1. Attend a "General Information Meeting." All
meetings are listed on the
schedule of events on our website. Attendance at one of these
meetings is required. You will receive an information
card at the meeting which you must complete and file
with the Tufts Programs Abroad Office in order to obtain an
appointment with the foreign study adviser.
2. Read carefully the Tufts
Study Abroad
Guidelines,
which you may find in Dowling Hall, both in the lobby as well as in
the Academic Resource Library (next to Career Services).
3. Read the program literature and student program
evaluations on file in the Study Abroad section of the Academic
Resource Library.
4. Talk with students who have returned recently
from the program or country in which you are interested. You can
locate names and telephone numbers from the student evaluations or
directly from the program with which you hope to affiliate.
5. Discuss your foreign study plans with a faculty
adviser in the department in which you will major. Declare your major
by filing the blue "Declaration of Major" form at Dowling Hall Student
Services Center.
6. Programs not listed
in the Guidelines
(pp. 14-20) must be approved by the faculty subcommittee on foreign
programs well in advance of application. Petitions for program
approval for the spring will
be accepted no later than October 1, and for the fall and
full-year no later than February 28.
Appeals received after the deadlines will require a letter from the
student and adviser explaining why the petition is late. Consult the foreign study
adviser regarding the petition process.
7. After you have researched programs, if you wish
to apply to a program not listed in the Study Abroad Guidelines
or if you have questions regarding non-Tufts programs, you may consult
with the foreign study adviser. (It is not necessary to see the
foreign study adviser to drop off the foreign study adviser approval
portion of your application.)
8. Obtain brochures for approved non-Tufts programs
in the Dowling Hall Resource Library. Sometimes applications are
included in the brochure or may be downloaded from the program’s
website; if not, request an application directly from the program.
Check application deadlines and submit all materials well in advance
of the deadline. Popular programs fill early.
9. Once you have been accepted, be sure to
attend to the following:
ò Petition for
transfer of credit for each course you plan to take abroad via the WebCenter for Students
at:
http://studentservices.tufts.edu;
(It is not advisable to wait until you return to campus to
petition.)
ò Submit an "Undergraduate Leave of Absence to Study Abroad or
Study Elsewhere" form (by April 30 for fall or full-year study; by
November 15 for spring study);
ò Submit a "Housing Update" form, if applicable (only
if you have already selected on-campus housing through the lottery process
for the
semester or year in which you now plan to be away). Please refer to the section
"Change in Housing Status"
10. Attend the
important pre-departure meeting held
during reading period in the fall and spring semesters.
Attendance at one of these meetings is required.
