Study Abroad

Starting in Spring 2023, the Department of Geography will have a continuous study abroad program for the first time. Both Environmental Studies majors and Geography majors can take classes for their major while spending either a semester in Florence, participating in the Florence Summer Institute, or both.   Course offerings will i...

G Clingman is a third-year Kent State Student double majoring in English and Spanish while also working toward their Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) certificate. Though they have been studying at KSU’s main campus for the last two years, G is swapping Acorn Alley and the Esplanade for the historical streets of Murcia, Spain, ...

  Emily Hovest is a third-year student studying architecture at Kent State’s Florence campus for the Spring semester. It was always her desired destination, especially since the KSU architecture program encourages students to study abroad their junior year. “Italy has strong ties to architecture and being here gives me the opportun...

Our Education Abroad program was featured in the national news in Italy to represent the return of students to Florence, and Italy in general, following Covid 19 shutdowns.   Kent State offers programs in Florence during the Spring and Fall semesters. Students take a minimum of 12 credits. There is also a Florence Summer Insti...

The College of Arts and Sciences prides itself on the emphasis we place on utilizing the world as a classroom. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 Pandemic has prevented our students from getting to experience education abroad since March. In recent years, we’ve offered a variety of programs to fit the academic needs and interests of our students ...

Starting in Spring 2019, CCI will offer undergraduate students the opportunity to spend a semester in Lisbon, Portugal, studying at the Catholic University of Portugal (Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, or UCP) in the Faculty (School) of Human Sciences. CCI students can take courses in English taught by UCP faculty members with deep exper...

Mariah Gray did not waste any time. When she was asked to share a weekend experience, she knew exactly what to say. “I went to an Indian festival with my roommate,” she said with a smile to a room of Kent State University Student Ambassadors. “It was an ancient tradition that was totally outside of my culture. I dressed the part, ate th...

Graduate students in the School of Communication Studies have the opportunity to participate in a global scholar exchange program with the Catholic University of Portugal.   Founded in 1967, the Catholic University of Portugal is a private university in Lisbon, Portugal. The Master of Arts in Communication Science offers students a ...

Four School of Communication Studies (COMM) graduate students were named first place award winners at Kent State University’s 32nd Graduate Research Symposium April 21, 2017. Master’s students Daniel Socha, Kelsey Husnick and Kelsey Phillips and doctoral student William Kelvin shared their research in an oral presentation or as a poster...

Starting in Fall 2017, College of Communication and Information (CCI) students can spend a semester studying in a truly international environment for what they would spend on the Kent Campus – while taking journalism courses that will apply to their degree programs and other relevant electives that are important for all communication major...