UT Education Abroad Blog
Inspiring Longhorns to Explore the World
UT Education Abroad Blog
Inspiring Longhorns to Explore the World
How to Go Abroad as a Pre-Health Student
Hello UT, my name is Katie! I’m a senior Biology major, but more importantly I’m a Pre-health student. I know many of you have questions about going abroad if you are Pre-health, and for good reason. There are a lot…
Living with the Lovedays
Often people ask me what was my favorite part about studying abroad and looking back there are SEVERAL things I really enjoyed about my time in London. From spending hours exploring the history of the once most powerful city in…
1600 Feet Above Namsam
Stepping foot off the train in Myeong-dong, I began searching for Exits 7 or 8. The instructions I looked up the day before said to, “wait there for a free shuttle that will take you to the cable car station”.…
Mistakes Turned Memories
One weekend my friends Sofia, Catherine, and I, went to a city near Frankfurt (Oder) called Cottbus to see Catherine’s favorite German comedian for her birthday. Sofia and I took the train to Cottbus together planning to meet Catherine there,…
Learning Swedish at a Pizzeria
A few years ago, if someone told me that I would learn Swedish from the workers at pizzeria/Mediterranean restaurant/grocery store/post office, I’d be very confused. Yet, after studying abroad, I can say there is no better way to learn…
Oh, the Places You May Go: Semester Exchange in Lima, Peru
Horns meet World. World meet Megan Nater. Megan is an International Relations major here at UT with a minor in Latin American Studies. Check out her perspective on Peru, and why you should go there too! My sweet roommate from…
Diving into Germany
Horns meet World. World meet Autumn Cox-Sweet. Autumn is a fourth year International Relations and Global Studies major. She studied abroad the spring of her sophomore year at the Europa-Universitaet-Viadrina in Germany. Autumn spent a year living and working in Germany…
Haggling 101
Everybody has had the awkward moment where you pretended not to like something after seeing the price tag. However, there are cultures where price tags are not the rule-of-law. Studying abroad provides the luxury of paying what you want, when…