GLOBAL EXPERIENCES FOR EVERY STUDENT

The Global Education Program fosters global citizenship by providing the opportunity for all students to study abroad. Our program offers English-language courses in the sciences, humanities, business, and the arts, as well as language study in Arabic, Spanish, and French. Scholarships may be available, contact the Global Education team for more details.

Andy Robinson stands on a beach smiling at the camera

Andy Robinson ’21

Marine Sciences/M.S. 4+1

Experiential Learning

At UNE, the Marine Science Center is right on campus as opposed to a satellite campus a few hours away like it is at other schools. That stood out. The ability to do research as an undergrad was really important to me. From the start, professors are totally open to bringing on first-year students. A student may be really interested in working with a specific professor or in their subject area, or the student may just be curious. I know of students who signed on with multiple different professors in their first semester to learn about different subjects and what aligned with their interests and then followed a track with a particular project later on. It’s a really great thing to get involved like that so quickly. The staff are so willing to take students’ interests into account and find a way to work them into projects.

For my research, I spent a lot of time out on the boat deploying sensors. I worked with the makerspace to design some GPS drifters that recorded location as they went around the harbor. I got a paper published on that earlier this year, and it will be part of my thesis.

Talk to as many professors as you can about getting involved in research when you are taking the intro-level marine science classes in your first year. You'll get exposure to both marine faculty and marine grad students who are great resources for talking to about your interests and making connections to help you get involved.

Global Opportunities

Before diving into my research, I was able to go on the Galapagos travel course. The course was a 400-level marine class. It was a lot more open-format and discussion-based than my other classes. Each student presented on a few animals and plants that we would see when we took our trip to the Galapagos, which was really cool. It was a good mix of students across the different marine disciplines, environmental science, biology, and maybe one or two other programs mixed in as well. It was open to a lot of programs — there were 14 of us total. The professor really made sure we had a lot of diversity of thought.

The trip was amazing. We spent the first day in the capital of Ecuador going around to some of the historical places, like the colonial palaces and a few indigenous markets. Then we flew out to the Galapagos and spent the next week on a boat with just our group. There were snorkeling excursions and hikes each day. We got the chance to kayak and swim with sea lions. There was even one day when we were getting ready for lunch, and someone spotted a group of dolphins breaching out in the distance, so we all piled into the inflatable dinghies and went motoring off after them.

It was one of those things that I knew I was never going to have the chance to do outside of UNE, have that personal of an experience on a trip. It was really unique.

Before diving into my research, I was able to go on the Galapagos travel course…It was one of those things that I knew I was never going to have the chance to do outside of UNE, have that personal of an experience on a trip. It was amazing.

Marine Sciences/M.S. 4+1

Semesters abroad

UNE Morocco campus exterior during daytime

Tangier, Morocco

UNE Morocco, the first study abroad campus to be established in Morocco by a U.S. university, features state-of-the-art facilities in the heart of one of the major cultural, economic, and political hubs of the region.

Morocco

Aerial view of Seville, Spain

Seville, Spain

Our partnership with the University Pablo de Olavide enables you to spend a semester in Seville — where the ancient meets the modern, and world cultures converge — for the same cost as a semester on campus in Maine.

Spain

Flower Market in Aix-en-Provence

Aix-en-Provence, France

Spend a semester abroad at UNE France in beautiful Aix-en-Provence, a charming university city in the south of France near the French Riviera and the Mediterranean.

France

Akureyri City at Night

Akureyri, Iceland

Explore Iceland in our newest semester abroad program at the University of Akureyri. The northern city of Akureyri, “The Green Town,” is surrounded by mountains at the head of Iceland’s longest fjord.

Akureyri, Iceland

Reykjavik, Iceland

Reykjavík, Iceland

Explore Iceland in our semester abroad program at the University of Iceland, Reykjavík. Iceland’s largest city, Reykjavik, is a small, accessible city surrounded by glaciers, volcanos, waterfalls, hot springs, and an abundance of wildlife.

Reykjavík, Iceland

Panoramic view of Bergen's harbor in Norway

Norway and Finland

As part of the North2North Exchange program, you have the opportunity to study abroad for a semester or year at the University of Bergen in Bergen, Norway; the Arctic University of Norway in Tromso; and the University of Helsinki in Helsinki, Finland.

North2North Exchange program

Travel Courses

UNE's Global Education Program offers an array of short-term travel courses to destinations like Spain, Belize, Dominica, Thailand, Italy, Scotland, Panama, Ireland, Kenya, Ghana, Cuba, Mexico, and Brazil. Students accepted into these programs will meet in a traditional course setting throughout the semester to prepare for travel through readings, lectures, and coursework, then travel during a semester break or over the summer. 

100%

percentage of your financial aid package that applies toward our semester abroad programs

 

$500

Global Education Scholarship awarded to all students participating in a UNE semester abroad program 

 

32%

of UNE undergraduates study abroad for a semester or take a travel course

Class of 2024

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A UNE Semester in Morocco

Conservation in Kenya: A UNE Travel Course

A Semester in Seville, Spain

Learn More About UNE’s Global Education Program

Contact our professional staff for more information.

Visit

Come by the Global Education Program office in Decary 126 or the Global Education desk on the 2nd floor of the Commons anytime to learn more about our programs and discover how global experiences can help you meet your personal and academic goals.

Mail

Global Education Program
University of New England
11 Hills Beach Road
Biddeford, ME 04005

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