University of Florida Engineering College expands its study abroad program

University of Florida's Engineering college study abroad program allowed 15 Engineering students of the university last summer to spend six weeks in Berlin. This time another eight engineering programs of the university expanded across the globe.

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Study in US: This summer, there are eight more University of Florida engineering study-abroad programs that have expanded across the globe. The study abroad program is common at the University of Florida. This year, the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at UF has increased its participation in international summer studies and expanded the global reach of the study abroad program.

Pingchien Neo, director of International Engineering Programs at UF said, “The international programs in the College of Engineering have definitely grown since the office started in 2014. In 2015, there were only two summer faculty-led programs – one in Germany and one in China.”  

“Options were limited for engineering students. Since then, we have added more programs in more varied locations and with more faculty involvement. More and more students are interested in learning about the world beyond UF and are seeking out unique opportunities to combine their engineering career with an international perspective,” added Neo.

University of Florida Engineering College's Study Abroad Program Details

There are a total of 16 colleges at the University of Florida. In 2023-2024, the College of Engineering had the third-highest number of students participating in the international programs, when 387 students participated. Warrington College of Business was in the second position with 548 students participating and Liberal Arts and Sciences had 760 in that timeframe. However, this year, the University of Florida has 2,848 students in study-abroad programs.

The engineering study-abroad program of the University of Florida is happening in - Osnabruck, Germany, led by Ana Martin-Ryals, Ph.D., Ghana, internship is led by Sanethia Thomas, Ph.D., South Korea, led by Gloria Kim, Ph.D., and Andrea Goncher, Ph.D., Lille, France, led by Joel Parker and Philip Jackson, Ph.D., Singapore internship, led by Neo, Berlin, led by Sander., Japan, led by Jeremiah Blanchard, Ph.D., Ireland internship, led by Sophie Spratley, Ph.D., and Spain, led by Jonathan Scheffe, Ph.D. 

Last summer, Scheffe led a group of 24 undergraduate students from different engineering departments to Almeria and Seville in southern Spain for six weeks.

“We studied next-generation energy technologies (program title is UF in Spain: Understanding Next Generation Energy Technologies). This was composed of two three-credit classes – thermodynamics and an applied thermodynamics class that focused on industrial decarbonization strategies,” Scheffe said.

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