Let the world be your classroom

In today’s world, having an international perspective and cross-cultural understanding are crucial to your success as a person and as a professional. Once thought of as an educational enrichment, the international experience provided by study abroad is now viewed as a desirable experience to have by many employers and an essential part of the Saint Vincent College undergraduate experience.

Here are some of the many benefits an SVC study abroad experience can give you:

• Participate in the life of another culture and in the process learn more about your own
• Become proficient in a foreign language
• Become more independent and self-confident…and use these qualities to succeed
• Build skills employers want
• Earn credit toward your degree
• Develop skills impossible to gain in a classroom
• Expand your world view
• An opportunity to break out of your comfort zone and routine.