Congratulations on the start of your study abroad program!

We will correspond with you through e-mail approximately once a month while you are abroad. Additionally, we will forward travel advisory messages from the U.S. State Department as necessary. These may include similar pieces of advice we gave you at orientation as well as recommendations you will receive on-site – keep a low profile, minimize your appearance as a tourist and carefully monitor your personal items (wallet, purse, backpack, electronics, etc.).

We recommend that you travel with heightened awareness at all times. Be alert when taking public transportation in case there are suspicious packages or individuals in your proximity. Should there be an incident in your city or a specific travel alert for your host country, you’ll receive specific details and recommendations either from your on-site staff or the Office of Overseas Study. Visit the State Department's Students Abroad webpage for additional resources.

Instagram:

Tag your pictures abroad with #IUstudyabroad to share your adventures with us and keep tabs on what other IU students are doing around the world.

Overseas Study Photo Contest:

Keep track of your favorite photos and submit them to our annual study abroad photo contest when it opens in August. Winners in each of the three categories (IU students abroad, local culture, and local environments) will receive prize packages with gift cards from local restaurants and merchants.

Share other content with us:

More and more students are making videos for classes or for fun, writing articles for online publications, and any number of other cool things. Send us a link and let us know what's going on! We love to see and hear what our students do and experience while abroad!  overseas@iu.edu

Follow the blog:

Read what your peers are saying about studying abroad at our blog: "From I to U." You can also receive updates by following us on Facebook or Twitter.

• Emily Blankenhorn - Berlin, Germany
• Rebecca Haley - Freiburg, Germany
• Philip Jiao - Canterbury, England
• Christy Margeson - Nagoya, Japan
• Susanna Sorrells - Seville, Spain

Become a blogger:

We are accepting late applications for students studying in a country that is not represented above. Please submit the application as soon as possible, and send an email to tdecarlo@iu.edu letting him know that you have applied.