education abroad program types

Exchange Programs

Exchange Programs are bi-lateral exchange programs where Illinois students take all of their courses through the exchange partner.

Direct Enroll Programs

Direct Enroll Programs: Illinois students enroll directly as non-degree seeking international students at a partner institution.

Provider Programs

Provider Programs: Providers are organizations (colleges or universities, nonprofit organizations, for-profit businesses, or consortiums) that offer education abroad programs and services to students from a variety of institutions.

By Petition Programs

LAS students may petition through the college to participate in and receive credit for a study abroad program that is not currently approved by the University of Illinois. Students must demonstrate that the program meets a curricular need not offered by existing programs.

Examples of recently approved programs include:

University of Michigan Research Semester at CERN (physics)
Math in Moscow (mathematics)

Petition Process

Students must start the petition process by:

schedule an advising appointment with LAS International Programs Assistant Dean
complete a non-approved study abroad petition form and course approval form. NOTE: all or most courses must be pre-approved by the articulating unit.

LAS then:

sends petition program information to International Safety & Security (ISS) for health and safety review and feedback
sends petition to Executive Assistant Dean Robert Steltman for College review and approval
LASIP then notifies student either way.
- If not approved, LASIP will schedule follow-up advising appointment with the student to discuss alternatives.
- If approved, LASIP will create an application in TDS and ask the student to complete the application by a deadline