Founded in 1963, Semester at Sea, which works in collaboration with the University of Virginia for academics and transcripts, is a program that fuses study abroad with sailing around the world. Aboard a cruiseliner, students travel to a variety of countries and cities. A typical semester might include stops in the Bahamas, Brazil, Namibia, South Africa, India, Malaysia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Japan, Hawaii and Costa Rica. The program's goal is to cultivate world understanding through world exposure. Many students have participated in Semester at Sea; it currently has an alumni base of over 40,000 people.
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Location Details
| Country / Region | Global |
Program Details
| Academic Area | Liberal Arts |
| Program Affiliation | University |
| University of Virginia | |
| Program Type | Multi-city |
| Language | English |
| Program Size | Large (150 - 400) |
| Contact Info | Semester at Sea ® | PO Box 400885, Charlottesville VA, 22904-4885 | Ph: (800) 854-0195 |
| Website | http://www.semesteratsea.org/ |
| Financial Aid Available? | Yes |
| Availability to Outside Students | Available to all students |
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| Overall rating: | 6.0/6 |
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful
best experience of my life. changed my outlook and the direction i chose to take my life and career. academics weren't all that rigorous, but that was for the best b/c it gave us the space we needed to really take in the experiences around us and understand the world in a new way.
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| Overall rating: | 6.0/6 |
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
It is a little pricey, but I have wanted to go again ever since i left the ship. Different experience then just going to one country. Highly recommended.
Semester at Sea
| Overall rating: | 6.0/6 |
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Semester at Sea is the best experience in my life. Everyday I wish I was back on it.
Fun trip, relaxed academics
| Overall rating: | 5.0/6 |
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Excellent trip. Not the most rigorous classes, but the cultural and social experience more than made up for it. Coming from Stanford you are used to much more rigoros standard of testing academics. Overall, I'd recommend it as an experience.
| Overall rating: | 6.0/6 |
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Although this is one of the most expensive programs out there, it is the most worthwhile. Imagine the cost of going on a cruise for a week, then imagine the cost for a semester's worth of tuition/room/board at a good university, and you realize how absolutely affordable and completely worth the money Semester at Sea is. There will never, ever, ever be another opportunity to do something like this while you are young. You might think twice about the money you spent, but you'll think a thousand times about the experiences you had and the memories you made. By far the BEST study abroad program in the world.
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