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Study Abroad - For Alumni & Returnees
1923 - First Study Abroad Program in the Nation
  • A Brief History of UD Study Abroad
    Since 1923, hundreds of students have studied abroad with the University of Delaware - read about how we've grown in 75 years.

  • 1923-1948
    Join us for a look back at the early years of study abroad.

  • Inaugurators and Innovators
    Meet some of the people who made study abroad a reality - foreign study visionary Raymond Kirkbride, University of Delaware president and early supporter Walter Hullihen, and two of the first students to study abroad, Francis J. Cummings and Herbert C. Lank.

  • Reunions
    Visit Paris for the 50th reunion of the 13th Group, and have dinner with the Delforians.

  • Headlines in 1923
    In 1923-24, hometown newspapers followed the progress of the first foreign study students closely. See how our boys became local heroes.

  • Hullihen's CBS radio address
    In a 1933 radio address, University of Delaware President Walter Hullihen told the country why study abroad matters. This is what he had to say over the airwaves.

  • Our man in Paris - Our woman in Geneva
    Ever wondered what it was like to study abroad in the good old days? Read about it for yourself, in reports from two students abroad in the 1930s.