Education Abroad
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Build Your Future with a Study Abroad Experience
As a business student, it's important to become immersed in the global marketplace we are living in today and become more sensitized to global issues and other cultural forces. It is a valuable career building experience that increases self confidence, enhances professional skills, and makes students more attractive to future employers.
St. Cloud State has numerous programs for students wishing to earn credit while studying abroad. Education abroad experiences are becoming more important and more popular each year; approximately 300,000 U.S. students study overseas each year, about one-fifth go specifically to study business.
Education abroad experiences offer students life changing personal growth experience coupled with valuable career skill development. International experience and global understanding is a critical component of the 21st century education and workforce, and studying abroad is highly valued by employers.
The Herberger Business School (HBS) is proud to partner with the university in offering students education abroad programs with a special focus on business.
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Long Term Study Abroad Programs
Short Term Programs
Short term education abroad tours are targeted to business majors who cannot spend a full semester abroad. The HBS offers a one week spring break program and a two week summer program in May after the spring semester ends to one or more countries. The program typically involves classroom work prior to departing and during the time abroad, accompanied by a wide array of cultural and business tours. These intensive programs provide three to six advanced business credits and are normally for students who already have HBS Upper Division Status in a business major.
Countries visited: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Cuba, Fiji/New Zealand, England, France, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, and Thailand.
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Paying for Your Experience
Studying abroad is a major economic proposition, yet St. Cloud State has made every effort to maintain the programs at a level that is comparable to what it costs to attend in St. Cloud. Studying abroad is more affordable than you think!
Scholarships
Scholarships can help pay for study abroad. The Herberger Business School has $2,000 awards for semester-long programs and $1,000 awards for short-term programs.
- Herberger Business School Study Abroad Scholarship
- Other education abroad scholarships
- Financial planning information
Cost of the Program: Each program is priced differently based on the cost of flights and the cost of traveling in the country. Places such as Europe, Japan and Australia are more expensive than developing countries.
A comprehensive program fee covers tuition, room, partial board, instruction, round-trip air fare, administration, excursions, and cultural activities. Expenses such as laundry, books, local or regional travel, visa, passport fees, and other personal expenses are not included in the program fee.
All financial aid programs, including work-study, are available to qualifying education abroad participants, and often the award is higher than it would be if you stayed at St. Cloud State.
Transportation: Transportation and travel arrangements are flexible. Most groups depart from Minneapolis and land at the most convenient port-of-entry. Attempts are made to purchase round-trip tickets with open return dates or fixed return dates that may be changed for a modest fee. The program calendar allows for ample opportunity for travel in the host and neighboring countries.
Independent Travel: Weekends are open for traveling and the semester long programs have week long breaks. Students typically use train passes such as the Euro Rail or the Brit Rail Pass. Some also backpack and stay in youth hostels. Shared hotel rooms for several students are also an economical way to travel.
How much money you need depends on how much you travel or take in evening entertainment. On the low end students have gotten by with $2,500 for one semester, but others have spent significantly more on travel, gifts, souvenirs and the like.