Where do you want to grow?
Study abroad offers you the opportunity to live in and engage with diverse communities. You will build new connections, gain intercultural competence, and strengthen foreign language acquisition—living Loras’ disposition as active learners, responsible contributors, ethical decision-makers, and reflective thinkers.
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Semester & Short Study
Loras sponsors both full-semester and short-term study abroad programs across all academic disciplines. With good planning, you can earn academic credit toward your major or minor and keep on track for graduation.
Graduate On Time
Studying abroad is best achieved by early and strategic planning with our study abroad coordinator, your academic advisors, and the Office of Financial Planning. Establishing an academic plan that aligns with your goals will keep you on track for graduation.
Let’s Get In Touch
The Loras College Center for Experiential Learning and our study abroad coordinator are just an email or phone call away.
Abbie Behrens
Study Abroad Coordinator
abigail.behrens@loras.edu
563.588.7026
Understanding Study Abroad
Before departure, our programs foster community and create support systems while navigating abroad. You will grow academically, professionally, and personally through engagement with local universities, internship and service organizations, host families, and your community.
These skills are essential for management and leadership positions in our globally connected workforce. Studying abroad improves your preparedness for a global era. Furthermore, interning and volunteering while studying abroad may not only result in credits earned but enriches your career preparation.
A Global Learning Experience
Enhance your undergraduate education by completing international and relevant coursework and internships. All credits on a Loras College semester or short-term program are transferable to Loras. You should discuss a plan with your academic advisor to meets academic requirements while achieving your anticipated graduation timeline.
Health, Safety & Well-being
Along with our partners abroad, we prioritize our student participants’ overall health and well-being. Valuing transparent communication concerning physical and mental health, the Center for Experiential Learning collaborates with campus health and counseling professionals months before departure to work with students in developing healthy planning practices. Loras enrolls its study abroad students with a supplemental international medical insurance plan. In addition to campus and local in-country support resources, we closely follow the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and U.S. Department of State travel and health guidelines and alerts.
While abroad, host-program staff and faculty support students who may require assistance and help connect with local resources, health services and professionals.
Affordability
Developing a financial plan and budget for a semester abroad is a critical step in the planning stages for study abroad. To provide greater access to global learning opportunities, students participating in a Loras study abroad semester program may apply 100 percent of your Loras institutional aid and state and/or federal aid.
Students must schedule an appointment with the Office of Financial Planning to review costs and plan for program fees plus anticipated out-of-pocket expenses. Common fees associated with a semester program include but are not limited to Loras College semester tuition, housing fees abroad, meals with a host family, supplemental international insurance coverage, excursion fees, a reduced student activity fee, and the technology fee. Anticipated out-of-pocket expenses include but are not limited to a passport, visa, vaccinations, local transportation, international airfare, meals, and daily living expenses. Tuition remission does not apply to a study abroad semester program.
Discussing potential financial resources associated with the specific study abroad program of interest is important. A study abroad candidate receiving a federal Pell Grant may be eligible to apply to the US Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, which awards up to $5,000. A study abroad candidate who may be traditionally underrepresented in study abroad may be eligible to apply for an FEA Scholarship. Students are encouraged to explore available opportunities with our study abroad coordinator.