So you’re in the process of preparing for your study abroad adventure. You’ve finally sorted through your clothes, picked out the best fits, ordered some international currency, and checked your flight status 27 times. But are you forgetting anything ..read more

The city of Dubrovnik holds beautiful traditions that its citizens strongly support and keep from being forgotten. One of the traditions that lives with the city is a traditional celebration of Christmas that starts on the morning of December 24th. Thousands of locals gather in the Old Town of Dubrovnik, beautifully dressed, with men wearing their best suits and women often wearing the most recent trends in fashion ..read more

A big part of studying abroad is often the new types of food you are surrounded by. It is so important to immerse yourself in the culture of a new location. This aspect of studying abroad can be exciting and valuable, but it can also be an added level of stress and adjustment ..read more

When abroad, you can connect to locals, peers, and professors that will last a lifetime. These connections can be personal and or professional. From my experiences abroad, I have gained new friendships through my program and keep in touch with them to this day. Building relationships with professors abroad can also lead to more international opportunities and adding another person to be able to vouch for you in letters of recommendation ..read more

Studying abroad is one of the most amazing experiences for college students. I knew as soon as my older sister returned from her study abroad program that I wanted to have the same life-changing experience. As a STEM student, however, I thought my options were more limited, especially when my planned semester for going abroad was right in the middle of COVID. I was even taking a class that included three weeks in Guatemala, which was canceled due to closed borders and RIT not allowing students to go abroad ..read more

Hi there, my name is Rose, and I'm a fourth-year student studying Advertising and Public Relations with a minor in Digital Business. In 2022, I had the opportunity to participate in a faculty-led study abroad program in France. During my time in France, I learned a great deal about French Deaf history and culture, which was a truly enriching experience ..read more

I never thought I could sail around the Adriatic Sea islands, but then, I signed up to study abroad. On my study abroad program, Ecology of the Dalmatian Coast and Roots of Croatian Wine Tradition, there was a week-long sailing trip at the very end of our program. This trip would take my peers and me around the islands surrounding Dubrovnik, Croatia (our home base), to learn more about the ecology of Croatia. I was super excited to sail since I had some previous sailing experience, but I wasn’t sure what to expect ..read more

When getting ready to study abroad, anxiety is one of the most common and significant emotions I have seen in people, myself included. Fears about what the experience would be like, how they will adapt to living in such a different environment, and how school in a foreign country may differ from what they were used to. This makes a lot of sense, as big changes like studying abroad are very jarring and come with many difficulties. However, in my experience, many of the anxieties I worried about before going to Sweden turned out to be my favorite aspects of the experience ..read more

Three months in Croatia with visits to Germany, Austria, Greece, Slovenia, and Italy means that I have quite a few captured moments from my time abroad. I have over 3,000 photos and videos on my phone from those three months alone ..read more

From May 7 to May 17, 2022, I traveled across Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the RIT faculty-led study abroad program War and Peacebuilding in the Balkans. The focus of the program and the class preceding it was the causes and aftereffects of the Bosnian war. During the spring 2022 semester, we learned about the history of the Balkan region, the tensions that led up to the war, and the events of the war itself ..read more