National Student Exchange

The National Student Exchange (NSE) provides UGA students the opportunity to study away at one of more than 170 colleges and universities while earning transfer credit toward their degree. Students can apply to study at a campus in the United States, Canada, Guam, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands. A variety of institutions are available; programs vary in size, location, programs offered, and native language.

Explore the list of participating colleges and universities at www.nse.org.

The National Student Exchange provides students with a unique experience to explore a new location without going overseas, take classes not offered at UGA, and make new connections. Studying away is a great way to show one’s ability to work well in a different environment and expand their interests through new experiences.

Apply through UGA Study Away

Priority Placement Deadlines: mid-February (rolling deadlines by campus after priority deadline)
Get more placement details.

Apply Now at UGA Study Away
Students, please note that NSE does not automatically qualify to fulfill your Experiential Learning requirement. Please discuss EL credit with your academic advisor first and/or complete the EL petition process.

Eligibility:

• Be enrolled full-time at time of application and during exchange
• Minimum 2.5 GPA
• Must be in good financial, academic, and conduct standing
• Must demonstrate language proficiency when applying to schools where the language of instruction is French or Spanish.

Find out more:

• Register for an upcoming NSE info session
• Schedule an advising appointment with UGA’s NSE coordinator
• Contact Jordan Giegerich, CAES International Education Operations Coordinator

Costs and financial aid:

• NSE utilizes two options for payment of tuition and fees. When you are a student on NSE Exchange, you will pay resident away tuition and fees to your HOST campus OR your in-state tuition and fees to your HOME campus.
  • Away Payment - student pays in-state (resident/provincial) tuition and fees directly to the host campus (and no tuition is paid to the home campus)
  • Home Payment - student pays their normal tuition and fees to their home campus (and no tuition is paid to the host campus)
  • Discuss with your NSE coordinator to determine which payment plan is right for you.
• HOPE and Zell apply!
• $300 application fee for semester
• $450 application fee for academic year

Search NSE campuses with your major

Check out these programs with an agricultural or environmental focus:

• George Washington Carver Research Internship – Iowa State University
• Applied Environmental Science Program (AESP) – SUNY Plattsburgh
• Semester on the Sound – University of Alaska Anchorage
• AlaskaMester – University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories – University of Minnesota
• PEAS Farm Course - University of Montana
• Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (research) – University of Perto Rico at Cayey
• Wild Rockies Field Institute