Global Engagement Office (GEO)
Hundreds of Roanoke College students study away each year with our office. There are hundreds of programs to choose from and with adequate planning, any major can study away. We have partners in more than fifty countries and programs with courses satisfying graduation requirements for every major, minor, and concentration at Roanoke College. Where can we send you?
Students who wish to study abroad on a Roanoke College-approved exchange or affiliated program ideally should have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 at the time of application and prior to departure. Students should be aware that many programs require a higher grade point average and students must maintain full-time status prior to and during the term away from campus.
Browse our list of Approved programs below
Extension Campuses
Roanoke College offers intermittent faculty-led semester programs. We craft a semester tailored to the needs of attending students. Please follow the links below to learn more about these exciting programs.
Spend either the fall or spring semester in Lugano, Switzerland as part of Roanoke's Linking Lives program.
Roanoke College Exchange Programs
Students who participate in exchange programs enroll directly in a foreign university and take courses designed for local students, courses specially designed for international students, or a combination.
Exchanges:
- Kansai Gaidai University (Japan) - Requires that students have completed at least one year (preferably two years) at a college-level institution with a minimum GPA of 3.0
- Waseda University SILS (Japan) - This competitive program requires a minimum GPA of 3.0
- Ewha Women's University (South Korea) - The highest-rated private university in Korea and, despite its name, has a co-ed international exchange program and is open to students without prior knowledge of Korean. Requires a minimum GPA of 3.0
- Aarhus University-Faculty of Arts & Faculty of Psychology (Denmark) - Requires a GPA of 3.0
- University of East Anglia (England) - Requires a GPA of at least 2.5, but in exceptional circumstances petitions are acceptable
- Otto-Friedrich-Universität (Germany) - Requires a GPA of 3.0
- Ludwigsburg University (Germany) - Requires a GPA of 3.0
- University of Ulster (Northern Ireland, UK) - Requires a GPA of 3.0
- American University of Cairo (Egypt) - Requires a GPA of 2.8
- ISEP Exchange (schools in over 50 countries!) - A GPA of 3.0 is recommended, a minimum of 2.75 is accepted
Roanoke College Affiliated Programs
Roanoke College affiliated programs offer a variety of study abroad destinations and structures. They include programs at overseas colleges, programs that facilitate direct enrollment at foreign universities, programs run by other U.S. colleges, and programs run by nonprofit organizations.
USAC (University Studies Abroad Consortium) Programs:
USAC is one of the chief providers for Roanoke College, connecting students with amazing Study Abroad opportunities at Universities around the world. Each program has a preferred GPA minimum of 2.5, with possible petitions being accepted to certain programs with a minimum GPA of 2.3.
Other Affiliate Programs
- University of Nicosia (Nicosia, Cyprus)
- The Umbra Institute (Perugia, Italy) & ISI Florence (Florence, Italy), both managed by ISI Abroad.
- James Cook University (North Queensland, Australia)
Summer Programs
Roanoke College is a co-sponsor of the Virginia Program at Oxford, which enables students to participate in a six-week study program at St. Anne's College, University of Oxford. Students may earn a unit of transfer credit in literature and a unit of transfer credit in history.