<p>MIT has a full-year exchange program with the University of Cambridge in the UK which is available to qualified juniors majoring in most engineering fields (electrical, mechanical, civil, chemical, etc.). I believe Princeton has a similar program with the University of Oxford, also in the UK.</p>
<p>If you are ** fluent in French **, MIT also has a one-year exchange program with l'</p>
<p>This is what JHU (my son is there in EE) says about study abroad for Engineering students:
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Contrary to popular belief, engineering students can study abroadit just requires a little extra planning!</p>
<p>Engineering students may study abroad in their junior year, during the summer, or in the first semester of their senior year.</p>
<p>Because of the academic requirements, it is suggested that the planning process for study abroad should begin earlyeven as soon as freshman year.
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My S is not interested, so I don't have any first-hand knowledge, but they go on to give several links to JHU resources for Engineering-study-abroad programs, as well as these which do not appear to be JHU-specific:
* AESTE International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience
<a href="http://www.iaesteunitedstates.org%5B/url%5D">www.iaesteunitedstates.org</a>
* International Cooperative Education
<a href="http://www.icemenlo.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.icemenlo.com/</a>
* Internships International
<a href="http://www.internshipsinternational.org%5B/url%5D">www.internshipsinternational.org</a>
* Experiential Learning Ecuadorian Programs (Engineering internships in Ecuador )
<a href="http://www.elep.org%5B/url%5D">www.elep.org</a> </p>
<p>Public Service Internships
* Engineers for a Sustainable World
<a href="http://www.esustainableworld.org%5B/url%5D">http://www.esustainableworld.org</a>
* Engineering World Health
<a href="http://www.ewh.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.ewh.org/</a>
* Cross-Cultural Solutions
<a href="http://www.crossculturalsolutions.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.crossculturalsolutions.org/</a>
* Engineering Ministries International
<a href="http://www.emiusa.org%5B/url%5D">www.emiusa.org</a></p>
<p>US uses (old) english system of units.</p>
<p>Seems like most civilized countries are probably using metric.</p>
<p>Not a huge deal, but conversion can be annoying; have to learn/remember equations specified in two different systems.</p>
<p>Common "biggie" equations, eg in fluid mechanics, other areas, are generally learned here with constants specified for our system of measure.</p>
<p>Look into the University of Evansville. They own Harlaxton College, north of London, where students can study for a semester, including their engineering students.</p>
<p>I am so grateful for the well-meaning folks in this community!</p>
<p>We have been working through the "grillions" of programs to be found on the internet; you are helping us to drill down to the substance. Thank you!</p>
<p>My son is an engineering major and has to do his "study abroad" during the summer because some of his fall/spring classes are done in a certain order. However, son is not taking engineering classes in his summer "study abroad" program - he's going to take literature classes.</p>
<p>My S's RA did a public service internship this past summer. He went to Sierra Leone and build a wall in refugee camp. Said that it was a life changing experience and loved it.</p>
<p>We have a friend who is a ChemE at MIT. She has interned in France and Brussels. I know that this past summer she interned in Brussels and the company had around 70 interns from all over the world. I guess that she had a blast, worked and traveled over Europe. She is very fluent in French, if that matters.</p>
<p>The person who interned in Germany I was referring to was interning at the German facilities of an American company (maybe Cisco but I'm not sure) so it could be she didn't need to know German (I don't know whether she knew it or not).</p>