Helping your student plan for a successful study abroad experience is as crucial as the actual experience. For a majority of our students, the decision to study abroad signals a deep desire for independence, maturity, growing up, and intellectual challenge. Their ability to make informed decisions is very important. Parents are great resources in this maturing process by listening, asking questions, supporting their decisions as well as knowing how to welcome the students back from their abroad experiences.
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Students who have been accepted to study abroad are required to participate in our Pre-Departure Orientation program in May. Find out the program overview, schedule of events, workshop descriptions, and parent session.
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This guide contains questions that students need to ask themselves before even setting out to apply to a study abroad program. While this guide is helpful for students, it can also be used by parents to determine their readiness for the commitment to send their students overseas.
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Find out exactly what Santa Clara will bill your student’s ecampus account for their chosen study abroad program. It also lists some available financial aid available for students in international education.
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Study Abroad Budget Planning Worksheet
Useful worksheet to determine the affordability of a study abroad program.
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Study abroad students are billed the same time as all other on-campus students. Find out how to pay online via the Bursar's office website.
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Download a copy of the pre-departure handbook that students are given during the mandatory Pre-Departure Orientation. It contains helpful information about billing procedure, cost & aid, registration, cultural reflections, etc.
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Planning ahead for study abroad starts as early as the Freshmen year. To encourage your student to be on track, we suggest you review the recommended study abroad planning timeline.
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Are you curious about all the approved study abroad program options available to Santa Clara students? You can search by country, contracted program providers, schools, minimum GPA requirements, language requirements, etc.
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Students are required to petition to study abroad before they can be approved to apply to a particular program. Here you can find the 3-step procedure students must take to study abroad.
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Santa Clara encourages potential study abroad students to take advantage of our myriad of workshops, informational sessions, tabling outreach, and peer-to-peer forums coordinated by the International Programs Office. Parents can help their students by encouraging them to participate in as many of these events as possible.
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The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The University cannot release any information about a student to a third party without authorized written permission from the student. We encourage study abroad students to consider signing the FERPA waiver at the Bursar's and Registrar's offices (Walsh Administration Bldg) if they want their parents to have access to financial records & information. Please familiarize yourself with FERPA.
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Parents are often unaware of some of the most practical things they can do to help their students in their re-entry back into the home life. We recommend this wonderful reading material to help parents prepare to welcome their students from abroad.
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Students have talked about their re-entry back into their culture as being one of the most difficult part of study abroad. This letter from the International Programs Office staff contains helpful tips for parents of returning study abroad students on how to properly welcome their students back home.
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