Mechanical Engineering Abroad
Department Contact: Annette Ben-Tzvi, abentzvi@vt.edu
ME International Opportunities for students
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Technical University - Darmstadt
Learn more about the opportunity here.
Location: Darmstadt, Germany
Languages of Instruction: English, German
Program Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring, Summer
The Technical University of Darmstadt is one of Germany's top universities, ranked No. 1 in Mechanical Engineering and has an excellent reputation in Social Sciences, Architecture, Natural Sciences, Civil Engineering and the Humanities.Darmstadt (pop. 140,000) lies 20 miles south of Frankfurt in the heart of the southern Rhine-Main region, one of Europe´s most commercially flourishingregions served by Frankfurt/Main international airport.
Virginia Tech students can apply for several programs:
- German Engineering and Language
- INSPIRED Summer Program (new)
- Automotive Engineering Program
- TU Darmstadt IREP (research)
- Senior Year at TU Darmstadt
University of Technology Sydney
Learn more about the opportunity here.
Location: Sydney, Australia
Language of Instruction: English
Program Terms: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Faculty-Led Program
Deforms in France
Program: Faculty-Led: Deforms in France
Dates: August 2025
Location: Paris and Montpellier, France
Description: Deforms in France provides students with an opportunity to learn about the fundamental principles of engineering mechanics and experience places that incorporate those principles through real-world applications. The program is built around a core engineering mechanics class, ESM 2204 Mechanics of Deformable Bodies (Deforms).The coursework portion of the program will take place over the first 4 weeks of Summer S2 2025 and be offered as an online asynchronous course. The travel portion of the program will take place over the last 2 weeks of Summer S2 2025.
Application is due on February 15, 2025.
For more information: Contact Dr. Jared Gargg at jgragg@vt.edu
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