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Directorate of Education Abroad
The principal mission of Education Abroad is to provide the best academic international experience for our domestic students. The main vehicle for enriching students' global perspective is study abroad. The Directorate of Education Abroad provides more than 180 summer, semester and full-year programs in over 45 countries. Each year the number of short-term international embedded programs are increasing; these programs are offered as a component of a residentially taught course.
Penn State's Education Abroad program at University Park is notably ranked 8th in the nation in terms of number of study abroad students (2,101 students) according to Open Doors 2009 published by the Institute of International Education. This ranking is impressive; however, the University Office of Global Programs plans to increase its efforts in order to continuously raise the number of students studying abroad. In addition, the office plans to focus on diversifying the countries to which students study, as well as facilitating the ease of incorporating a study abroad component in broader areas of study. Currently, Business Administration is the most highly enrolled program (25.5%), with Liberal Arts (23.9%), coming in second and Communications and Health and Human Development in a virtual tie for third (9.7 and 9% respectively). Additionally, statistics show that, by far, the most popular location for study abroad is Europe, with 77% of Penn State Education Abroad students choosing to study there. Other top locations include Latin America (7.1%) and Asia (6.3%).
We welcome you to explore our database of Education Abroad programs to learn more about opportunities available to Penn State Students.