International Development Office 国际发展处

Study Abroad Changes Your Life and Way of Looking at the World… Li Mei

UIC students in exchange program from 2008 to 2016: DMB:73 DHSS:82 DST: 5 Total: 160 Exchange seats available for 2016 fall semester: 35 seats at 13 partner universities in 5 different countries.

Candidates must have demonstrated excellent academic performance during UIC study. Minimum requirements for each candidate are: IELTS 6.0/TOFEL79 and GPA 2.5.

Documents need to be submitted upon application: Study Abroad (Exchange) Application Form; One copy of UIC academic transcript; Personal statement; A signed letter of recommendation from your English language teacher and programme professor; Three copies of Passport and one copy of ID card; Physical check at Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau.

Personal Statement Personal statements are personal, there is no one type or style of writing that is set out as a model. Remember the goal: grab the readers’ interest, and make them want to meet you for an interview.

Personal Statement A picture. Your personal essay should produce a picture of you as a person, a student, a potential scholarship winner, and (looking into the future) a former scholarship recipient An invitation. The reader must be invited to get to know you, personally. Bridge the assumed distance of strangers. Make your reader welcome. An indication of your priorities and judgement. What you choose to say in your statement tells the committee what your priorities are. What you say, and how you say it, is crucial. A story, or more precisely, your story. Everyone has a story to tell, but we are not all natural storytellers. If you are like most people, your life lacks inherent drama. This is when serious self-reflection, conversation with friends, family, and mentors, and permission to be creative come in handy.

Draft Plan: End of last semester - Study abroad (exchange) announcement Feb. 29 th, Application deadline Early March, Interview Mid March, Acceptance result by UIC RMB training/application fee to UIC Early. April, Acceptance result by partner school Mid. April, Visa application starts July&August, Summer vacation End of August, Set off to partner school

IMPORTANT: Study abroad announcement - Check S sent to your UIC mailbox from IDO. Find the website of the UIC partner schools which has got exchange seats available and consult your program coordinator with details about courses selection:

---Key words for courses selection on partner school website: Academics / University Catalog / Course content / course description / course booklet… etc. ---Choose more courses as plan B or C

SELECTION based on your academic record, host school quota, TOEFL/IELTS score, participation in Extra Curriculum Activities and general personality. Program director or his/her representative will be invited to the interview. Documents submit to deans and AR for approval.

It is your responsibility to study the 4- year study plan, check courses available on line using website link provided on IDO website and consult your program coordinator and AR on courses selection to avoid delay graduation because of studying abroad.

Stay in touch with IDO /AR, always check UIC S and inform them immediately if there is any change in courses selection, otherwise there might be possibility that you don’t get units transferred on time. IDO study abroad coordinator: Ms. Mei Li / AR unit transfer contact staff: Ms. Jasmine Mao /Ms. Suki /

Thank you! Questions?