NIU Study Abroad Office

09/24/2026

09/19/2026

Don't forget to submit your photos from fall 2025 through summer 2026 to [email protected]

09/16/2026

PROcrastination station 🚂 - Who else was like, 'I'll submit my Study Abroad pics tomorrow... and then tomorrow came and went? 😅 Now's your chance to redeem yourself! Send those photos from fall 2025 to summer 2026 to [email protected] by this Saturday, September 19th. Don't make us wait again! 😉

09/15/2026

BIG NEWS! 🎉

Applications now open for CIEE Douglass-O'Connell Global 8-week Summer Internship program, a fully-funded summer internship in Dublin, Ireland!!

Application Deadline: January 8, 2027

Application Requirements:
• Faculty Recommendation
• Video Submission

Thirteen students from across the U.S. will be accepted.

All eligible applicants who are not selected receive a $1,500 Douglass-O'Connell Scholars Grant, which can be used toward any CIEE summer or semester study abroad program through summer 2028.

For eligibility requirements, program details, and the application link:
www.ciee.org/fddo

09/10/2026

Don't forget to submit your photos from your study abroad program (Fall 2025 through Summer 2026) to our annual photo contest!

Send up to four photos, one per catagory, to Amy Pitts - [email protected]

09/09/2026

Applications are now open for the Gilman Program!

The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International
Scholarship Program (Gilman Program) provides up to $5,000 in meritbased
scholarships to outstanding American undergraduate students with
high financial need to pursue credit-bearing academic studies and careeroriented
internships abroad.

Eligible students may also qualify for additional funding through the Gilman
STEM Supplemental Award and/or Critical Need Language Award.

Our Study Abroad Office wants to make sure you have a complete and through application so we do require your application be reviewed by our office, the writing center or faculty.

Learn more and apply by October 1 at GilmanScholarship.org.