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Head to a concert in the city. Check out museums and galleries. Go to a cultural festival. Stroll through forests with different wildlife, flora and fauna. Try new types of food. Each country and institute offers fresh and exciting adventures for you to experience.
Studying abroad will shape your understanding of how societies interact. Also how culture impacts on the world. You’ll have exposure to different ways of being and perceiving. Likewise, you’ll learn what influences a nation and what inspires its citizens. You’ll learn from these cultures. Gain a global perspective. You may even learn a new language.
Gain access to new environments and expertise. Student exchange provides new fieldwork opportunities. Nelson is a small regional town. Imagine heading to a big city or engaging with multinational corporations.
North of San Francisco lives Humboldt State University in Eureka California. Humboldt State University is one of NMIT’s 60 partner institutes in America. This place is huge! The institute has its own on-campus aquarium for Aquaculture students. It also has the R/V Coral - a marine research and teaching vessel. Imagine spending your days on the North Pacific Ocean growing marine industry experience. For creative industries students, Humboldt has an incredible Art and Design faculty. Also an impressive jewellery studio. This is one of many placements you could do. Pretty cool huh.
One of the coolest things about study abroad is your opportunity to network. Your fellow students. Your tutors. They may be great contacts for your future career. The lectures you attend. The seminars. The events hosted by the thinkers and doers in your industry will inspire and motivate.
You’ll meet other exchange students who come from different parts of the world. They'll have common interests and together you'll share unique experiences. These new friends may become lifelong friends. You may end up with somewhere to stay if you go back and visit years later - nice!
Learn new things about yourself and what you are capable of achieving. On exchange you will sometimes need to go beyond your comfort zone and you will come back knowing more about what makes you who you are and what you want out of life.
Whilst you are completing part of your degree at an NMIT partner university you will only need to pay your normal NMIT tuition fees (you can still receive your StudyLink loans and allowances too!). The savings are well into the thousands.
Become more independent. Cook your own meals. Wash your own dishes. Manage your finances. Organise and take control of your life away from the safety of home and your parents. It will feel a bit scary at first but you’ll learn to trust yourself and enjoy the experience.
Choose to study at one of approximately 60 universities in the USA, three in Germany, one in Norway and two in Japan. These are top universities too, not only technical institutes.
Register your interest today and let’s get the conversation started. Contact Caroline Holland or fill out the registration form on our Student Exchange page.
*All bachelor degrees except Nursing.