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Programs for Chemical Engineering

Department Contact: Gary Whiting, gwhiting@vt.edu or Undergraduate Advisor

Featured Programs

The Unit Operations Lab offers two international options:

1. Technical University of Denmark

Learn more about this opportunity here.

Denmark
Copenhagen Denmark

Program: Summer unit operations lab at the Technical University of Denmark, 5 weeks

Dates: Summer

Application deadline: January 25

For more information: Email: Dr. Aaron Goldstein at goldst@vt.edu.

2. Ruhr University - Bochum

Learn more about the opportunity here.

Ruhr University
Ruhr University

Location: Bochum, Germany

Dates: Summer

Application deadline: November

Description: Students complete the required Unit Operations Laboratory course and participate in undergraduate research during an 8-week summer exchange program with Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB). Ruhr University is one of Europe’s biggest universities with international students from 130 countries on campus. The Ruhr region is the historical center of European industry and has become an area for culture, science and technology in the 21st century. Limited space; competitive application process.

For more information: Email: Dr. Stephen Martin at martinsm@vt.edu.

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CNRE: New Zealand: Sustaining Human Societies and the Environment

Learn more about the opportunity here.

Program Term: Winter Session

Description: Examine the natural and social history and resource conservation of New Zealand’s South Island using a Geographic, ecological landscape perspective. Focus on sustainable development (sustaining human societies and the natural environment) through travel, field trips, participation, lecture presentations and seminars, debates and coursework. The course can be counted towards Green Engineering Minor.

Contact: Craig Ramseyer, ramseyer@vt.edu

Virigina Tech and ISEP Exchanges

Ghent University

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Location: Ghent, Belgium

Language of Instructions: English, Dutch

Program Terms:  Academic Year, Fall, Spring

Konkuk University

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Location: Seoul, South Korea

Language of Instruction: English, Dutch

Program Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring

Technical University - Darmstadt

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Location: Darmstadt, Germany

Languages of Instruction: English, German

Program Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring, Summer

University of New South Wales

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Location: Sydney, Australia

Language of Instruction: English

Program Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring

Other Third Party Options

To learn more about third party providers, visit the Global Education Office website.

Please refer to Virginia Tech’s High-Risk Travel website for current policies and procedures on international travel: https://www.globaleducation.vt.edu/globalsafety/HighRiskTravelCOVID-19.html