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Tuition costs are standard UM tuition (15 credits) and financial aid applies if available. The program fee for the semester is comparable to UM room, board and semester living costs and covers housing in Galapagos, all meals, national flights within Ecuador (round-trip airfare between Quito and Galapagos), hotels, airport/ferry transfers and excursion costs. The program fee also includes the required $150 Study Abroad application fee.
The following are estimated program costs for each semester of the 2010-2011 academic year:
UM Semester Tuition: $19,220. Program Fee: $ 6,650
Other direct costs to student:
International airfare: $650 (estimated cost from Miami to Quito, Ecuador, round-trip) Visa: $60 Galapagos National Park Fee: $110 Country Exit Fee: $ 28
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IOI - Our Academic PartnerThe Isabela Oceanographic Institute is a Florida-based non-profit whose operational home is the village of Puerto Villamil on Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador. IOI provides a platform for merging international higher education with local development aid in education and conservation to create sustainable economic alternatives in this small community formerly dependent on fisheries. IOI’s vision is to help establish an ecologically sustainable and stable social economy for the Galapagos archipelago by providing support in the education, conservation and development sectors.
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