CIEE Leading Change in Study Abroad Workshop – Creating Global Pathways for Engineering and Technology Students
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CIEE recently hosted the Leading Change in Study Abroad Workshop: Creating Global Pathways for Engineering and Technology Students in Tallinn, Estonia, a city known as the Silicon Valley of Europe, to explore ways to increase access to study abroad among STEM students.
The workshop brought together deans and faculty members from engineering, technology and related disciplines to share challenges and successes in STEM abroad. Partners discussed the importance of degree alignment and course equivalencies, expanding internship opportunities for specialized majors, and broadening location and summer program options.
Over the course of the workshop, participants learned more about CIEE’s robust STEM program portfolio, along with thousands of internship opportunities in specialized fields from Aerospace in Tallinn to Robotics in Seville.
Students can fulfill degree requirements through advanced STEM courses in their first-choice location through host institutions, CIEE or ASU Online, an ABET accredited institution. In response to student demand, CIEE expanded STEM courses in 2025, adding high-level courses such as computer science, cryptography, differential equations, and fluid mechanics.
During the workshop, partners learned about the professional development opportunities for technology and engineering majors available through CIEE, including a visit with internship host, Space Estonia. Students interning at Space Estonia receive industry experience from a leader in space technology, demonstrating that internships abroad are possible for students from highly specialized STEM fields like aerospace.
Partners also expressed how rewarding it was to hear fellow partners’ strategies and program models that have worked for their students while building camaraderie over their shared experience of navigating STEM abroad.
Participants from Arizona State University, California Polytechnic State University, Duke University, Elon University, Gettysburg College, Howard University, Tulane University, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Texas at Austin, University of South Carolina-Columbia, Western Washington University, and Wofford College left with new professional connections and strategies for increasing access to study abroad for engineering and technology students.
To learn more about CIEE’s global STEM portfolio, visit our website.