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These are HUB related issues in study abroad. For all other detailed info, come to the Office of International Education, 3rd Floor Warner Hall or check out the OIE Study Abroad Website.
Finances for Study Abroad
There are three ways to pay for study abroad at Carnegie Mellon University - exchange programs (departmental or university-wide), sponsored study abroad and external programs. To the Carnegie Mellon student, these differ mainly in the way that you finance your study abroad experience.
Students who participate in exchange programs, sometimes called tuition exchange programs, pay Carnegie Mellon tuition and receive their regular financial aid package. Students are responsible for room, board, travel and miscellaneous expenses.
Students participating in sponsored study abroad programs pay a sponsored program fee to Carnegie Mellon - roughly equivalent to tuition, room and board - and they receive their regular financial aid package. Carnegie Mellon then distributes the tuition to the appropriate sponsor and where appropriate allocates a study abroad fund to the student for room, board, travel and educational expenses.
For External Programs, students pay the institution directly and pay nothing to Carnegie Mellon. Students who receive institutional aid from Carnegie Mellon will not be eligible for this aid while they are abroad. However, students with state and federal aid can receive this aid for study abroad.
In order for federal and state aid to be used for study abroad on external programs, Carnegie Mellon and the host institution must sign a consortium agreement to notify the government where the aid will be going. The aid is then credited to the student's account. A refund is issued to the student who in turn pays the study abroad institution.
Registration for study abroad (includes all forms of study abroad)
All study abroad students are required to attend a Study Abroad Pre-departure Orientation in order to be registered for Study Abroad. The SATC and other paperwork required for registration will be distributed at the Pre-departure Orientation.
Students DO NOT take a Leave of Absence - students remain fully enrolled while studying abroad.
Credit Transfer upon return
Credit is transferred to Carnegie Mellon for study abroad. Grades do not transfer. Credit is assessed and submitted by the student's department once the study abroad transcript is received.
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