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Global Careers Start Here: Why a Summer Internship Abroad is Worth Considering

Global Careers Start Here: Why a Summer Internship Abroad is Worth Considering

by Virginia O'Connor | Apr 14, 2025 | Africa and the Middle East, Career Prep, Choosing a Program

Contributors: Anshul Jagtap (UC Santa Cruz), Arisa Matsuzaki (UC Los Angeles), Harini Srinivasan (UC Riverside), Jasmine Fortez (UC Santa Cruz), and Klee Klee Soe (UC Irvine), 2024 blog writing contestants Story highlights: International internships offer unique...
Maximizing Your Study Abroad Internship Experience

Maximizing Your Study Abroad Internship Experience

by Virginia O'Connor | Sep 16, 2024 | Career Prep, Choosing a Program

Contributors: Jahnavi Srinivas (UCLA) and Ashley Lopresto (UCI), UCEAP participants Story highlights: How setting goals for your internship leads to success. Ways to stretch yourself and learn the skills you want. What to do when the internship is over. It’s become...
6 Reasons Business Majors Should Choose London to Study Abroad

6 Reasons Business Majors Should Choose London to Study Abroad

by Virginia O'Connor | Sep 3, 2024 | Academics, Career Prep, Choosing a Program, Europe, UC Irvine

by Christina Chi (UC Irvine) Why London provides a lasting impact on your future business career Studying abroad is a transformative experience for every student, and it’s especially compelling for business majors seeking to expand their horizons and deepen...
10 Skills You Learn on Study Abroad that Pay Off Forever

10 Skills You Learn on Study Abroad that Pay Off Forever

by Virginia O'Connor | Feb 13, 2024 | Africa and the Middle East, Career Prep, Personal Growth, Returning to California

No doubt, study abroad is a grand adventure, and there’s more to the experience than you might think. Students often say study abroad was not just a life-changing event in their lives—it was challenging and different, confusing and exciting, scary and wonderful. When...
How one Iranian-American Became an Anthropologist in France

How one Iranian-American Became an Anthropologist in France

by Virginia O'Connor | Oct 2, 2023 | Career Prep, Europe

by Tara Shahandeh from UC Berkeley to Paris and Saint Ouen For my final semester at UC Berkeley, I decided to study abroad with the Institute for Field Education (IFE) Internships Abroad in Paris program. After a whirlwind introduction to Paris where nothing went as...
How Study Abroad in Taiwan Inspired Me to Start My Own Travel Company

How Study Abroad in Taiwan Inspired Me to Start My Own Travel Company

by Andrea Huebner | Apr 24, 2023 | Career Prep, UC Santa Barbara

by Kristin Addis from UC Santa Santa Barbara to Taiwan and then the world! It was the encouragement of my Mandarin professor that inspired me to apply to study abroad in Taiwan. But the transition wasn’t easy. To be honest, I almost didn’t last my first week there! I...
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Study Abroad Program: Lund University, Sweden
Program Location: Lund, Sweden
Other Countries Visited: Denmark, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria,
Hungary, and Norway

Home University: UC Berkeley
Major:  Bioengineering
Year: Junior (Graduating Spring 2017)

Alison Long is a rising senior studying tissue engineering and drug delivery at UC Berkeley. She loves spending time outdoors, hiking, biking and playing soccer. As a nature enthusiast, her travels involved exploring national parks and canvassing tulip festivals around Europe. In her free time, Alison enjoys painting and watching cooking competitions on the Food Network.