CEA is excited and proud to introduce three new program destinations launching their opening sessions in 2020. These destinations represent our ongoing commitment to meet the needs of our university partners and give students a wider variety of international experiences to choose from.

CEA's New Study Location (beginning Spring 2020):

• Budapest, Hungary – One of central Europe’s most alluring and historically interesting cities, Budapest is perfect for students who want something a little different from the norm when they study abroad. We’ll be offering two programs here: Business & Economics and Social Sciences, both available during the fall and spring sessions. Our university partner, Corvinus University of Budapest, offers courses in business, economics, political science, history, and more. All courses are taught in English, and a Hungarian language course is optional for students as an elective. We’re accepting applications until September 30, 2019.

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CEA's New Internship Locations (beginning Summer 2020):

• Milan, Italy – This world capital of business, design, and architecture is an ideal destination for international interns who want placements in communications, social media, public relations, marketing, event management, and more. One of Europe’s most cosmopolitan cities and the second most populous in Italy, Milan serves as a rich, sophisticated backdrop for the internship program. Internships abroad in Milan are full-time and available during the summer session.      

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• Sydney, Australia – This highly popular study abroad destination is also an ideal city for internship students, with an English-speaking culture and a wide selection of available placements. Possible career fields here include engineering, business management, the arts, psychology, and more. Internships abroad in Sydney are full-time and only available during the summer session. Students can add an optional Discovery Week to their program, to experience Australia’s culture and wildlife through classic tourist activities. 

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For both of these internship programs, we’re accepting applications until March 1, 2020.

If you have any questions about our new program destinations that our website can’t answer, please reach out to your CEA University Regional Director.  

We love getting to know and interact with U.S. university staff through our two annual familiarization trips. These trips give our guests the clearest, most detailed picture of what CEA has to offer students abroad and facilitates new relationships with CEA staff and their peers in U.S. higher education. 

CEA’s Spring 2019 Familiarization Trip to France was a great success, with sixteen enthusiastic participants from universities around the United States. We took our guests on an extensive tour of our Paris and Aix-en-Provence program sites.   

Thomas Russo of Drury University had this to say about his experience on the France 2019 FamTrip: “I was blown away with CEA as an organization and specifically your flexibility to work with partners to adapt curriculum. You are nimble and listen well. Most of all, after starting the week sharing your CEA Values in the first presentation, you demonstrated that they are not just words on paper, but you lived them throughout the week. I was so impressed by this that I’ve already reached out to the Provost at Drury to share my recommendation to become an official partner with CEA.”

We’ll be spending time in Madrid and Barcelona this October on our Fall Familiarization Trip, exploring the cities, classrooms, cultural activity offerings, internship placements, and more. These two program destinations can enrich a student’s life and education in several ways, whether through study or an internship abroad. Madrid, the Spanish capital and second largest city in the country, is a place where students can focus on engineering, the liberal arts, business, the social sciences, or Spanish language, all while soaking up the most classic of Spanish culture. Barcelona, one of the most popular study abroad destinations in Europe, is a city of both reputable universities and high-quality internship placements. With a colorful cityscape, beautiful beaches, uniquely Catalan culture, and a booming start-up scene, Barcelona is an exciting place to study or work an internship, whatever your preferred academic area or career field. CEA is proud to have the resources, staff, and program structure to give students the best possible experience of these cities.   

Click here to find out more about our Spain familiarization trip. The application deadline is June 7.

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When a student first approaches you to ask about study abroad, where do you steer the conversation? To academics, ideal destinations, motivations and goals, or something else? We hope you include a discussion around “academic discipline,” and here’s why: this approach to study abroad advising is one of the most effective ways to support student success in every aspect of the international education experience. 

Advising prospective study abroad students based on their major or academic area of interest makes it easier for them to narrow down their destination options and confidently choose the best one. Trying to choose a program destination first, without any guidelines, can lead students to disappointment and frustration if their initial destination choice can’t accommodate their major requirements or doesn’t offer the kinds of courses they’re looking for. Beginning with the question “What is your major?” can immediately provide a working list of destinations where a student’s academic needs will be met, making the program selection process much quicker and easier.  

Framing the study abroad decision-making process with a student’s major or discipline of interest reinforces the connection between academics and study abroad, which can be an important way to counter any false ideas students have about study abroad programs being a kind of vacation or break from school. Getting students to think of their study abroad experience as essentially academic can help them make smart choices when they’re picking courses and take their coursework more seriously once they’re onsite. Rather than viewing study abroad as tangential to the undergraduate program, as an extended extracurricular activity, students should see study abroad as a piece that fits directly into their college degree puzzle, and advising them by academic discipline can guide them in that direction.  

Advising by academic discipline can be just as beneficial for study abroad offices as it is for students, when there is an organized approach and supporting resources in place to facilitate the advising strategy. When study abroad offices do not advise by academic discipline, students often get stuck with an overwhelming amount of leg work in trying to identify programs that will suit their needs and interests. Going back and forth between their Academic Affairs Office, Study Abroad Office, and faculty trying to determine which courses to take abroad, when to go abroad, and which courses will be approved for credit can discourage students from completing a study abroad program application. When study abroad advisors are prepared to advise students based on their major or academic discipline, it will minimize the amount of effort involved for both students and advisors in confirming a program’s appropriateness.  

“We are moving from a location based advising model to a discipline based with the hopes of creating a more streamlined process for the students and removing unnecessary barriers,” said Paulina Brouder, Associate Director of Study Abroad at the University of Missouri. “Rather than meeting with multiple study abroad advisors to discuss programs in various locations, the student can meet with one well versed advisor to review all the options for their major. As a study abroad office, this will allow us to build closer connections with our academic departments and collaboratively, we can identify programs that are recommended for students in a specific major and highlight those during advising appointments.” 

CEA provides several digital and print resources to support study abroad advising by discipline, including our user-friendly online program finder and accessible syllabi, standardized and custom flyers for disciplines, major-specific brochures with recommended programs, and an advisor’s guide with accompanying demo.   

For more information on CEA’s advising resources or to ask any questions you may have about study abroad advising by discipline, please reach out to your CEA University Regional Director.