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Improving Participation of Engineering Students Studying Abroad: An International Dual-Degree Program in Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering

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  1. Oregon State University operates on the quarter system with three 10-week quarters making up the normal academic year. LTU operates on the quarter system with four 8-week quarters per academic year. UdS operates on the semester system.

  2. OSU students continue to pay tuition to OSU during their study abroad experience but pay no tuition to the host university in Europe. E.U. students pay tuition at their home institutions and pay no tuition to OSU. The estimated costs for an E.U. student for the entire mobility are on the order of $5,000 with the higher amount largely due to student fees paid in the United States. This tuition exchange agreement immensely simplifies the mechanics of the program and has been beneficial to students in planning their costs.

  3. Anecdotally, students have commented to faculty that their decision to enter OSU or UdS was positively influenced by the existence of the Atlantis program.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge financial support from U.S. Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE), award number P116J070058, and from the European Commission (DG EAC), award number 2007/2078. The authors would also like to thank all the individuals at the partner universities who helped make this program successful, including but not limited to Dr. Zach Evenson, Dr. Frank Aubertin, and Wolfgang Heintz from Saarland University.

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  1. School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA

    William H. Warnes, Jamie J. Kruzic, Christian Stehr, David P. Cann & Brady J. Gibbons

  2. School of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA

    Clara C. Pratt

  3. School of Language, Culture, and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA

    Christian Stehr

  4. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Saarland University, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany

    Isabella Gallino, Flavio Soldera & Ralf Busch

  5. Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, Luleå University of Technology, 97187, Luleå, Sweden

    Lennart Wallström

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Warnes, W.H., Kruzic, J.J., Pratt, C.C. et al. Improving Participation of Engineering Students Studying Abroad: An International Dual-Degree Program in Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering. JOM 65, 840–845 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-013-0637-9

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