Mission Statement

One of the founding principles of the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering was that each student should have the opportunity to have a learning experience “away” from the College. This ideal was articulated early in the creation of the college with the expressed objective of having students learn to be citizens of the world. The Olin Away Program was created to deliver on this principle, and provide students with the opportunity to broaden their perspectives and views of the world.

Study Away Partnerships

The Committee on Study Away has negotiated direct exchange agreements with ten institutions:

1. College of the Atlantic — (Bar Harbor, ME)
2. GlobalE3
3. Group T International University College Leuven – (Leuven, Belgium)
4. Hochschule Regensburg University of Applied Sciences – (Regensburg, Germany)
5. KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
   — (Daejeon, South Korea)
6. King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
   — (Bangkok, Thailand)
7. La Rochelle School of Industrial Systems Engineering
   — (France)
8. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
   — (Santiago, Chile)
9. The Department of Signals and Systems
   at Chalmers University of Technology — (Sweden)
10. Universidad Adolfo Ibánez — (Chile)

These no-tuition exchanges are one of three groups of opportunities for Olin students to study off-campus for a semester. The other two are: (1) pre-approved programs at more than 30 institutions around the world, and (2) self-designed programs approved by the Committee on Study Away and the Course Substitution & Transfer Board. The Committee hopes to expand the list of direct exchange partnerships, especially in Asia and Australia.