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The Department of Occupational Therapy at Tufts University is proud to sponsor three unique study abroad programs in occupational therapy. Accepted students will receive credits toward their degrees for courses taken abroad.

Students applying to the entry-level and post-professional programs are given the opportunity to apply to the study abroad programs as part of the overall application process. If there are spaces left, enrolled students may apply for individual study abroad programs on a space-available basis during their first year of study. The study abroad experience generally occurs during the spring semester for post-professional students and during the spring semester of their second year for entry-level students. For further information about the application process, please contact Janet Brooks at Janet.Brooks@tufts.edu

Edinburgh, Scotland

The BSOT is affiliated with Queen Margaret University College in Edinburgh - a multi-campus university in Scotland's beautiful capital city. The occupational therapy program is situated in the Leith Campus with many other health programs such as Dietetics and Nutrition, Nursing, Health Sciences, Physiotherapy, Podiatry and Radiography, and Speech Pathology and Therapy.

The program abroad consists of one semester of study in a department with an excellent reputation. The Department of Occupational Therapy at Queen Margaret University College developed the first UK degree level course in occupational therapy and the first honors program within Scotland.

Student Commitment:

• Full-time status
• One Scottish term (mid January to mid May; 1 week off at Easter)
• Courses may be taken within honors program of QMUC OT program, in post-professional master's program, and in other departments
• All courses must be successfully completed

• BSOT tuition covers QMUC tuition
• University housing arranged by QMUC either:
• Flat with no food
• Flat with 2 meals/day (all flats have kitchens)

• Housing
• Airfare
• Books
• Food
• Miscellaneous living expenses

The BSOT has over ten years of student and research exchange with Oxford Brookes University, School of Health Care, Occupational Therapy Practice program. Located in Oxford, the program abroad consists of a semester of study allowing selected, qualified students to study at a top university in the United Kingdom.

Student Commitment:

• Full-time status
• One UK semester (end of January to mid May; 1 week off at Easter)
• Courses may be taken within the occupational therapy department or other departments of Oxford Brookes University
• All courses must be successfully completed

 Scholarship Includes:

• BSOT tuition covers Oxford Brookes University tuition
• Round trip airfare (1/2 by Oxford and 1/2 by Tufts)
• Accommodations at Oxford Brookes
• Laptop computer provided

• Books
• Food
• Miscellaneous living expenses

The BSOT's newest international collaboration is with Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. The pilot student exchange program successfully began in the spring of 2002. BSOT students selected for the exchange program will have the opportunity to study occupational therapy in English at Sweden's only university with an exclusive focus on medicine. Karolinska Institute was founded in 1810 and has continued to hone its expertise in helping to improve human health and functioning for more than 200 years.

Student Commitment:

• Full-time status
• One Swedish term (condensed semester - beginning January to end of March; full semester - beginning January to end of May).
• Selected courses/modules may be taken in English
• All courses must be successfully completed

• BSOT tuition covers Karolinska tuition
• Reduced rate university housing arranged by Karolinska

• Reduced rate housing
• Airfare
• Books
• Food
• Miscellaneous living expenses