EVERY WEEKDAY from 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM at the Study Abroad House.
Learn all the study abroad basics – program types, locations, housing options, scholarships, etc. Peer mentors are available to help you review your options for study abroad and start searching for a program.
Study Abroad Program Applications
Applications for external programs with rolling admissions are OPEN!
Many external programs—including but not limited to AIFS, API, CEA, and ISA— have application deadlines as April 1!
Remember, for external programs, you will apply to your program provider, AND fill out your application on the Hogs Abroad Portal: http://studyabroad.uark.edu/programs/external-programs.php
Scholarships & Funding
Freeman – ASIA Scholarship
Summer 2018 Application Deadline: March 14, 2018
Fall/Academic Year 2018-2019 Application Deadline: April 11, 2018
Freeman Awards for Study in Asia (Freeman-ASIA) provides scholarships for U.S. undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need to study abroad in East or Southeast Asia. Here is the link to apply: http://www.iie.org/Programs/Freeman-ASIA.
CIEE-Gilman Go Global Grant
Summer/Fall 2018 Application Deadline: April 1
This scholarship is open to students attending a CIEE study abroad program who are also qualified applicants of the Benjamin A. Gilman International scholarship regardless of whether or not they receive the Gilman Scholarship. For more information, see the following link: https://www.ciee.org/go-abroad/college-study-abroad/scholarships/need-based-grants.
To Do
Pending Applications:
If you currently have a pending study abroad program application in your Hogs Abroad Portal, please check to see what you need in order to complete the application and check off those boxes!
Apply for Your Passport:
If you haven’t already done so, now is a great time to locate your birth certificate and submit a passport application. You can find instructions on how to apply using the following link: http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/passports.html.
You can also visit U of A Passport Services at pmcs.uark.edu/passport-services/.
And, once you have your passport, be sure to log in to your Hogs Abroad Portal to upload your passport information to your application!
Get Connected! #HogsAbroad
Stay in the loop with U of A students while they’re abroad! Students who are studying abroad will be posting throughout the summer, so be sure to check-in and see what’s going on. Follow the blogs at: http://studyabroadarkansas.blogspot.com.
Be sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram and Twitter. You can also look for our hashtag, #HogsAbroad all over social media, to see more news and posts from students studying abroad!
We look forward to helping you go abroad!
