Chemical Engineering Abroad
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.
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.
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.
Recommended Virginia Tech Faculty-Led
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
Learn more about the opportunity here.
Location: Ghent, Belgium
Language of Instructions: English, Dutch
Program Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Konkuk University
Learn more about the opportunity here.
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Language of Instruction: English, Dutch
Program Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Technical University - Darmstadt
Learn more about the opportunity here.
Location: Darmstadt, Germany
Languages of Instruction: English, German
Program Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring, Summer
University of New South Wales
Learn more about the opportunity here.
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