When you study abroad as a Merrimack College student, you’ll expand your skills and gain a better understanding of yourself while enriching your academic experience.
Merrimack’s Global Education program offers study abroad (outside the U.S.) and study away (opportunities in the U.S.). Our study abroad opportunities are designed to provide: a quality academic experience and a seamless credit transfer in a culturally rich and safe environment.
Study Abenaki, Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish at Middlebury College.
Spend a semester in the nation’s capital, taking classes and pursuing an internship.
Nearly 5 million students across the world study abroad every year.
- L.E.K. Consulting
Most students describe their overseas study experience as transformative, both educationally and personally. In addition to helping you grow as an individual, studying abroad will no doubt have a positive impact on your academic and professional journey. The decision to study abroad is not only about studying in another country but it is also about living in another country and culture.
Living in a foreign country will challenge you and put your problem-solving skills to the test. Adjusting to cultural differences can be overwhelming but will help you understand how communication styles, problem solving skills and cultural norms differ from place to place. With each new hurdle you overcome, your confidence and resilience will grow.
Technology enables us to interact and conduct business with people all over the globe with a simple click of a button. Still, there’s only so much you can learn about the world until you go out and experience it. Learning abroad will introduce you to new ways of thinking and might even challenge some long-held assumptions.
Learning abroad will broaden your horizons and enhance your ability to communicate with people from different cultures and backgrounds. You will develop intercultural competencies and cross-cultural communication skills, which are highly valued in our increasingly global work environments.
By studying with faculty and students from around the world, you will gain new knowledge and a global perspective about key issues and opportunities related to your field of study.
When you study abroad you’ll have numerous opportunities to collaborate with students and professors from across the globe, both inside and outside the classroom. You will develop enriching friendships during your studies, broaden your professional networks and dramatically expand your career opportunities after you graduate.
For more information, please contact Dr. Simona Sharoni, Dean of International Intiatives & Global Engagement, by email at [email protected] or at 978-837-3529.
DIWC will award $500 scholarships to women of color who have been accepted to an In-Person Study Abroad Program.
As part of the College’s short-term study abroad program, the students learned about the unique geology of the Nordic country, including its black sand beaches and towering glaciers, during a week in August.
