Study Abroad

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Jin Ko

Contact Ask Me About… My Experience Abroad Studying abroad as a student on the pre-med track can be difficult, especially given the extensive course requirements and limited time available to complete them. Because of this, I chose to study abroad during the summer while balancing my research work at Penn. For six weeks, I took…

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YO say CHIse

SA: National University of Singapore Cover: Photo taken by CAPT ROC; celebration following 2nd place in orientation among 5 houses Henry, one of the Fall 2026 Study Abroad Correspondents shares his experience abroad during the Fall 2026 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Yes, I watched…

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Don’t judge a Book by its Cover 

SA: University of Queensland Khadija, one of the Fall 2026 Study Abroad Correspondents shares his experience abroad during the Fall 2026 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. This semester, I got the amazing chance to do my senior fall semester abroad at the University of Queensland’s…

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Kayla Kramer

Contact Ask Me About… I studied abroad in a country I had never visited before and where I didn’t speak the language, so a big part of my experience was learning how to adjust to an entirely new environment and eventually make Lisbon feel like home. I also traveled almost every weekend, which taught me…

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Michael Pignatelli

Contact Ask Me About… Studying at the University of Bologna, the oldest university in the world, while completing my Computer Science degree at Penn, one of the oldest in the U.S, was an incredible experience. I took all my engineering coursework entirely in Italian, which meant relearning how to study from scratch in a new…

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Kate Wong

Contact Ask Me About… My Experience Abroad Unimelb is recognized by the Penn Biology Department as having a strong biology program, which is one reason why I selected the CASA Melbourne program. Unimelb offers many biology courses that are not offered at Penn, including the two subjects I enrolled in: Australian Wildlife Biology and Principles…

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Rashmi Admala

Contact Ask Me About… My closest friends at Penn did not study abroad, so leaving them to go abroad for a semester was definitely nerve-wracking. I did not know anyone in my home city (Barcelona, Spain): a complete fresh start. While it took time to make friends and find community, I now have lifelong friends…

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Saniya Malhotra

Contact Ask Me About… My Experience Abroad As an International Relations and Economics double major, I have always wanted to go abroad, and through Penn Abroad, I am fortunate to have done that in different capacities. East Asia has been my region of interest since I started Penn and is also the area that I…

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Rayya Haider

Contact Ask Me About… My GRIP experience in Tunis was unique because it was a direct placement rather than a cohort program. I was the only student in my program and the only American at my internship, so I spent three months building relationships and navigating a professional environment from scratch. My study abroad experience…