The School of Arts and Sciences offers month long study abroad courses called "Exploration Seminars". These seminars are designed as 5-credit courses ocurring late August through mid-September. Seminar descriptions as well as online applications are available at the Exloration Seminar website.
A new study abroad exchange has been created between the University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences and the University of Exeter. Located just 2 hours away from London, Exeter is a city with over 2000 years of history. The University is well known for its strength in the biomedical sciences. Students interested in participating in the exchange should visit the Chemistry Advising Office in Bagley 303 and speak with one of the Chemistry advisors.
The UW Department OF Chemistry is a member of the TransAtlantic Science Student Exchange Program (TASSEP), a program for one-for-one exchange of undergraduate chemistry or biochemistry majors between U.S. and European universities. Through TASSEP students may take courses satisfying UW requirements during a quarter or longer in residence at a European university that participates in TASSEP (typically students are gone for the academic year). Students should at least be finished with general and organic chemistry, calculus, and physics by the time of departure for study abroad. Note that the non-English countries require a level of fluency through the second year of a foreign language since the courses are taught in the native language.UW students will continue to pay only normal UW tuition as part of the exchange program.Please consult with the chemistry/biochemistry advisors for more details regarding TASSEP.* More information on applying to TASSEP can be found here
International Programs and Exchanges
There are also a host of other opportunities through the International Programs and Exchanges office in 516 Schmitz Hall at the UW. Hundreds of students go abroad through this program every year. The UW has its own campus in Rome, making Italy the most visited country. You can pick up foreign language credits and many electives this way. Study abroad can prove to be an invaluable learning and life-changing experience.
Some of the European universities involved in TASSEP are University of Strathcylde (Scotland); Aarhus University (Denmark); University of Amsterdam (Holland); Universite Joseph Fourier (France); Lund University (Sweden); the Technical University of Berlin; ETH (Zurich); University of Bologna (Italy); University of Ioannina (Greece); and Universidad Complutense (Spain) (pictured above).