Olin College

Mission Statement

One of the founding principles of the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering was that each student should have the opportunity to have a learning experience “away” from the College. This ideal was articulated early in the creation of the college with the expressed objective of having students learn to be citizens of the world. The Olin Away Program was created to deliver on this principle, and provide students with the opportunity to broaden their perspectives and views of the world.

Study Away Partnerships

The Committee on Study Away has negotiated direct exchange agreements with eight institutions:

1. GlobalE3
2. Group T International University College Leuven – (Leuven, Belgium)
3. Hochschule Regensburg University of Applied Sciences – (Regensburg, Germany)
4. KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
   — (Daejeon, South Korea)
5. EIGSI - La Rochelle School of Industrial Systems Engineering
   — (France)
6. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
   — (Santiago, Chile)
7. The University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign, College of Engineering
   — (Illinois)
8. Universidad Adolfo Ibánez — (Chile)
9. National University of Singapore, School of Engineering — (Singapore)

These exchanges are one of three groups of opportunities for Olin students to study off-campus for a semester. The other two are: (1) pre-approved programs at more than 30 institutions around the world, and (2) self-designed programs approved by the Course Substitution & Transfer Board.