<p>I'm an international student, planning to go to grad school in the US. I'd also love to study a semester abroad (outside the US), too. On the universities website I found out, that my US university doesn't have a lot of partner universities (grad school, undergrad is different) and they don't have them in the country I'd like to go to. </p>
<p>So I wanted to ask if I can study abroad anyway. Can I take a "holiday semester" at the US university? Because it'll be hard to pay double tuition fees ;) Does the place for a semester abroad neccessarly has to be in the partner university program? </p>
<p>Not really. You’d have to do a semester abroad as a non-degree student and chances are that your course credits won’t transfer and be counted towards your degree. </p>
<p>Generally you don’t pay “two” tuition fees when you study elsewhere while enrolled in your home university. You are just granted a leave of absence in which you don’t pay fees (except for that pesky administrative fee just to hold your slot) and you pay the fee relevant to the program you’re going to study at abroad. So don’t worry about paying 560K for one semester!</p>
<p>The only ways that graduate students go abroad is through research, internship, or language courses. So if you’re interested in communications or journalism, you can look into trying to find an internship in the country you’re interested in.</p>