Globalize Your Globalize Your Engineering Engineering Education Education

at Penn Stateat Penn State

Can Engineers Study Can Engineers Study Abroad?Abroad?

YES! YES! And here’s why you should…And here’s why you should…

Professional

• Broaden your understanding of the world

• Gain a global perspective of engineering

• Take one more step to becoming a World-Class Engineer

Why Participate in an International Experience?Why Participate in an International Experience?

Personal

• Make friends from around the world

• Learn more about yourself and another culture

• See a foreign country

Global Opportunities for Global Opportunities for Engineering StudentsEngineering Students

• Opportunities to Travel Abroad– Study Abroad• Semester Programs• Summer and Short-Term Programs• Courses with an International Travel Component• Service Learning

– Work/Research Abroad• On-Campus Opportunities– Academic and Extra-curricular

When Can I Study Abroad?When Can I Study Abroad?• Semester Study Abroad– Typically 4th, 6th, or 7th semester–Must finish your Entrance-To-Major (ETM)

requirements before you go abroad• Summer Study Abroad– You can go the summer after your first

year!– Several programs designed specifically for

engineering students after their first year

Cultural Impact on Engineering in Cultural Impact on Engineering in ChinaChina

• Open to First-Year Students• Credit for ENGR 118: Impact of Culture on Engineering in China

– Can be used as GS/IL• May 11 – June 4, 2014• This program is designed to give students an overview about the impact of history, culture,

and environment on engineering design structures and manufacturing in China. Students will travel to Beijing, Chongqing, Yichang, Xian, Dalian, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Hungshan and be exposed to the concepts through on-site visits to the Great Wall in Beijing, the Three Gorges Dam Project Site and the five-step ship locks in Yichang, the Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses in Xian the Dongtan Eco-city Project in Shanghai, the longest bay bridge in the world in Hangzhou, and many other projects at other locations.

Summers By DesignSummers By Design• Open to First-Year students; Pre-requisite is EDSGN 100• Nantes, France: May 18 – May 30, 2014

– EDSGN 200 - Introduction to Design Engineering• Navarra, Spain: May 18 – May 30, 2014

– EDSGN 297 - Introduction to Design Engineering• Singapore, Singapore: May 13 – May 31, 2014

– EDSGN 397

Opportunities on CampusOpportunities on Campus

Academic Programs• International Student

Groups, Engineering & University-Wide

• International Engineering Envoy Program

• Events, Activities, and Other Programs on Campus and in the Community

Beyond the Classroom• International Engineering Minor• International Engineering

Certificate• Second Major in Another

Language or International Studies• Minor/Courses in Another

Language or with Global Emphasis• Engineering Courses with

International Focus• International Cultures (IL) Courses

International Student GroupsInternational Student Groups• http://www.clubs.psu.edu/ – 1024 Orgs at PSU!– International/Multicultural • 75 Orgs at PSU• groups that provide an opportunity to increase campus

understanding of a specific nation and/or culture (s), provide students with an avenue to explore and celebrate their own cultural heritage and provide programs and services designed to support students of various cultural heritages at the University

– Check some of the other categories as well

www.engr.psu.edu/globalwww.engr.psu.edu/globalinternational@engr.psu.edinternational@engr.psu.ed

uuInternational Engineering EnvoysInternational Engineering Envoys

Meet with the envoys to discuss Study Abroad, Meet with the envoys to discuss Study Abroad, Work Abroad, and On-Campus Globalization Work Abroad, and On-Campus Globalization

OpportunitiesOpportunitiesOffice Hours in Cubicle on Top Floor of Kunkle LoungeOffice Hours in Cubicle on Top Floor of Kunkle Lounge

See website for scheduleSee website for schedulehttp://www.engr.psu.edu/global/EnvoySchedules.htm http://www.engr.psu.edu/global/EnvoySchedules.htm

Where Where Will You Will You

Go?Go?www.engr.psu.edu/globalwww.engr.psu.edu/global