University of Delaware Institute for Global Studies
Winter 2025: Australia ENTR micro

Program Dates January 10, 2025 - January 29, 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.

Study entrepreneurship and workplace culture in Sydney, Australia - one of the world’s thriving start-up hubs. Sydney is a truly global city known for its world-famous landmarks – the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Opera House, Bondi Beach, and more. Experience Sydney’s endless kilometers of beautiful public beaches and park trails, ocean reefs, nature and unique wildlife, positioned next to a dynamic metropolitan setting.

Based at our centralized location in the city’s Central Business District (“the CBD”), you’ll interact with active entrepreneurs as you study workplace culture. In addition, you’ll learn about regional cultural differences through visits to some of Sydney's bustling suburban centers such as; Cronulla Beach, Wollongong, and excursions focused on the local and global entrepreneur.

Our program includes light breakfast each day and for the entire program an OPAL transport card good for all trains, buses, and ferries. Our program includes two Sydney-based excursions to co-working spaces to interact with entrepreneurs in practice in the city. We have planned for two excursions outside of the city as well. The first is to South Cronulla, a smaller suburb south of the city, accessible by train where we will interact with many local entrepreneurs. The second is to the northern national parks and Port Macquarie, a smaller Australian center for entrepreneurship. In both Cronulla and Port Macquarie we will be working with the Rydges-brand business centers to meet their connections, participate in workshops and interview multiple entrepreneurs about their ventures. Our program also includes a warm welcome orientation tour of Sydney on our first weekend including sites such as the Sydney Opera House, Ferry Ride to Manly Beach, The Harbour Bridge Pylon Climb, Bondi to Coogee Beach walk, Darling Harbour, and more.

Students will reside in double or quad dorm-style rooms in a city setting. We have options for single rooms and smaller group rooms as well due to COVID contingency plans.

Whether you’re interested in the practice of entrepreneurship, functionality of workplace culture or the local “down under” culture, this Winter Session in Sydney, Australia is your chance to experience a multi-cultural nation and global hub of entrepreneurship.

The Program Fee includes housing and breakfasts, some additional meals, all excursions and related transportation, and international medical insurance. Students are responsible for the remainder of their meals.

The Program Fee does not include airfare to/from Australia, nor airport transfers within the U.S. The program officially begins when students arrive in Sydney, Australia. Students will receive detailed travel instructions after acceptance, explaining how and where to purchase their plane ticket. See the Cost section below for estimated airfare. For this program, students will be given recommended flight itineraries for traveling together.

ACCESSIBILITY: Participants with disabilities should know 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. But UD students with disabilities are welcome and encouraged to study abroad. 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 3 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	$1,824.00	$4,899.00
Final Program Fee	$3,140.00	$3,140.00
UD Registration & Activities Fee	$30.00	$30.00
Total to be charged to UD account	$4,994.00	$8,069.00
Plus Airfare Estimate (purchased separately)	$2,500.00	$2,500.00

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 20, 2024
Recommendation also due by 5pm on April 20, 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:
02/29/2024, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM, Venture Development Center 132 E. Delaware Ave


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