Study Away

• Students interested in earning academic credit through study away will use ViaTRM to explore, apply, commit and complete forms, and hear about events, scholarships, and post graduate opportunities abroad. View the video playlist below to learn more about using ViaTRM.
• Check out this helpful infographic to help you get started with ViaTRM
• Create a your Petrel’s Abroad Account, complete the program match, your Traveler Info (Profile), and favorite programs you’d like to explore and discuss with Global Education and your supporters.

1. Review the ViaTRM brochure, visit the international partner or study abroad website to dig into the details and compare, and connect with Global Education advisors for support to understand the program types flesh out the considerations that are most important to you.  
2. This is an iterative process that helps you focus on the most critical information and will help you to favorite a handful of options in ViaTRM that stand out.  
3. Talk with supporters (Global Education, OU staff & faculty, family, peers who have returned from programs abroad, and other supporters to discuss the options and narrow down to the best fit for YOU!  
4. Anytime you have identified some potential options you want to discuss or have questions, set up an advising appointment. 

Oglethorpe faculty curate academic courses in a location that enhances the curriculum through immersion in an environment that deepens the connection to the material and maximizes the learning experience. Programs are promoted to students in ViaTRM and by the faculty director. 

Faculty led programs are usually announced 4-8 months in advance of departure, and each program will be taken for academic credit. These well-planned, insightful programs offer unique opportunities for students who desire to see the world and experience it directly, earn credit while doing so, gain an introduction to the language, food, and customs of other cultures, and invest in their own intellectual and interpersonal development. Students travel with their OU peers and friends, stay in excellent hotels, tour archaeological, cultural sites, museums, and monuments in every city visited. In addition, students have opportunities to attend plays, musicals, and special events while abroad. 

Carefully review the complete brochure in ViaTRM, talk with the faculty director, and contact Global Education with questions you may have. Apply for a faculty directed program using ViaTRM by the posted deadlines just like all study away programs. Students receiving federal or state financial aid may be able to apply to the aid to the educational expenses for this program type. All students earn credit and pay Oglethorpe tuition for the course associated with the program and the study abroad fee. 

Oglethorpe faculty, teaching Oglethorpe courses, for Oglethorpe credit… at an Oglethorpe campus abroad.

Through our global study partner, LeadAbroad, Oglethorpe offers three unique types of experiences:

1. Traditional study abroad for credit programs with independent travel opportunities.
2. Unique study abroad programs for credit with experiences focused on leadership, service and adventure.
3. Curated non-credit travel experiences focusing on adventure, service opportunities and local culture.

These programs are <5 weeks and include students enrolled at Universities all over the U.S. who are seeking high quality classes and impactful leadership and adventure experiences. Carefully review the complete partner brochure in ViaTRM, visit the LeadAbroad website, and contact Global Education with questions you may have.

Students can locate the LeadAbroad program brochure and apply using ViaTRM just like all study away programs. Students receiving federal or state financial aid may be able to apply to the aid to the educational expenses for this program type.

Oglethorpe has partnerships with the institutions and organizations listed below. As a result, Oglethorpe students are eligible for direct admission to study in at the partner location. This is the most immersive study away option in that students are enrolled alongside students from all over the world taking classes in English (when offered by the partner) or in the language native to the partner university when desired by the student.

*Partner organizations require Global Education at Oglethorpe University to submit a nomination on your behalf prior to applying or registering to enroll abroad.

Carefully review the complete partner program brochure in ViaTRM, visit the partner website, and contact Global Education with questions you may have. Students can locate the partner program brochure and apply by the posted deadlines using ViaTRM just like all study away programs. Students must also complete the partner application and all procedures required by the partner by the deadlines communicated with the student. Students receiving institutional, federal or state financial aid can apply it to the program cost for this type of program.

*Florence University of the Arts is an international partner which allows Oglethorpe students to direct enroll and pay lower partner tuition and housing rates.

**While this is NOT a traditional exchange partnership, Oglethorpe has arranged a special rate with Oxford so that a semester cost is similar to what a student pays for a semester at Oglethorpe. Students pay OU tuition + the Oxford program fee therefore institutional scholarships and loans can be applied to the costs of attending Oxford.

Space is limited to 8 students for enrollment in the Michaelmas (fall), Hilary (winter) and Trinity (spring) terms. Only students with at least junior status are eligible to participate in this program and a 3.2 GPA is required for both application and participation. Students who enroll in the summer session(s) are direct billed by OSAP Oxford and are not counted in the annual cap of 8 students.

Our goal is to maximize the variety of opportunities to study anywhere in the world. We have identified a handful of study abroad providers (private businesses focused on developing and delivering high academic quality programs) that Oglethorpe students are authorized to apply and participate in. Since these programs are administered by the individual organization/provider, it is essential the student/participant conduct thorough research with the provider to gain comfort on the structure of the program, academics, level of immersion and related programmatic elements, as well as cost.

Students receiving federal and state aid may apply their aid toward the costs of the study away program. Carefully review the complete partner brochure in ViaTRM, visit the authorized provider website, and contact Global Education with questions you may have. Students can locate the authorized provider program brochure and apply using ViaTRM just like all study away programs. Apply for a study abroad provider program using ViaTRM by the posted deadlines just like all study away programs. Students must also complete the provider application and all procedures required by the provider by the deadlines communicated with the student. Students receiving federal or state financial aid can apply it to the program cost for this type of program.

Create an account, complete your traveler info (profile) and complete the Program Match in ViaTRM 

• After Global Education has reviewed an OU application to study away and the application is approved, student must complete several forms and steps in the 3-4 months prior to traveling to the program location.
• All of the OU forms are submitted in ViaTRM and often require conversations with your supporters, including your academic advisor, faculty/program coordinators, financial aid and scholarships, parents/family, and peers.
• Developing a budget is essential and requires consideration of costs associated with the specific program selected.
• Costs vary greatly related to transportation to and from the international destination, room and board, and the standard of living for the program location.
• The OU forms trigger several administrative steps including registration in the FOR study abroad course.
• The FOR registration triggers aid disbursements and OU study away scholarship awards.
• FOR registration also triggers fees billed to the student’s account, payable to Oglethorpe before embarking including:
  • Federal, state, and institutional aid that can be applied toward the cost of study away. Any questions about eligibility of aid to apply toward study away must be discussed directly with OU Financial Aid and Scholarships staff.
  • A study abroad fee.
  • A Health Insurance fee (cost varies based on the student’s current health insurance policy, the length of the program, and the type of coverage required- comprehensive coverage or medical evacuation and repatriation of remains).
  • For those studying at our OSAP Oxford partner, the Oxford Program Fee.
  • For those studying at one of Oglethorpe’s exchange partner universities, the billing of tuition from Oglethorpe at the same rate as if the student were studying in Atlanta.