Living and studying overseas can offer academic and cultural opportunities for high school and college students. Study abroad is becoming increasingly popular as most colleges and universities have established programs and will accept any major.

The benefits of studying abroad include:

• Improved foreign language skills.
• A more cosmopolitan, international perspective.
• Greater self-reliance and self-confidence.
• More comfort with complex situations, the ability to better cope with ambiguous information, and greater flexibility.
• Ability to think more originally, and to see more than one perspective on an issue.