Shift your worldview, who you are, and what you are capable of achieving.

Discover the Academic Possibilities:

• Pursue amazing research in world-class labs, rainforests, urban centers to rural villages, and/or marine reefs;
• Tackle major or minor requirements in either specialized programs or at world-class universities;
• Make meaningful connections while completing UC Merced General Education requirements; and
• Add international career experience to your résumé in an internship with a global company, a private startup, or a nonprofit.

Explore new opportunities:

• Savor food, indulge in art, dive into history and language, or survey politics and traditions around the world;
• Study ancient temples, soaring towers, palaces, castles and other wonders of the world; and
• Make lifelong friends and network around the world.

Curious to learn more?

As many as 6,000 University of California students study abroad each year in 40+ countries through the UC Education Abroad Program (UCEAP). So can you! Here’s why:

• You take financial aid with you
• You don’t need to know a foreign language
• Courses are available in every major
• You earn UC credit automatically
• You can do internships and research for credit