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Global Experiences

Hands-on cross cultural opportunities

Thank you for your interest in studying abroad with AHS! Complete information about all current AHS-related opportunities can be found in our section of the Illinois Education Abroad site.

Below are summaries of some recent AHS faculty-led and exchange opportunities.

Croatia

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RST students enrolled in ACE 436: International Business Immersion Program (IBIP) Croatia traveled for two weeks all around the country to learn about the unique recreation and tourism economics of Croatia from their professor and Croatian native, Renata Endres.

England

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Nineteen students enrolled in RST 199: Global Interpretations of Recreation, Sport and Tourism: Discovering London embarked on a once-in-a-lifetime spring trip to England. The course provided students with an opportunity to explore one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations firsthand.

Greece

 Image of a group of AHS students posing for a photo in front of the Parthenon in Greece

Students led by HK faculty members embarked on a summer tour for IHLT 498: Interdisciplinary Health in Greece. Students spent two weeks exploring health from an interdisciplinary perspective. Greece provided an opportunity for students to experience the Mediterranean lifestyle while learning about health from the viewpoint of the whole person.

Italy

 Image of a group of AHS students posing for a photo at the top of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy

Students traveled to Italy in a faculty-led Study Abroad program focused on the Italian public health system. The students visited a regulatory agency within the Italian Ministry of Health and a resource center that handled the coronavirus pandemic in the Lombardy region to learn about emergency preparedness operations and experiences with COVID-19.

Sweden

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Located in Sweden’s capital city of Stockholm, Karolinska Institutet (KI) is globally respected university marked by a passion for research and a drive to contribute to the improvement of human health. KI is one of Europe’s largest and most prestigious medical universities and provides a great majority of the medical research used throughout Sweden. SHS students have the unique opportunity to study at KI for a semester exchange in the Speech and Language Pathology department.

For more information about study abroad opportunities in Health and Kinesiology, contact Aline Lamas (aline@illinois.edu) .

For information about study abroad opportunities in Recreation, Sport and Tourism, contact Mike Raycraft (mraycraf@illinois.edu) regarding RST199/England. For information about the ACE/RST trip to Croatia, contact Renata Endres (rendres@illinois.edu).

For information about study abroad opportunities in Speech and Hearing Science, contact Laura Mattie (ljhahn@illinois.edu).

Visit our section on the Illinois Education Abroad site to find complete information about all current AHS-related study abroad opportunities.