Holiday Availability: All IES Abroad offices will be closed on Dec 24, Dec 25, Dec 31, and Jan 1 as we take some time to celebrate. During the weeks of 12/22 and 12/29, our team will be smaller, so responses may take longer than usual. Thanks for your understanding—and happy holidays!

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Korean Apps KakaoTalk is a mobile messaging app used by most Koreans. We recommend you download this app on your phone as you will likely be using this to communicate with your new Korean friends and classmates.
Final course registration takes place during orientation, but necessary visa documents will not be created until you are approved for a full load of courses. For this reason, you are required to submit an online Course Preregistration Form. You should plan on getting approved for more courses than you’ll be able to take, as you will want to have approved back-up courses available in case there is a scheduling conflict or other difficulties once you are on-site arranging your final course schedule. In addition, you will not be accepted into any course for which you have not met the...
Course Load You will enroll in the following two 3-credit courses and earn a total of 6 IES Abroad credits (course syllabi are linked below): AN/SO 320 - Sports and Society in Australia IB/IR 393 - Leading Across Cultures: Principles and Practice IES Abroad offers a program in Sydney carefully designed to ensure that students have an academic experience comparable to the one that they would have received if they had remained on their home campus. Class attendance is mandatory, and students are asked to come prepared to class, complete written assignments, and work in assessment groups with...
Your specific housing assignment will be sent to you via email from admissions@IESabroad.org approximately three weeks before the program start date, provided you have submitted all forms listed below. Make sure that emails from this address will not end up in your spam filter by adding it to your trusted sender list. NOTE: We must receive all forms listed below before we can finalize housing arrangements on your behalf and release your housing assignment to you. Review the housing options below to determine your preferences and contact your IES Abroad Program Advisor with any questions...
The IES Abroad orientation program is designed to ease you into life in Sydney, giving you guidance and support as you begin to adjust to your new surroundings. Attendance is compulsory. If you know you will not be able to attend orientation please email your Program Advisor beforehand. Orientation includes the following: Arrival and settling into your accommodations Welcome Dinner Orientation session Daytrip to the Blue Mountains, along with a visit to a wildlife park Activities and events during IES Abroad Orientation may vary according to term and availability.
Storing Luggage in Sydney You may consider investigating the Sydney airport, a local hostel, or www.baggagestorage.com.au for more information.
Book your flight so that you arrive into the Sydney International Airport (SYD) on the morning of the official arrival date, before 11am. As most international flights arrive in Sydney in the morning, this shouldn’t be a problem, and you will have plenty of time to arrive at your accommodation and rest. Keep in mind that when flying to Sydney you cross the International Date Line, which means that most flights leaving from the United States arrive in Australia two calendar days later (e.g., flights leaving the United States on Thursday night arrive in Australia on Saturday morning). Please...

Being Sick Abroad

Being sick is the worst. I thought being sick in college was the worst, but I did not account for the fact that I would get sick abroad. Sure, I brought my American drugs: Tums, Nyquil/Dayquil combo, Tylenol, and Advil. I have a whole pharmacy in my closet, but hearing about how clean Japan was, along with the fact that I was doing so well a whole month and a half into traveling with all the crazy things I've been exposing myself to (new environment, traveling, food, people, etc.), I thought I would come out scot-free.

Expectations

Expectations

Everyone has expectations before coming to study abroad, I had a whole bucket full. Maybe you wrote them down or have them in a mental list in your head. So go to that list, visualize it. You got it. Okay now throw it all away. Having no expectations not only will save you from the inevitable let down if you don’t accomplish them but it can help you live a little more freely, having more acceptance for the reality of whatever your situation will be. I’ll give you some of my expectations and some of my realities.

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