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Antoinette Uzamere smiles while holding a drink at an Italian restaurant at night

Finding Home Away from Home: Antoinette's semester with Maryland-in-Florence (ARCH)

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Jordan takes a selfie at a canal in Amsterdam

Building Community While Abroad: Jordan Bellamy's exchange in Amsterdam

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John smiling in front of the Prague skyline

Working With Local Students to Solve a Town’s Traffic Congestion: John Meyers’s Winter in the Czech Republic

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  • Mollie Blum's summerterm with USAC: France

    "With all the programs that exist today, you are bound to find something that suits your needs. All majors cross borders and I know for a fact that your educational experience will be so much better when you study abroad."

  • Nile Fossett on ​UMD-Winter: Morocco (ARHU/ENGL)

    "My host family was amazing and showed me that complete strangers can become family."

  • Michael Hildreth's semester with Clark-in-Madrid

    "Everywhere I went, either to a new country or to a discoteca, I made friends with new people. It was a wonderful feeling to learn that I could interact with so many people from various areas and backgrounds with ease."

  • Sarah Pimentel on UMD-Summer: Iceland (ENME)

    "I used to think that studying abroad was so out of reach for me. It was never even a possibility in my mind until I saw a poster for this trip and read more about it. It was perfect as it was a short term summer course, meaning it wasn't a commitment of a whole fall or spring semester, which I really liked."

  • Dan Moscatiello semester on Maryland-in-Rome

    "The sheer number of options available to students makes it so easy to find the best fit for you, whether it be a semester term or even a shorter trip in the winter or summer; there literally is something for everyone!"

  • Teressa Ferraro's terms in Ecuador and Argentina

    "After you spend six weeks not speaking English hardly at all, it's actually hard to adjust back! But more than just the basics of language, because of being disabled I really had to learn to communicate in a more nuanced way in Spanish so I could communicate what I needed to do and not do."

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