CONNECTING UNE WITH THE WORLD
The Office of Global Affairs is responsible for all matters related to global outreach at the University of New England. We connect you with enriching study abroad opportunities through Global Education programs while overseeing UNE’s Tangier, Morocco campus and building study-abroad partnerships with other institutions around the world.
Spend a Semester Abroad with Global Education Programs
UNE strives to empower students in becoming global citizens, and our students study abroad at nearly five times the national average. Our global education programs make it easy for you to gain valuable international experiences.
UNE Morocco
Spend a semester abroad at UNE Morocco, the first U.S. university campus in Morocco. Our beautiful campus features state-of-the-art labs, classrooms, and residences in the heart of one of the hottest up-and-coming study abroad destinations, and new scholarships are available for most students.
Seville, Spain
Our partnership with the University Pablo de Olavide enables you to spend a semester in Seville — where the ancient meets the modern, and world cultures converge — for the same cost as a semester on campus in Maine.
Aix-en-Provence, France
Our partnership with the American College of the Mediterranean enables you to spend a semester abroad at UNE France in beautiful Aix-en-Provence, a charming university city in the south of France near the French Riviera and the Mediterranean.
Akureyri, Iceland
Explore Iceland in our semester abroad program at the University of Akureyri. The northern city of Akureyri, “The Green Town,” is surrounded by mountains at the head of Iceland’s longest fjord.
Reykjavík, Iceland
Explore Iceland in our semester abroad program at the University of Iceland, Reykjavík. Iceland’s largest city, Reykjavík, is a small, accessible city surrounded by glaciers, volcanos, waterfalls, hot springs, and an abundance of wildlife.
Norway and Finland
As part of the North2North Exchange program, you have the opportunity to study abroad for a semester or year at the University of Bergen in Bergen, Norway; the Arctic University of Norway in Tromso; and the University of Helsinki in Helsinki, Finland.
Take a Short-Term Travel Course
UNE’s Global Education Program also offers an array of short-term travel courses to destinations like Spain, Belize, Egypt, Iceland, Italy, Guatemala, Panama, Ireland, Kenya, Ghana, Cuba, Mexico, and Morocco. Students accepted into these programs will meet in a traditional course setting throughout the semester to prepare for travel through readings, lectures, and coursework, then travel during a semester break or over the summer.
Hannah Buckley ’18
I made the best decision of my life when I chose to study abroad in Morocco the spring of my sophomore year. It was my first time out of the U.S., and I couldn’t have gone to a better place. Morocco is a country overflowing with culture, kindness and amazing opportunities just waiting to be taken. Some of my favorite memories came from exploring the sunny city of Tangier with my friends, shopping in the medina, and volunteering at the local orphanage. When you live alongside people that do not speak the same language as yourself, you learn how to communicate in new ways. With our growing Arabic skills and their broken English, my friends and I found shared languages with the people of Morocco in hand gestures, facial expressions and belly laughs. We learned more from these experiences in cafes, taxis and hanoots than we could have ever learned from sitting inside a classroom.
Studying took place outside of the university and brought us to places we had only seen before in pictures. We went on many excursions throughout Morocco and Spain and were even able to organize our own trips as well. One of my favorite trips we planned was to the Sahara Desert. After traveling hours by an overnight train to Marrakech and even more hours by van through the Atlas Mountains, we arrived in the afternoon to an endless landscape of golden sand. We all took turns sandboarding down the dunes before we watched the sun set over the desert. Sitting atop a towering sand dune below a pink sky made me feel as if I was on a different planet. This experience was one of the many times my decision to go to Morocco was reinforced and I knew I was exactly where I was supposed to be. Studying abroad offered me more than I could have imagined and shaped me into the person I am today. I’ll never forget the memories I shared with the students who became friends that became family during my time in Morocco.
I made the best decision of my life when I chose to study abroad in Morocco the spring of my sophomore year.
Agreements
The University of New England has made a strategic decision to develop a global outreach beyond routine faculty-led travel courses or using the services of third-party providers. We don't hold empty agreements with other universities or institutions; the agreements we have signed in Spain and Morocco involve real partnerships, such as investing in outfitting new labs, developing exchange programs in health care professions, and sharing resources and faculty.
Lecture Series
The Center for Global Humanities at the University of New England is dedicated to exploring the human condition in the 21st century. Lectures are held on UNE's Portland Campus and are streamed live on the internet. All events are free and open to the public.
News
Moorish Tides showcases the writing of University of New England students and their incredible experiences while studying abroad in Morocco, Spain, and the region.