Our mission is to offer a variety of experiences for students to engage critically with global cultures while developing transferable professional and personal skills. We advise and assist students in preparing, transitioning, and returning from study away programs.

• Study Away Fair for MayX 2025, Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 Programs
  Saturday, September 28, 2024
  9:30 - 11:30 AM
  Watkins Room (Trone Student Center)

• MayX 2025 Application Deadline - Monday, November 4, 2024 (applications open September 28)

• Fall 2025/Spring 2026 Semester Application Deadline - Thursday, January 30, 2025 (applications open November 1)

Students can participate in MayX (short-term) programs, faculty-led semester programs, or affiliate and exchange programs.

The study away office provides need-based scholarships for students. Scholarships cover a portion of the study away program fees.

Looking to propose a semester or MayX program? Click on the link below for information about proposals, budgets, student recruitment, and health and safety.

Faculty interested in proposing a new study away program should contact Paige Blankenship approximately two years in advance.

All faculty-led study away proposals and initial budgets are due on the first day of classes each August for programs to be offered the following May and fall and spring of the next academic year.

General Email: study.away@furman.edu
Nancy Georgiev, Director: nancy.georgiev@furman.edu
Paige Blankenship, Assistant Director: paige.blankenship@furman.edu
Center for Engaged Learning: Study Away, Internships and Research, 864-294-3691