Returning Students
Returning Students
Welcome back to Carolina! Your study abroad experience doesn’t end when you step on the plane to return home! There are many ways to expand on your experience abroad.
Get Involved!
Explore ways to stay involved with UNC Study Abroad and participate in activities as a returning student.
Resources for returning students
- IESAbroad: Re-entry Resources
- AllAbroad.us: Re-Adjusting to Home
- Small Planet Studio: Small Planet Studio is the go-to website and community for “global hearts” who’ve lived abroad. Join us to reflect on who you are and what you want your global life to be like going forward, now that you’ve had a life-changing experience abroad.
- Many more resources can be found online!
Ready to go abroad again?
Study Abroad – again!
Can’t wait to go on another global adventure? Consider another UNC Study Abroad program! Many students participate on multiple programs during their time at Carolina.
Other Global Opportunities – for current students and recent graduates
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program allows graduating seniors, master’s students, doctoral candidates, and recent graduates to self-design a research/study project, or serve as an English Teaching Assistant in one of more than 140 countries.
The Fulbright program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and is managed nationally by the Institute of International Education and at UNC-Chapel Hill by the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs.
The Peace Corps is a service opportunity for motivated changemakers to immerse themselves in a community abroad, working side by side with local leaders to tackle the most pressing challenges of our generation.
UNC Peace Corps Campus Recruiter: Meagan Meekins, peacecorps@unc.edu
Explore global funding opportunities (undergraduate, graduate and alumni) through Embark Carolina’s Funding Finder.
Various scholarships for study in the U.S. and abroad for undergraduate, graduate, and alumni. Includes awards such as the Rhodes Scholarship and Luce Scholars program.
NAIS – National Association of Independent Schools (includes institutions outside of the U.S.)