Study Abroad Programs

East Carolina University currently has bilateral study abroad programs available at 20 universities overseas on five continents. These programs are offered on one-for-one tuition swaps, making the programs affordable to every ECU student. In addition to the student exchange, we also offer three consortium study abroad programs to France, the Netherlands and Spain. To learn more about our partner universities abroad, select them from the list below.

Bilateral Partners

• Australia
• • Victoria University
• Belize
• • University of Belize
• Brazil
• • Universidade Federal de Espirito Santo
  • Universidade Federal de Penambuco
• Costa Rica
• • Universidad Nacional, Heredia
• Ecuador
• • Universidad San Francisco De Quito
• Finland
• • University of Lapland
  • University of Oulu
• France
• • Rennes International School of Business
  • Universite Francois-Rabelais
• Japan
• • Osaka Kyoiku University
• Lithuania
• • Mykolas Romeris University
• Mexico
• • Universidad Regiomontana
• Poland
• • Wroclaw University
• Russia
• • Saratov State University
• Sweden
• • Orebro University
  • Vaxjo University
• U.K.
• • DeMontfort University
  • Manchester Metropolitan University
  • University of Strathclyde
    

Consortium Agreements

• France
• • Semester in Paris - UNCW
• Netherlands
• • Maastricht Center for Transatlantic Studies
• Spain
• • Semester in Santander - UNCC
    

In addition to ECU’s bilateral programs, ECU students can also study abroad on an International Student Exchange Program (ISEP) or University of North Carolina Exchange Program (UNCEP).

ISEP is a network of 275 colleges and universities in 39 countries cooperating to provide affordable access to international education for a diverse student population.

ISEP offers students two options:

• ISEP-Exchanges: reciprocal exchange among ISEP Member institutions. Exchanges are between US and International Members, or between Member institutions outside the U.S (International-to-International).
• ISEP-Direct: study abroad programs at ISEP Member institutions open to students from ISEP Member and Affiliate institution.

UNCEP is a UNC system exchange program with a network of approximately 50 universities worldwide. Exchange placements are available to any student in the UNC system on a one-for-one tuition swap.