Explore your global opportunities Why have a global experience? • Complement your degree and gain a new perspective on your studies. • Challenge yourself and become more independent. • Discover new career and academic opportunities. • Make new friends from around the world. • Improve your foreign language skills. • Experience a different culture. • Enhance your employability. Kwame, Université Lumière Lyon 2, France • Explore the world.

Global Experiences Participating in a global experience is one of the most exciting and rewarding opportunities you can have while studying at The of Queensland. At UQ, you can access semester-based exchange opportunities and a wide range of short-term experiences all over the world. We will support you through the process, from choosing a program that suits your needs and goals to applying and preparing to go. After returning to UQ, you will be invited to attend an employability seminar to help un-pack what you have gained from your overseas adventure. A global experience is the ideal way to enhance your employability and have the experience of a lifetime.

Gessica, Seoul National University, South Korea

Student exchange program This program offers you the opportunity to study overseas for a semester or year on exchange, while gaining credit towards your UQ degree. With almost 180 exchange partners in 38 countries, student exchange is an ideal way to combine study and travel. While on exchange, tuition fees at the host university are waived as you remain enrolled at and pay fees to UQ. Travel and living costs will vary depending on where you go, your travel plans and your spending habits. While many of our partner institutions in non-English speaking countries offer a wide range of courses taught in English, exchange is also a great time to improve your foreign language skills or learn a new language. MAYA McGill University, Canada Student Exchange Application Deadlines:

Even though Montreal has a fairly western culture, learning to cope with • 31 May for Semester 1 of the following year differences between home and your exchange country fosters the ability to • 31 October for Semester 2 of the following year tolerate and celebrate our diversity. employability.uq.edu.au/global-experiences Financial support Wondering how you will finance your global experience? Check out these options.

Grants and scholarships Student Employability manages a range of funds to support student participation in global experiences. These funds are allocated taking into consideration academic SHYLAJA merit, financial hardship and strategic initiatives. CIS July Winter 2019, Vancouver Island, Canada If you apply to participate in an exchange or short-term I decided to complete a short-term global experience to meet a bunch of experience, for credit or not-for-credit, you will be automatically new people from different cultural backgrounds, broaden my knowledge considered for funding. Additional funding for specific disciplines and skillset by gaining knowledge from world class professors in a different environment, and to travel abroad at the same time whilst gaining may also be available through your UQ School or Faculty. academic credit! employability.uq.edu.au/financial-support

Centrelink Short-term global experiences You may be able to continue receiving Centrelink payments If a full semester or year of exchange is not for you, there are while studying overseas if you are receiving credit towards your also opportunities to have a global experience during the degree program. semester breaks. Many of our international partners offer summer and winter OS-HELP loan scheme programs where you can immerse yourself in language and The Australian Government provides financial assistance to culture, or take courses that are unique to that institution. eligible students to undertake part of their course of studies overseas. The overseas study must count towards your current By participating in a short-term experience, you may be able UQ program requirements. Once paid, the OS-HELP loan is to receive credit towards your UQ degree or you can choose to consolidated with your accumulated HELP debt. participate in a program for the experience itself and not receive credit. The types of experiences include study, internships and The amount of the loan varies depending on the location of volunteering/community-based learning. study. Check the OS-HELP website for the latest loan amounts.

Short-term experiences are a great way to discover more of the my.uq.edu.au/os-help world, develop valuable contacts and make the most of your semester breaks. New Colombo Plan Short-term Global Experiences Application Deadlines: The Australian Government’s New Colombo Plan (NCP) • 10 March for programs in Winter (July) encourages Australian undergraduate students to study at • 10 September for programs in Summer (December–February) a university in the Indo-Pacific region through two different schemes. The NCP Scholarships, valued at up to $67,000, are employability.uq.edu.au/short-term-experiences prestigious scholarships for high-achieving students from any discipline. The NCP Mobility Program awards $3000 or $7000 depending on the project. Awardees must undertake a study program for which they will receive credit.

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Westpac Asian Exchange Scholarship The Westpac Asian Exchange Scholarship was established as a gift to future generations of Australians to commemorate Westpac’s 200th anniversary. Valued at $12,000, this scholarship offers students the opportunity to study on exchange for one or two semesters at partner institutions in China, Hong Kong-SAR or Singapore.

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Pheneas, Harvard Summer School, United States of America

Shashindi, National University of Singapore, Singapore Contact us W employability.uq.edu.au/ Employability Award global-experiences Gain extra recognition for your global experience by E [email protected] participating in the Employability Award. P +61 7 3365 2836 The Employability Award encourages you to get involved in Like us on Facebook extra-curricular activities that will enhance your employability. facebook.com/uqsec By joining this program, you will participate in a range of activities and events to help you develop key competencies that Join the UQ Abroad Facebook group facebook.com/groups/UQAbroad employers value. By reflecting on these experiences, you will understand your capabilities, and how you can communicate Follow us on Instagram @uqsec them to an employer and apply them in a work environment. employability.uq.edu.au

FINNIAN HELEN , France Jakarta Internships Summer 2018/2019, Indonesia

Paris is an absolute dream to live in, loads of great parks and museums to I have grown immensely professionally, through substantial development of explore, and it is so beautiful! my communication, collaboration and leadership skills, particularly through working in an environment where you are constantly faced with social, My advice is pretty simple - if you are considering going on an exchange cultural and linguistic barriers and have the ability to do so, you should just do it! It will be one of the best experiences of your life. NOV19 CRICOS Provider 00025B Provider CRICOS NOV19 Where in the world can you go on a global experience?

Learn more about global experiences available to you at the annual Global Experiences Expo Wednesday 1 April 2020

Talk to returned students and inbound students from our partner institutions.

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Exchange partner institutions For more information about studying on exchange visit employability.uq.edu.au/student-exchange

Austria Indonesia Portugal United States of America • University of Vienna • ACICIS • Universidade Católica Portuguesa • American University • University of Graz • Universitas Gadjah Mada • Arizona State University Republic of South Korea • Universitas Indonesia • Boston College Belgium • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology • California State University • Free University Brussels Ireland (KAIST) • Georgia Institute of Technology • Ghent University • Trinity College Dublin • Korea University • Kansas State University • KU Leuven • University College Dublin • Pusan National University • Northeastern University • Seoul National University Canada Italy • Purdue University • Yonsei University • HEC Montréal • Bocconi University • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey • McGill University • Politecnico di Milano Russia • State University of New York at Stony Brook • Queen’s University • Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore • Lomonosov Moscow State University • Texas A&M University • University of Alberta • Graduate School of Management, St Petersburg Japan • The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill • University of British • Hitotsubashi University • Tulane University • University of Calgary • International Christian University Singapore • University of Arizona • University of Toronto • Keio University • ESSEC Business School • University of California • University of Waterloo • Kobe University • Nanyang Technological University • University of Connecticut • Western University • Komazawa University • National University of Singapore • University of Florida Chile • Kwansei Gakuin University • Singapore Management University • University of Maryland • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile • Kyoto University • University of Massachusetts South Africa • Kyoto University of Foreign Studies • University of Pennsylvania Colombia • University of Cape Town • University of Richmond • Pontificia Universidad Javeriana • Kyushu University • Osaka University Spain • University of South Carolina Czech Republic • Ritsumeikan University • IE University • University of Texas at Austin • Charles University • Showa Women’s University • Universidad Pablo de Olavide • University of Virginia • University of Economics, Prague • Sophia University • Universidad Pontificia Comillas • University of Washington • Universitat Pompeu Fabra • University of Wisconsin - Madison Denmark • University of Kitakyushu • University of Wyoming • Copenhagen Business School • University of Tokyo • • Washington University in St Louis • Technical University of Denmark • University of Tsukuba Sweden • • Waseda University • KTH - Royal Institute of Technology • Lund University Finland Malaysia • Aalto University School of Business • University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus • Stockholm University • Uppsala Universitet France Mexico • CentraleSupélec • Tecnológico de Monterrey Switzerland • Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Commerciales • Universidad de las Americas Puebla • University of Lausanne • University of St. Gallen d’Angers Netherlands • University of Zürich • Ecoles Centrales • Technical University of Delft • ESSEC Business School • University of Amsterdam Taiwan • Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Rennes • University College Maastricht • National Chengchi University • Sciences Po • Universiteit Maastricht • National Taiwan University • Université Catholique de Lille • Universiteit Utrecht Thailand • Université Lumière Lyon 2 • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam • Thammasat University • Université Toulouse 1 Capitole New Zealand • Mahidol University International College Germany • University of Auckland Turkey • Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg • Bogazici University In addition to the countries • Bucerius Law School Norway • Koc University listed above, other destinations • Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen • Norwegian University of Science & Technology (NTNU) for short-term global • Justus Liebig Universität Giessen United Kingdom experiences include: • Humboldt University of Berlin • NHH - Norwegian School of Economics • City University London • Leuphana Universität Lüneburg • • Imperial College London • Ludwig Maximilians Universitat Munich • University of Oslo • Loughborough University • Argentina • Cambodia • Technical University of Munich People’s Republic of China • Queen Mary University of London • Costa Rica • Technische Universität Berlin • Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Commerciales • Royal Holloway, University of London • Croatia • Universität Mannheim d’Angers (Shanghai campus) • University College London • Estonia • WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management • Fudan University • University of Bath • Ghana • Nanjing University • University of Birmingham Hong Kong-SAR • Greece • Peking University • University of Bristol • City University of Hong Kong • Latvia • Shanghai Jiao Tong University • University of Edinburgh • The Chinese University of Hong Kong • Mongolia • Sun Yat-sen University • University of Exeter • Hong Kong Polytechnic University • Morocco • Tsinghua University • University of Glasgow • University of Hong Kong • Nepal • University of Nottingham, Ningbo Campus • University of Leeds • New Caledonia Hungary • Zhejiang University • University of Manchester • Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Commerciales • University of Manchester - • Romania d’Angers (Budapest campus) Alliance Manchester Business School • Vietnam • University of • University of Nottingham India • O.P. Jindal Global University Poland • University of Sheffield For more information: • Warsaw School of Economics • University of Surrey • University of Sussex employability.uq.edu.au/ short-term-programs