International Opportunities
If you're looking for opportunities to stay connected to a global lifestyle after graduation, you are not alone. Explore options to engage internationally throughout your future.
Patrick Hodson, UNO Study Abroad Alumni, Serving in the Peace Corps in Fiji, 2025
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Omaha Sister Cities
OSCA is committed to promoting Omaha as a global city, developing international partnerships and networks, and sharing best practices through citizen-to-citizen connections.
https://omahasistercities.com/
Careers in Study Abroad
SECUSS-L is a moderated list for education abroad professionals. The list is free and open to anyone who wants to subscribe. Whether you’re actively working in education abroad or just interested in the field, you’re welcome to join. Jobs related to education abroad are regularly posted through the listserv.
https://www.buffalo.edu/educationabroad/secussl.html
The Peace Corps
When you serve as a Peace Corps Volunteer, you’ll travel to a different country and collaborate with members of your new community to create a positive impact on people’s lives—now and for generations to come.
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
What is the Fulbright U.S. Student Program? U.S. Student Program funds American citizens to study, conduct research, or teach English abroad.
https://us.fulbrightonline.org/
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers over 400 awards in more than 135 countries for U.S. citizens to teach, conduct research and carry out professional projects around the world. College and university faculty, as well as artists and professionals from a wide range of fields can join over 400,000 Fulbrighters who have come away with enhanced skills, new connections, and greater mutual understanding.
https://fulbrightscholars.org/us-scholar-awards
Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters
Apply for an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master. Students from all over the world are welcome. You will study at several universities in Europe and beyond. Full scholarships are available for the best students.
The Lafayette Fellowship
The French Embassy in the United States is launching the Lafayette Fellowship, a new scholarship program designed to support the next generation of young leaders with a strong interest in the transatlantic relationship. Each year, the fellowship will fully fund up to 30 American students in STEM, the humanities and social sciences, and the arts for one year of master’s study at top French institutions. In addition to academic study, fellows will benefit from a special leadership development program and access to an international network of peers and mentors.
Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange For Young Professionals (CBYX)
The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals program offers two months of intensive German language training in Germany (no prior German language knowledge required), four months of classroom instruction at a German university or college of applied sciences, and a five-month internship in each participant’s career field.
Working Holiday Visas
Working Holiday Visas vary from country to country, but they all offer young, recent graduates and U.S. citizens the incredible opportunity to legally work in another country, gain invaluable life and work experience, and continue to explore the world.
https://www.goabroad.com/articles/jobs-abroad/working-holiday-visa
Teach English Abroad
There are numerous options out there for teaching English abroad, and the links provided here are just a starting point.
- Korea: http://www.epik.go.kr/index.do
- Japan: https://jetprogramusa.org/
- Georgia: http://tlg.gov.ge/
- Spain: https://www.educacionfpydeportes.gob.es/eeuu/convocatorias-programas/convocatorias-eeuu/nalcap.html
- Chile: https://cl.usembassy.gov/english-programs/
Kwansei Gakuin University Graduate Program Admission through Partner Universities Nomination
Kwansei Gakuin University (KGU) has an admission system which accepts excellent international students from their partner universities nomination. In this admission, KGU offers a scholarship covering the admission fee and the full amount of tuition for the standard length of the program to a designated number of successful candidates. For more information, contact Global Learning Advisor Yue Song: yuesong@unomaha.edu
Graduate School Abroad
Pursuing a graduate degree abroad is a great way to continue an international education. There are universities all over the world offering graduate programs, many taught in English. The links provided here are for foreign governments who have created their own website specifically for supporting international students joining them for study.
- Australia: https://www.studyaustralia.gov.au/
- Austria: https://studyinaustria.at/en
- Azerbaijan: https://studyinazerbaijan.edu.az/
- Brazil: https://www.gov.br/mre/en/subjects/culture-and-education/educational-themes/study-opportunities-for-international-applicants/higher-education-in-brazil
- Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/study-canada.html
- Chile: https://www.learnchile.cl/en/
- Costa Rica: https://www.studyincr.com/why-costa-rica/
- Croatia: https://www.studyincroatia.hr/
- Cyprus: https://www.studyincyprus.org.cy/
- Czechia: https://www.studyin.cz/
- Denmark: https://studyindenmark.dk/
- Estonia: https://www.studyinestonia.ee/
- Finland: https://www.studyinfinland.fi/
- France: https://www.campusfrance.org/en
- Georgia: https://educationingeorgia.ge/
- Germany: https://www.daad.de/en/studying-in-germany/
- Greece: https://studyingreece.edu.gr/
- Hong Kong: https://www.studyinhongkong.edu.hk/en/
- Iceland: https://study.iceland.is/
- India: https://studyinindia.gov.in/
- Ireland: https://www.ireland.ie/en/study/
- Japan: https://www.studyinjapan.go.jp/en/
- Latvia: https://studyinlatvia.lv/#
- Lithuania: https://studyin.lt/
- Malaysia: https://educationmalaysia.gov.my/
- New Zealand: https://www.studywithnewzealand.govt.nz/en
- Norway: https://studyinnorway.no/
- Poland: https://study.gov.pl/
- Romania: https://studyinromania.gov.ro/
- Serbia: https://www.bazaobrazovanja.rs/en
- Slovakia: https://www.studyinslovakia.saia.sk/
- Slovenia: https://studyinslovenia.si/
- Sweden: https://studyinsweden.se/
- Switzerland: https://www.studyinswitzerland.plus/
- Taiwan: https://english.moe.gov.tw/np-18-1.html
- Turkiye: https://www.studyinturkiye.gov.tr/
- United Arab Emirates: https://www.mohesr.gov.ae/EN/Pages/Home.aspx
- United Kingdom: https://study-uk.britishcouncil.org/
- Uzbekistan: https://studyin-uzbekistan.uz/