Innsbruck Academic Year Abroad (AYA)

  Austria

• Other Cities in Austria: 
Innsbruck

Term: Academic Year, Fall, Spring 
Dates: Fall and Spring

Description: Preparing yourself for success in the 21st century means preparing yourself to thrive in the global community. "International" no longer means "abroad"; it can mean, literally, right next door.

Your participation in The University of New Orleans' Academic Year Abroad at the University of Innsbruck is an investment that will pay dividends for a lifetime. AYA is designed to help you acquire the cultural savvy so important in the international community today. At the same time, it is intended to give you new insights into yourself and a better understanding and appreciation for what it means to be American. AYA is an opportunity for you to collect intellectual frequent flyer miles you can cash in for the rest of your life!

Let Innsbruck - the "Bridge over the River Inn" - be a bridge to your future. We look forward to accompanying you on your way there.

Highlights: Innsbruck often markets itself as "the heart of the alps." This designation aptly refers not only to the charm, beauty and small-town warmth of an historic European city nestled in the towering mountains between Germany and Italy, but also to the pulse-beat of Innsbruck as a cultural, political and economic cross-roads of Europe since pre-Roman times.

AYA students are required to take courses in German language or literature each semester. Language placement tests administered in Innsbruck, along with individual interests and needs, determine each students course selection. Options include UNO courses in German language and/or literature offered through the AYA program, German as a Foreign Language course offered through the University of Innsbruck, as well as regular language and literature courses offered through the Departments of German Philology and Translation Sciences at the University of Innsbruck.

Degree Level: Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Cost in US$: 16,490 for the Academic Year 2010/11

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American and Canadian Participants.

Participants Travel to Austria Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Scholarships are Available. Scholarships are only available for University of New Orleans students at this time.

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Other

Post-Program Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Exit Debriefing Abroad

University of New Orleans's Mission Statement: To assist the University in its continuing efforts to internationalize its campus and curriculum and to contribute to global understanding by developing and supporting opportunities of the highest quality worldwide for students, faculty and staff as well as the general public. Our division provides a variety of international academic programs. We offer summer study abroad programs for college students and adults; semester and year exchange programs with a variety of universities around the world; and IELP, an intensive non-credit program for non-native speakers of English. The Division is also closely affiliated with other campus and local organizations dedicated to fostering international education and experience in the Greater New Orleans area.

Year Founded: 1958