How exchange differs from a faculty-led trip
A semester at a partner university costs Porter tuition, not the host school's, and Porter financial aid still applies — the tradeoff is a full semester away and course approval that has to happen before departure, not after.
Getting courses approved first
A student works with their department to pre-approve which partner courses will transfer as which Porter requirements before leaving, so there's no surprise about what actually counts once they're back.
In and around Porter Falls
For a campus this size Porter both sends and receives a steady stream of students internationally. The Global Education Office in Founders Union runs the advising, the risk review and the arrival and re-entry programming.
The practical details
Partners: 14 universities across 9 countries. Cost: Porter tuition and aid apply, not the host institution's. Credit: Pre-approved by department before departure. Anything time-sensitive — an accommodation, a booking, a deadline — is worth confirming directly before you rely on it, because the specifics here can change from term to term.
If you have a question
The office behind this is Global Education Office (Founders Union, Room 240). Call (715) 555–0220 or email global@uwporterfalls.edu during the fall and spring terms, or sign in to MyPorter to send a message or book a time. If it turns out another office owns the question, they will route it rather than send you back to the start.
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