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Page 1: Exchange Information Session exchange@carleton.ca

Exchange Information

Session

Exchange Information [email protected]

www.carleton.ca/isso/exchange

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Why go on exchange?

• Gain in-depth knowledge of another culture

• Experience your academic subject or view of the world through a new lens

• Develop intercultural competencies that are of increasing value to future employers

• Achieve something that will challenge you, encourage confidence and independence and transform you personally and intellectually

• Domestic students can study abroad without paying international student fees

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More than 190 Partners in 37 Countries

Argentina Denmark Italy RussiaAustralia England Japan Scotland

Austria Finland Korea Sierra Leone

Barbados France Malaysia South Africa

Belgium Germany Mexico Spain

Brazil Ghana Netherlands Sweden

Chile India Norway TanzaniaChina Ireland Peru Turkey

Colombia Israel Poland USAWales

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Funding your exchange program

Killam Fellowship program

•Minimum 10.0 CGPA required

•$5000 scholarship

OUI program

•OBW – Germany

•ORA – France

•OMG – India

•OJS – China

•Bursary available

DCIE Bursary

•Multiple bursaries

•Available to undergraduate students through the Discovery Centre

Scotiabank Scholarship

•$5000 annually

•Available to students studying in a location in which Scotiabank operates.

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Exchange Process

• Step One: Find out if you are eligible for exchange

• Step Two: Research your choices

• Step Three: Attend the Exchange Fair on October 6th & 7th

• Step Four: Prepare your Application Package

• Step Five: Wait for Results

• Step Six: Attend the pre-departure orientation session

• Step Seven: Create your “MyWorldAbroad” account

• Step Eight: Complete your pre-departure assignment

• Step Nine: Apply to your host institution

• Step Ten: Stay connected

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Eligibility Criteria

• Undergraduate students must be registered full time with minimum 2nd year standing.

• Undergraduate students must have completed at least one full academic year at Carleton University.

• Graduate students must have departmental approval.

• A minimum overall CGPA of 7.0 is required for the general exchange program.

• A minimum overall CGPA of 10.0 is required for the Killam Fellowship Program-closed competition.

• Architecture students must consult their department to determine the CGPA and studio grades required.

• All students must have enough credits remaining in their degree program to study full time at the partner institution.

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Research Your Choices

• Choose the country and language in which you wish to study

• Check the exchange program web sites of our partner universities 

• Study the services and resources available to support you on each campus

• Visit your departmental advisor to get course related advice

• Visit the ISSO Resource Centre

• Be sure to apply for the institutions that offer programs for your degree program.

• Consider registering for a summer language program in Spain, Russia, Germany, China or France. 

• Choose three (3) universities for your Exchange Application

• Check the International Exchange: Course Equivalencies Database

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Talk to someone in person

• Visit an exchange information session

• Visit the exchange fair October 6th & 7th

• Speak to an exchange student

• Speak to your departmental advisor

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Apply

• Complete an application through Carleton Central

• Applications are accepted November 5-December 5

• Non-refundable $80 application fee required

• Submit your application and wait for your results

• Apply to your host university when you are approved

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Travel abroad through the ISSO

• Washington Centre Exchange Program

• Study abroad opportunities at the Queen’s Herstmonceux Castle in England

• 2016 China Study Tour

• International Summer Language Programs

• Risk and Safety Abroad

• Carleton University Travel Registry

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Questions

Questions?