Students

"My junior year abroad in Mexico City was the pivotal point in my life. It was during that time when I experienced greatest personal growth, and it affected my ultimate career choice: that of a university Spanish professor. Before going to Mexico, I felt very awkward in the language. My year abroad changed all that."

Mary Docter, UCLA
National Autonomous University of Mexico, 1979-80

Students

Whether you are a prospective student beginning to investigate your options, a student preparing to leave, currently abroad, returned from an EAP program, or an exchange student visiting UCLA, this section will provide you with a starting point to find the answers to your questions.

Your interest in studying abroad makes you part of a growing trend of students who leave their own country to study in another.

Last year 143,590 students left the United States to experience another part of the world through an academic program and 547,867 students from other countries came to study in the United States.

EAP alone sent over 2,400 students abroad last year and welcomed nearly 1,000 international students to UC campuses.

Interest in and support of study abroad is shared by many UCLA departments, international businesses, and national governments, some of which provide scholarships to encourage study abroad.

The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are both considering an International Education Policy resolution whose aims are to:

Significantly increase the number of U.S. students participating in study abroad.

Promote greater diversity of locations, subjects, and languages involved in study abroad programs.

Ensure that U.S. college graduates have knowledge of a second language and a world area.

Strengthen the educational system through which Americans gain international expertise.

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