University of Delaware Institute for Global Studies
Winter 2025: Spain MSEG/PHYS/HIST

Program Dates January 02, 2025 - January 30, 2025
This program is closed.

Program Overview This program is highly competitive and will accept only a limited number of applicants. Interview appointments and acceptance decisions are at the discretion of the faculty director.

All applicants must have a valid passport by the program’s application deadline. Your passport’s expiration date must be more than six months after the program ends. If you do not have a current passport, apply through the U.S. State Department. It takes an average of 6-8 weeks (2 months) to process a passport.

Traveling and studying abroad at this time poses new challenges and requires accepting a higher level of uncertainty than in the past. Students who choose to study abroad must be prepared to adapt to evolving situations and must take responsibility to act in accordance with the rules, regulations, and recommendations of UD, their program leadership, and legal authorities of their home and host country which are subject to change at any time.

The University will continue to monitor the ongoing situation with COVID-19 (coronavirus) and world events as we approach the departure date for this program. Please reach out to your program coordinator or faculty director with questions and continue to monitor the UD coronavirus webpage for updates. If UD decides to cancel a study abroad program, we will communicate directly with affected students.

The beautiful and historic San Sebastian in the Basque Country in northern Spain is the background for this Study Abroad program that will offer three courses to choose from, MSEG 302, PHYS 143 and HIST 339. The program is equally suitable for engineering, natural science and social science students and offers a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary interaction between students of various backgrounds.

Hosted by the Universidad del Pais Vasco, Center for Physics of Materials, the program adds to the Study Abroad experience with history and science excursions to Paris (History: Normandy Beaches), Milan and Lisbon (Materials Science: Polymer science), Geneva (Physics: CERN God Particle). All these excursions are designed to interest all students regardless of their background.

All accommodations will either be in the student dorms (San Sebastian), student hostels (Lisbon, Geneva) or in hotels (Paris, Milan). Most of these places, except for the dorms, include breakfast. Dorms will have cooking facilities where students can prepare their own meals.

Offering a combination of engineering, physics, culture, history and socials studies, this winter session program in San Sebastian, Spain, is a perfect opportunity for mixing academics with traveling in selected European cities while based in one of the most beautiful cities in northern Spain, San Sebastian.

The Program Fee includes housing, some meals, academic and cultural excursions, guest speakers, in-country transportation to/from excursion sites and international medical insurance.

The Program Fee does NOT include airfare to/from Spain, nor airport transfers within the U.S. The program officially begins when students arrive in Spain. Students will receive detailed travel instructions after acceptance, explaining how and where to purchase their plane ticket. See the Cost section below for estimate airfare.

ACCESSIBILITY: Students with disabilities are welcomed and encouraged to study abroad, but should be aware that accessibility and accommodation in some program locations may differ from the United States. Transit systems and legacy building construction practices may not meet U.S. accessibility standards, and alternative access to public transportation, buildings, or public sites cannot be guaranteed. Review these questions with the Office of Disability Support Services to determine whether this program can meet your accommodation needs.

Courses: Students must enroll in all credit-bearing courses for a grade. Only the UNIV (zero credit) course may be taken pass/fail. Audit registration is not permitted on UD Travel Study. Please refer to the University Catalog to verify requirements and prerequisites. Honors credit may be available. Check with the faculty director and the Honors program for approval (check before departure). All students must enroll in at least 6 credits, as well as the 0-credit UNIV course.

Program Costs:

How much does it cost?.

	Delaware Resident	Non-Delaware Resident
Final Tuition based on current year	$3,648.00	$9,798.00
Final Program Fee	$3,500.00	$3,500.00
UD Registration & Activities Fee	$30.00	$30.00
Total to be charged to UD account	$7,178.00	$13,328.00
Plus Airfare Estimate (purchased separately)	$1,200.00	$1,200.00

The rates above may not apply to you if you are a UD graduate student during the time you are studying abroad. Please refer to http://www1.udel.edu/finaid/rates.html for the appropriate rates.


When and how do I pay?
If you are offered acceptance to the program, you will have 3 days to withdraw without financial penalty. After the 3 days have passed, you will be officially accepted to the program, and IGS will post the full Program Fee and Tuition/Fees to your UD student account.

• An initial payment of $1000.00 will be due in mid-May.
• The balance of the Program Fee and Tuition/Fees will be due in early January.
• Payments are submitted through My Finances in UDSIS.
• All charges, once posted to your account, are considered non-refundable.

*All students will receive an email when they are accepted to a program and will have 10 days from that notification to make their $1,000.00 Initial Payment.


Contact Information:


Deadlines:
Submit Program Application by 5pm on April 30, 2024
Recommendation also due by 5pm on April 30, 2024
Acceptance and Scholarship Announced: May 03, 2024

Please note that this program is highly competitive and will accept only a limited number of applicants. Interview appointments and acceptance decisions are at the discretion of the faculty director.



Interest Meetings:
03/11/2024, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM, 115 Gore Hall
03/14/2024, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM, 115 Gore Hall


Program information is subject to change at any time. Please check this web site periodically for updates.