Study overseas while at JCU
An international learning experience is an amazing opportunity to gain the knowledge, skills and resilience to succeed in a multicultural community and global workforce.
Develop important cross-cultural connections and new perspectives that you'll take into your life beyond JCU.
Studying overseas supports you to:
- Develop your language skills
- Explore new perspectives and outlooks
- Pursue special academic interests in a fresh context
- Appreciate the shared goals that connect us globally
- Gain a new international perspective on your career path
- Explore the history, society and culture of your host country.
Experiencing life in other countries is a great way to better understand people and different cultures. In turn, this allows for a deeper understanding of our own culture as we interact with and learn from others.
Choose the study program to suit your needs. One that can help expand your world view, experience new cultures and improve your employability without putting your degree on hold.
Explore your outbound study options
International exchange
Study at an international partner university for one or two semesters at an undergraduate or postgraduate level.
While you’re there, you’ll earn credit towards your JCU degree and continue to pay course fees to JCU.
Discover International Exchange options.
Short study options
Several of JCU’s partner universities and organisations offer short programs of 2–6 weeks that you can complete during the university breaks. Programs are offered all over the world, with availability in the summer and winter holidays.
Find out more about short study programs.
New Colombo Plan Mobility Grants
New Colombo Plan (NCP) Mobility Grants provide financial support for Australian undergraduate students to participate in group study tours, short learning intensives and research in 40 host locations across the Indo-Pacific region.
Explore NCP Mobility opportunities.
New Colombo Plan Scholarships
The Australian Government-funded New Colombo Plan (NCP) Scholarships support around 120 individual students from around the country to study for up to a year at an overseas university in the Indo-Pacific region.
Learn more about NCP Scholarships.
Singapore intercampus exchange
Students from JCU Cairns and Townsville can experience Singapore’s diverse culture through a study exchange with JCU Singapore. Spend up to two trimesters on intercampus exchange and study subjects that can be credited towards your degree.
Find out more about study options in Singapore.
Find out more about study options in Singapore.
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