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Study Abroad Travel Insurance Explained: What, Why, and How it Works

2025-05-07T12:04:08-07:00

All eligible UCEAP students have travel insurance coverage while they study abroad. It’s included in the cost of your program. Read on to discover answers to the questions students always ask about study abroad travel insurance.

Study Abroad Travel Insurance Explained: What, Why, and How it Works2025-05-07T12:04:08-07:00

Reverse Culture Shock: Adjusting to Life at Home After Study Abroad

2025-01-29T13:30:11-08:00

Story highlights: Reverse culture shock can be as disorienting as the culture shock you experience when arriving in a new place. Incorporate favorite parts of [...]

Reverse Culture Shock: Adjusting to Life at Home After Study Abroad2025-01-29T13:30:11-08:00

3-minute Travel Guide: Bangkok, Thailand

2025-04-14T16:48:57-07:00

What is it like to study abroad in Bangkok, Thailand? Check out UC Santa Barbara's Edwin Giron-Montenegro's tips and advice on best day trips, food to eat, and how to visit other Southeast Asian countries. Hint: you can leave that sweatshirt behind.

3-minute Travel Guide: Bangkok, Thailand2025-04-14T16:48:57-07:00

3-minute Travel Guide: Seoul, South Korea

2025-04-14T16:50:58-07:00

What would it be like to study abroad in Seoul, South Korea? Read UC Santa Cruz's Griselda Carolina Torres' advice on where to study, classes you have to take, and must-try local dishes. Griselda shares tips on what to pack, what to leave behind, and how to fit in.

3-minute Travel Guide: Seoul, South Korea2025-04-14T16:50:58-07:00

Tips for a regenerative—not just sustainable—study abroad experience

2023-10-02T11:09:07-07:00

Want to know how you can make your study abroad travel sustainable? Here are some actionable tips to help you study abroad with as little impact as possible and strategies to leave the community abroad a little better when you're gone.

Tips for a regenerative—not just sustainable—study abroad experience2023-10-02T11:09:07-07:00

How Study Abroad Helped Me Embrace the Complexities of All My Identities

2025-04-14T16:54:36-07:00

Learn how studying abroad through Latin America helped one UC Santa Cruz student, Elisabet Raquel García, discover, protect, and finally embrace her identities as a multicultural queer Latina to take her place as family historian.

How Study Abroad Helped Me Embrace the Complexities of All My Identities2025-04-14T16:54:36-07:00

3-minute travel guide: Barcelona, Spain

2025-04-14T16:56:11-07:00

Ever wonder what it's like to study abroad in Spain? Read UC Berkeley Claudia Waldman's advice on where to live, what to eat, and unforgettable weekend trips to take in the Basque country. Claudia shares what to pack, what to leave behind, and what to buy while you're in Barcelona.

3-minute travel guide: Barcelona, Spain2025-04-14T16:56:11-07:00

5 Tips to Incorporate Your Identity Into the Study Abroad Experience

2025-04-14T16:57:27-07:00

As a UC Berkeley undergrad, Ramil Mercado spent multiple semesters studying abroad in Southeast Asia and Argentina. Ramil shares tips to help student incorporate their identity(ies) in the study abroad experience.

5 Tips to Incorporate Your Identity Into the Study Abroad Experience2025-04-14T16:57:27-07:00
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