Get Ready
Begin your overseas experience in three easy steps:
1. Apply for a passport.
U.S. citizens can go to the Department of State's website and download an application. Follow the links to find the closest location. In Ann Arbor, apply at the post office on Liberty Street, Stadium Avenue, or Green Road; or at the Washtenaw County courthouse on North Main Street.
2. Identify a program.
The detailed Go Global Resource List provides links to several sites where you can sort by academic term and location to find the study abroad, internship, research or service opportunity that’s right for you. Additional materials available at the GoGlobal site at www.ctools.umich.edu, accessible to anyone with a umich.edu email account (how to join a CTools site).
3. Find funding.
Financial aid packages transfer for U-M-sponsored study abroad programs. Supplemental funding is available for some kinds of international programs. Several sources are included in the Go Global Resource List. In addition, competitive travel awards are available to currently enrolled undergraduate Kinesiology students. Apply for supplemental funding from the Division of Kinesiology by completing our application and submitting it to GoGlobal2007@umich.edu.
Students studying abroad during Fall 2007 or Winter 2008 are encouraged to submit their applications when plans become final.
“We believe encouraging more young people to become truly global citizens serves our national interest. . . . In this increasingly global world, you need employees who are highly educated, able to speak different languages, able to move easily between cultures and countries.”
— Ambassador Karen P. Hughes, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy
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