambassadors next week studying abroad through our Spring Break Faculty-led Programs! Check out Kayla and Tanzila's Pre-departure post before they leave to go to Morocco! Arnell is on her way to Switzerland!

Catch up with all of our Abroad Ambassadors through their blogs at the link in our bio!

Happy Travel Thursday!
Our Abroad Ambassadors are all abroad now and diving in to their exchange!

Ileana arrived in South Korea and took advantage of the time she had before classes started! She did some traveling and she went to a make up store and got a skin analysis! The worker even taught her how to do an aegyo sal makeup look, which took 2 hours!

Shruthe shared her full fall semester recap in Newcastle! Catch up on her time spent abroad so far, and stay on the lookout for her updates about her spring semester!

Even though Victoria and Lucy are in the midst of midterms, they are still making time for fun side trips and hanging out with their friends!

You can read all of their Abroad Blogs at the link in our bio!

Happy Food Friday!! Why food you ask? Because our Abroad Ambassadors have been cheffing it up!

Tafat and her friends decided to make a Syrian dish called shish barak and then a Swedish brownie-like dessert! They also took a day trip to Roubaix and visited a museum called La Piscine which is inside of a building that used to be a public pool!

Maranna was missing the tastes of her family cooking and decided to make rice and stew, a typical Nigerian dish! She got spices at in international market and she was super proud of herself once the dish was made!

You can read all about our Abroad Ambassador's culinary (and other) adventures at the link in our bio!

Happy Study Abroad Day! 🌏

Today, we’re celebrating our Education Abroad Student Staff in the Center for Global Engagement for guiding students on their global journeys and for all of the amazing work they do to make our Retrievers study abroad dreams come true! 😊

DEADLINE EXTENDED to March 1st!! UMBC Faculty-led Summer Programs in Portugal, Kenya and Vietnam have all extended their deadlines. Don’t miss out on your chance to study abroad this Summer!

What are you doing this Summer 2026? Step out of the box with our Faculty-led Summer Programs! Don’t miss out on this life-changing experience… applications are due February 16th! Visit studyabroad.umbc.edu/faculty-led-programs/ to apply!

Happy Travel Thursday!
Our Abroad Ambassadors Tafat and Maranna are diving into life in France and Japan!

Tafat wrapped up an intensive course and went to celebrate with other students and their professor after the final debate! It was a great opportunity to connect with other international students!

Maranna was able to utilize a short break in classes to meet up with some of her Japanese pen pals! In her blog, she wrote about the benefits of exploring a country with a local!

You can check out their blogs by visiting the link in our bio!

Are you a CAHSS major who wants to study abroad this Summer or Fall 2026? Don’t miss out on your chance to apply to this incredible scholarship! Awards range from $1,500 to $5,000. Apply on Scholarship Retriever! Applications are due by 11:59pm TODAY! (Feb. 10th)

Happy Friday Retrievers!

Our Abroad Ambassadors Lucy and Victoria have arrived in Ireland and the UK and they are ready for their classes to begin!

Victoria is making new friends in Newcastle, some that are also from UMBC! A highlight of her week was standing outside of the St. James Stadium and listening to fan responses while she watched a game from her phone!

Lucy started exploring around Cork, going to bookstores and markets! She is planning trips around Ireland and Europe, so there is plenty for us to look forward to in her blogs!

You can find their new blog posts linked in our bio!