The information on this page is as of 2016.
Student Exchange / Study Aboroad Program
Study at 69 universities in 23 countries while remaining enrolled at ICU.
Through agreements concluded with 69 universities in 23 countries (as of October 2015), ICU students can study for mainly one year at out partner institutions. Under the same agreements, ICU also accepts students from those universities to study at ICU. Approximately 150 places are available for study abroad and ICU expects that around one in four students will take part in the program.
Fruitful study abroad involves taking the same classes in specialized subjects as local university students, and for that reason it is necessary to have the appropriate level of English proficiency. Consequently, the usual procedure is for students to apply themselves properly to the English Liberal Arts (ELA) program until their second year and commence their study abroad in the autumn semester of their third year.
Students taking part in this exchange program remain enrolled at ICU while they study at the overseas university for one year (three ICU terms). As a general rule, students pay regular ICU tuition fees but are exempt from fees at the university abroad.
Other expenses are borne by the student, and the costs required for such studies vary with the particular destination. Credits earned at such institutions, a maximum of 40 credits, are recognized as part of the credit unit requirements for graduation from ICU. As a result, it is possible to study abroad and still graduate after four years.
International exchange program universities
Canada
University of Alberta
University of Windsor
The University of British Columbia
United States
University of California
Berkeley
Davis
Irvine
Los Angeles
Merced
Riverside
San Diego
Santa Barbara
Santa Cruz
Duke University
Georgetown University
Grand Valley State University
Guilford College
Haverford College
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Middlebury College
The College of Wooster
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Ohio State University
University of Pennsylvania
Pomona College
University at Buffalo The State University of New York
Rutgers University
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Washington and Lee University
Washington State University
Chile
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Iceland
University of Iceland
U.K.
Cardiff University
The University of East Anglia
The University of Edinburgh
The University of Essex
The University of Leeds
The London School of Economics and Political Science
University College London
Newcastle University
The University of Sheffeld
The University of Sussex
The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
France
Universite Paris Diderot
University of Toulouse II - Jean-Jaurès
Germany
Free University of Berlin
University of Munster
Belgium
Universite Libre de Bruxelles
Netherlands
Maastricht University
Tilburg University
Denmark
University of Aarhus
Sweden
Goteborg University
Linnaeus University
Finland
University of Tampere
Lithuania
Vytautas Magnus University
Russian Federation
The Moscow State Institute of International Relations
China/Hong Kong
Nanjing University
Nanjing Normal University
Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong
Lingnan University
India
Lady Doak College
Union Christian College
Indonesia
Petra Christian University
Korea
Ewha Womans University
Korea University
Yonsei University
Taiwan
Tunghai University
Thailand
Mahidol University
Thammasat University
Philippines
Ateneo de Manila University
University of the Philippines
Silliman University
Australia
University of Queensland
Queensland University of Technology
The University of Sydney
New Zealand
The University of Waikato
Process for studying abroad (schedule may change depending on the host university)
Second year | Autumn semester | Mid-September |
Information sessions for students wanting to study abroad |
Late September | Students who have studied abroad relate their experience | ||
Mid-October | Application submission | ||
Mid-November | Document screening (e.g., TOEFL or other scores, recent grades, English essay on purpose of studying abroad, etc.) | ||
Autumn break | Late November | Interview (only for those who pass the document screening) | |
Winter semester | Early December | Successful candidates announced | |
Mid-January | Participation pledge submitted; transfer of participation application fee | ||
Late February | Application form and other necessary documents sent to host university | ||
Early March | 1st orientation | ||
Third year | Autumn semester | April to late | Notification of outcome received from host university (application for visa and dormitory, travel preparations); |
Late June | 2nd orientation | ||
Summer break | Travel to host university | ||
Spring semester | Classes begin at host university | ||
Fourth year | Summer break | Return | |
Autumn semester | Credits acquired at host university incorporated at ICU, where normal classes resume | ||
Winter semester | Submission of graduation thesis |
Number of Participants by academic year
Program | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|
Student Exchange Program | 116 | 124 | 93 |
*Including ACUCA Program