International Study Opportunities

Students within the Department of Wood & Paper Science at NC State (WPS) are encouraged to pursue global areas of study by participating in international academic programs.  These programs offer a wide range of study opportunities:

• Brazil-US Exchange Program
  
  
• Professionals around the world interested in continuing their educations can complete a Master of Wood and Paper Science via distance education
  
  
• Special study abroad trips are often offered, such as the 2007 Paper Science & Engineering trip to China, which allowed 22 WPS students majoring in Paper Science & Engineering to spend two weeks touring paper mills across China. Dr. Hou-min Chang, a retired professor in our paper science program at NC State and a TAPPI Fellow, arranged the mill visits. You can read more about the China trip on a special blog set up to allow students to share their experiences. May 2009, 13 students flew south to Chile for the second installment of the Paper International Experience.
  
  
• Academic partnerships are maintained by WPS faculty and graduate students with colleagues from universities in other countries, including Nanjing Forestry University, home to one of the larger paper science and engineering programs in China; the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), which operates main campuses in Alnarp, Skara, Uppsala and Umeå, Sweden; the University of the Sunshine Coast, located in Queensland, Australia; the Universidad de Concepcion in Chile;and five universities in China.
  
  Additionally, WPS students can study abroad for a semester taking major-specific classes at Helsinki University of Technology (TKK), in Finland, while paying tuition and room and board at NCSU.
  
  
• Undergraduate internships are often available in other countries, allow summer and semester long interns to work on the job while experiencing other cultures.Students have worked for Gold East Paper in Zhenjiang, China, Nippon Paper in Tokyo, Japan and International Paper in Sallait, France.
  
• An arrangement with the Peace Corps called the Masters International Program, allows students working toward advanced degrees in certain areas to receive academic credit for their Peace Corps service.
  
  
• The NC State Grad School International provides information for international students and on international programs sponsored by the NC State University Graduate School. In addition, the Grad School maintains an Office of International Programs, which offers provides a variety of services.
  
  
• Visit our International Programs at NC State website for more information on other international academic opportunities.
  
  
• Other study abroad opportunities are available through NC State’s Study Abroad Office.

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