Many students are prepared to encounter culture shock when they go abroad, but few are prepared to confront a similar challenge upon the return home - reverse culture shock.

Our rapidly-changing world needs people who can learn and keep learning, adapt to change, and create new opportunities for themselves and others. Learning for a lifetime requires curiosity, initiative, and independence, as well as ability to reflect, transfer knowledge to new contexts, and integrate knowledge from more than one domain. We believe these are all skills that you acquired during your international experience and we hope that the Study Abroad Programs Office can help you continue to commit to learning for a lifetime.

• Professional Development Workshop for Returnee Students: a three-hour workshop that focuses on helping past study abroad participants market the many skills and competencies you developed while abroad.
• The Texas A&M Career Center workshops and events: The Career Center has several workshops and events that can prepare you to confidently enter the globalized market. The Career Center also assists with creating cover letters and resumes, and preparing for job interviews.
• The ​Education Abroad Ambassador internship program:
  • 2020-2021 AY applications will open in the latter part of the Spring 2020 semester.
  • To be eligible for this internship, you should have at least two semesters left after your international experience. Click here to learn more.

• The ​Education Abroad Ambassador internship program
  • To be eligible for this internship, you should have at least two semesters left after your international experience. Click here to learn more.
  • 2020-2021 AY applications will open in the latter part of the Spring 2020 semester.
• Student organizations
• Explorations: Texas A&M Undergraduate Research Journal
• ISMA: Mentor International Students on the College Station campus
• Peer Counselor: Work at Education Abroad and help other students find their perfect program fit. Future jobs posted on JobsForAggies, hiring as needed.

Students are not limited to one study abroad program during their Texas A&M career, but we do not recommend that students study abroad during their graduating semester. For a second study abroad program, students must once again meet with their academic advisor to ensure that the classes will work in their degree plan and will not delay graduation (unless desired). 

For funding, Texas A&M education abroad scholarships can only be earned once per student per undergraduate career. Other Texas A&M education abroad scholarships vary according to college and department, national scholarships have varying requirements as well.

Many students complete an education abroad program to gain experience for an international career post-graduation. There are many resources to help students in finding a career either abroad, within an international company or teaching English abroad. A few of these resources are listed below: 
 

• ​Apply to be an ​Education Abroad Ambassador 
  • 2020-2021 AY applications will open in the latter part of the Spring 2020 semester.
  • To be eligible for this internship, you should have at least two semesters left after your international experience. Click here to learn more.
• CIEE Teach Abroad (Teach English in Chile, China, Dominican Republic, South Korea, Spain or Thailand)
• English Open Doors Program (Teach English in Chile, sponsored by the Chilean government)
• EuroJobs (Jobs in the European Union)
• GoAbroad.com (A website listing different ways to volunteer, teach and study abroad pre & post-grad)
• Goinglobal (Info on CVs, work permits, and job opportunities abroad)
• iHipo (Network for young professionals looking at international careers)
• JET Programme (Teach English in Japan, sponsored by the Japanese government)
• Language and Culture Assistant in Spain (Teach English in Spain, sponsored by the Spanish government)
• LanguageCorps (Year-long teach abroad programs)
• Monsters.com International (Database for international jobs)
• NAFSA (Jobs in international education)
• Overseas Jobs (A job board for international positions in many fields and countries)
• Peace Corps (A long-term international service organization with postings in varied fields & nations)
• T.E.F.L Certification (This certifies BA/BS graduates to teach English as a second language abroad)
• Teaching Assistant Program in France (Teach English in France, sponsored by the French government)
• Transitions Abroad (A website listing different ways to work, teach and live abroad post-grad)
• UN.org (Information on United Nations programs, employment and internship opportunities)
• US State Department (Foreign service jobs posted around the world with the US government)