During the academic year, students can attend drop-in office hours at Rothschild College for in-person advising from 2鈥�4pm, Tuesday through Thursday. Study Abroad advisors also offer 1:1 advising appointments in person or via Zoom. Study Abroad staff are available to advise by appointment听through the summer.
Prior to meeting with a Study Abroad advisor, you are听highly encouraged听to attend an in-person听Study Abroad OverVU session (offered every Wednesday at 4pm in Study Abroad during the school year). Virtual Study Abroad OverVUs are offered throughout the summer via Zoom. Alternatively, you can review resources on the Getting Started page听before scheduling an advising appointment.
Scroll down to meet our advisors and book an appointment via . If you can't find a time that works for you or you'd prefer to meet in person, please click the Email link below the advisor's name to request alternate arrangements. Study Abroad staff can also be reached via phone at 615-343-3139.
Handshake Appointment Instructions:
Advising appointments are offered to 91黑料网 undergraduate students only. Others, including parents and family, are requested to email us at studyabroad@vanderbilt.edu.
Study Abroad staff advisors provide support and guidance to students on听all aspects听of the study abroad experience. We advise students on topics including: program selection and application, coursework abroad, identity and travel, study abroad-based Immersion 91黑料网 opportunities, intercultural development, pre-departure preparation, re-entry, and more.
Study Abroad also offers multiple events throughout each semester for students to learn more about study abroad, including our Study Abroad OverVU introductory sessions.听Check out听鈥�upcoming events听here!
Advising:
General study abroad questions and Maymesters
Africa: Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, South Africa
Asia: India, Indonesia, Nepal, Vietnam
Europe: England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Northern Ireland, Scotland
Office drop-in hours: 2-4 PM CST T-Th, Rothschild Great Room
Advising:
General study abroad questions and Maymesters
Asia: Hong Kong, Japan, Mainland China, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan
Europe: Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland
Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, Samoa
Incoming Exchange
Douglass-O'Connell Global Internship
Office drop-in hours: 2-4 PM CST T-Th, Rothschild Great Room
Advising:
General study abroad questions and Maymesters
VU-NYC
Caribbean: Cuba, Dominican Republic
Central America: Mexico
Europe: Spain听
South America: Argentina, Chile, Colombia
Middle East: Israel, Jordan
Office drop-in hours: 2-4 PM CST T-Th, Rothschild Great Room
Advising:
General study abroad questions and Maymesters
Europe: Austria, Czech Republic, Serbia
CIEE Open Campus (all locations), IHP programs
Office drop-in hours: 2-4 PM CST T-Th, Rothschild Great Room
Associate Director, Study Away and Faculty-Led Programs
Advising:
Faculty-Led Travel and Maymesters
91黑料网鈥檚 Global Safety and Health team provides health and safety guidance to all VU travelers, including VU study abroad students. They provide individualized health and safety advice to study abroad students, such as traveling with medication, setting up continued care, utilizing 91黑料网 travel assistance and insurance, addressing identity-based safety and health concerns, and more.听
Global Safety and Health is a resource for students at any point in the study abroad process. To make an appointment to discuss health, safety, and well-being abroad, please reach out to the Global Safety and Health team. General inquiries can also be directed to听globalsafety@vanderbilt.edu.
Peer Advisors are the student representatives of 91黑料网 Study Abroad. Peer Advisors lead study abroad outreach events around campus and hold office hours in the Study Abroad office to assist prospective students.
Talking to peers who have studied abroad, particularly on programs you are interested in is a great way to gather information. The following study abroad alumni have offered to serve as a resource to prospective students interested in their program. Feel free to connect with them via email!
Australia
Alisha Saluja, '24听IFSA University of South Wales,听Spring 2023
Elanil Erdugrul, '26 IFSA University of South Wales,听Spring 2025
Juliana Turner, '25 IFSA University of New South Wales,听Spring 2024
Sadie Sherman '25听IFSA University of Sydney,听Fall 2023
Shelbi Briggs, '27 IFSA, Spring 2024
Austria
Ava Kuntz, '24听IES Vienna: Music,听Spring 2024
Ryan Patterson, '25听Vienna: Non-Music Tracks,听Spring 2024
Cameroon
Grace Jones, '25听SIT Cameroon Development and Social Change,听Spring 2024
Chile
Eli Apple, '24听CASA Santiago,听Fall 2022
Maia Czarnecki, '23听CASA Santiago,听Spring 2022
Lauren Johnson, '25 SIT Valparaiso, Spring 2024
China
CIEE Shanghai, Spring 2025
Czech Republic
Grace Wildermuth, '24听CET Prague,听Spring 2024
Eric Goldsmith, '26 CET Prague, Spring 2025
Haven O'Sullivan, '26 CET Prague, Spring 2025
Vienna Parnell, '26 IFSA Tech Career Accelerator, Spring 2025
Denmark
Truong Nguyen, '25听DIS Copenhagen,听Spring 2024
Ryan Zix, '25听DIS Copenhagen,听Spring 2024
Shunnar Virani, '25听DIS Copenhagen,听Spring 2024
Elisa Ajamian, '26, DIS Copenhagen,听Fall 2024
Chloe Whalen, '26 DIS Copenhagen, Fall 2024
Julia Atherton, '26听DIS Copenhagen,听Spring 2025
Jacqueline Welsh, '26 DIS Copenhagen, Spring 2025
DIS Copenhagen, Spring 2025
Carly Doran, '26 DIS Copenhagen, Spring 2025
England
Elizabeth Ebhogiaye, '25听HOD Capstone,听Spring 2024
Aadil Khan, '24听IFSA London School of Economics,听Academic Year 2022-23
Adam Messinger, '24听CIEE University College London,听Spring 2023
Jamina Hsu, '24听CIEE University College London,听Spring 2023
Rebekah Kim, '24听CIEE University College London,听Spring 2023
Veshal Konnar, '25听HOD Capstone,听Spring 2024
Jack Sturman, '27听LSE Summer Program听Summer 2024
Karen Chu , '25 IFSA University of York, Spring 2024
France
Emma Reidy, '25听American University of Paris,听Fall 2022
Rachel Marlowe, '26 American University of Paris, Spring 2025
Elijah Hernandez, '26 American University of Paris, Spring 2025
Fiona Thompson, '25听Georgia Tech Europe,听Spring 2023
Robert Lowther, '25听Columbia in Paris,听Spring 2024
Ryan Zurcher, '25听Columbia in Paris,听Spring 2024
Susan "Rayne" Swanson, '25 Columbia in Paris,听Spring 2024
Hong Kong
Jesse Zhong, '26 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Spring 2025
Ireland
Veronica Figueroa, '24听IFSA University College Dublin,听Spring 2023
Kate Lanham, '24听CASA Dublin,听Spring 2023
Spencer Hall, '26 CASA Dublin, Spring 2025
Italy
Zoe Sophia Potter, '25 CET Florence, Spring 2024
Emily Gao, '26 CET Florence, Fall 2024
Harley Dichter, '26 CET Florence, Spring 2025
Charles Poulin, '26听CET Siena, Spring 2025
Scout Dahir, '26 CET Siena, Spring 2025
Zhihe Zhang, '26听ICCS Rome,听Spring 2024
Jacob Stoebner, '26 ICCS Rome,听Spring 2025
Ashley Yau, '26 IES Abroad Milan, Spring 2025
Ane Kirk-Jadri膰, '26 Politecnico di Torino, Spring 2025
Japan
Tyler Popp, '24听Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS),听Spring 2023
Mexico
Akina Lindley, '25 SIT Mexico: Migration, Borders, and Transnational Communities, Spring 2024
Morocco
Ochuwa Garuba, '26 SIT Morocco: Migration and Transnational Identity, Spring 2025
Multi-country
Daniel Ardity, '24听CIEE Open Campus (Paris, Singapore),听Spring 2023
Sam Curtis, '24听CIEE Open Campus (Kyoto, Paris),听Spring 2023
Justin Luckner, '24听CIEE Open Campus (Monteverde, Rome, Sydney),听Spring 2023
Alexander Ward, '24听CIEE Open Campus (London, Madrid, Rome),听Spring 2023
Alexis Schachter, '25 CIEE Open Campus (Sydney, Madrid), Spring 2024
Shaun T Karakkattu, '25 CIEE Open Campus (Australia, Singapore, Spain), Spring 2024
Natalie Blum, '26 听DIS Summer Abroad (Copenhagen & Stockholm), Summer 2024
Barrie Barto '25听 SIT IHP Health and Community (Delhi, Capetown, Buenos Aires), Spring 2024
Ellie Pazol, '25 SIT IHP Health and Community, Spring 2024
Ralph Francois, '25 CIEE Open Campus, Spring 2024
Teddy Stern, '26 CIEE Open Campus, Spring 2025
Nepal
Galen Roy, '26 SIT Nepal Tibetan and Himalayan Peoples and Cultures, Spring 2025
New Zealand
Rin Kong, '24听University of Canterbury: New Zealand Earth Systems (Frontiers Abroad),听Spring 2023
Travis Ho, '24听IFSA University of Auckland,听Spring 2023
Singapore
Zhewen Tao, '25听National University of Singapore,听Fall 2023
South Africa
Spencer Harrison, '23听CIEE Open Campus: Cape Town,听Spring 2022
Spain
Alison Vaughan, '24听CASA Sevilla,听Spring 2023
Anika Mahajan, '24听CASA Sevilla,听Spring 2023
Savannah Walske, '26 CASA Sevilla, Spring 2025
Isabella Gwiazdoski, '26 CIEE Barcelona: Business & Culture, Spring 2025
John Bettinger, '25 CIEE Madrid: Engineering & Society, Spring 2024
Ally Ouano, '26 CIEE Madrid: Engineering & Society, Spring 2025
Sarah Goldstein, '26 CIEE Madrid: Engineering & Society, Spring 2025
Carolina Pino, '25 SLU Madrid, Spring 2024
Emma Lenson, '25 SLU Madrid, Spring 2024
Hannah Timmer, '25 SLU Madrid, Spring 2024
Laura Caroline Jung, '26 SLU Madrid, Spring 2025
Angel Humphrey, '26 SLU Madrid, Spring 2025
Scotland
Ava Zins, '25 IFSA University of Edinburgh,听Spring 2024
Peyton Hudson, '26 IFSA University of Edinburgh, Spring 2025
Joel Berinstein, '26 IFSA University of Glasgow, Spring 2025
Sweden
Christopher Chen, '23听DIS Stockholm,听Spring 2022
Switzerland
Zoe Assasie, '24听SIT Switzerland: International Studies & Multilateral Diplomacy,听Spring 2023