During the academic year, students can attend drop-in office hours at Rothschild College for in-person advising from 2鈥�4pm, Tuesday through Thursday. Study Abroad advisors also offer 1:1 advising appointments in person or via Zoom. Study Abroad staff are available to advise by appointment聽through the summer.
Prior to meeting with a Study Abroad advisor, you are聽highly encouraged聽to attend an in-person聽Study Abroad OverVU session (offered every Wednesday at 4pm in Study Abroad during the school year). Virtual Study Abroad OverVUs are offered throughout the summer via Zoom. Alternatively, you can review resources on the Getting Started page聽before scheduling an advising appointment.
Scroll down to meet our advisors and book an appointment via . If you can't find a time that works for you or you'd prefer to meet in person, please click the Email link below the advisor's name to request alternate arrangements. Study Abroad staff can also be reached via phone at 615-343-3139.
Handshake Appointment Instructions:
Advising appointments are offered to Vanderbilt undergraduate students only. Others, including parents and family, are requested to email us at studyabroad@vanderbilt.edu.
Study Abroad staff advisors provide support and guidance to students on聽all aspects聽of the study abroad experience. We advise students on topics including: program selection and application, coursework abroad, identity and travel, study abroad-based Immersion Vanderbilt opportunities, intercultural development, pre-departure preparation, re-entry, and more.
Study Abroad also offers multiple events throughout each semester for students to learn more about study abroad, including our Study Abroad OverVU introductory sessions.聽Check out聽鈥�upcoming events聽here!
Advising:
General study abroad questions and Maymesters
Africa: Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, South Africa
Asia: India, Indonesia, Nepal, Vietnam
Europe: England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Northern Ireland, Scotland
Office drop-in hours: 2-4 PM CST T-Th, Rothschild Great Room
Advising:
General study abroad questions and Maymesters
Asia: Hong Kong, Japan, Mainland China, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan
Europe: Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland
Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, Samoa
Incoming Exchange
Douglass-O'Connell Global Internship
Office drop-in hours: 2-4 PM CST T-Th, Rothschild Great Room
Advising:
General study abroad questions and Maymesters
VU-NYC
Caribbean: Cuba, Dominican Republic
Central America: Mexico
Europe: Spain聽
South America: Argentina, Chile, Colombia
Middle East: Israel, Jordan
Office drop-in hours: 2-4 PM CST T-Th, Rothschild Great Room
Advising:
General study abroad questions and Maymesters
Europe: Austria, Czech Republic, Serbia
CIEE Open Campus (all locations), IHP programs
Office drop-in hours: 2-4 PM CST T-Th, Rothschild Great Room
Associate Director, Study Away and Faculty-Led Programs
Advising:
Faculty-Led Travel and Maymesters
Vanderbilt鈥檚 Global Safety and Health team provides health and safety guidance to all VU travelers, including VU study abroad students. They provide individualized health and safety advice to study abroad students, such as traveling with medication, setting up continued care, utilizing Vanderbilt-issued international insurance, addressing identity-based safety and health concerns, and more.聽
Global Safety and Health is a resource for students at any point in the study abroad process. To make an appointment to discuss health, safety, and well-being abroad, please reach out to the Global Safety and Health team. General inquiries can also be directed to聽globalsafety@vanderbilt.edu.
Peer Advisers are the student representatives of study abroad on Vanderbilt鈥檚 campus. Peer Advisers lead study abroad outreach events around campus and hold office hours in the Study Abroad office to assist prospective students.
Talking to peers who have studied abroad, particularly on programs you are interested in is a great way to gather information. The following study abroad alumni have offered to serve as a resource to prospective students interested in their program. Feel free to connect with them via email!
Australia
Alisha Saluja, '24聽IFSA University of South Wales,聽Spring 2023
Elanil Erdugrul, '26 IFSA University of South Wales,聽Spring 2025 海角情
Juliana Turner, '25 IFSA University of New South Wales,聽Spring 2024
Sadie Sherman '25聽IFSA University of Sydney,聽Fall 2023
Shelbi Briggs, '27 IFSA, Spring 2024
Austria
Ava Kuntz, '24聽IES Vienna: Music,聽Spring 2024
Ryan Patterson, '25聽Vienna: Non-Music Tracks,聽Spring 2024
Cameroon
Grace Jones, '25聽SIT Cameroon Development and Social Change,聽Spring 2024
Chile
Eli Apple, '24聽CASA Santiago,聽Fall 2022
Maia Czarnecki, '23聽CASA Santiago,聽Spring 2022
Lauren Johnson, '25 SIT Valparaiso, Spring 2024
China
CIEE Shanghai, Spring 2025 海角情
Czech Republic
Grace Wildermuth, '24聽CET Prague,聽Spring 2024
Eric Goldsmith, '26 CET Prague, Spring 2025 海角情
Haven O'Sullivan, '26 CET Prague, Spring 2025 海角情
Vienna Parnell, '26 IFSA Tech Career Accelerator, Spring 2025 海角情
Denmark
Truong Nguyen, '25聽DIS Copenhagen,聽Spring 2024
Ryan Zix, '25聽DIS Copenhagen,聽Spring 2024
Shunnar Virani, '25聽DIS Copenhagen,聽Spring 2024
Elisa Ajamian, '26, DIS Copenhagen,聽Fall 2024
Chloe Whalen, '26 DIS Copenhagen, Fall 2024
Julia Atherton, '26聽DIS Copenhagen,聽Spring 2025 海角情
Jacqueline Welsh, '26 DIS Copenhagen, Spring 2025 海角情
DIS Copenhagen, Spring 2025 海角情
Carly Doran, '26 DIS Copenhagen, Spring 2025 海角情
England
Elizabeth Ebhogiaye, '25聽HOD Capstone,聽Spring 2024
Aadil Khan, '24聽IFSA London School of Economics,聽Academic Year 2022-23
Adam Messinger, '24聽CIEE University College London,聽Spring 2023
Jamina Hsu, '24聽CIEE University College London,聽Spring 2023
Rebekah Kim, '24聽CIEE University College London,聽Spring 2023
Veshal Konnar, '25聽HOD Capstone,聽Spring 2024
Jack Sturman, '27聽LSE Summer Program聽Summer 2024
Karen Chu , '25 IFSA University of York, Spring 2024
France
Emma Reidy, '25聽American University of Paris,聽Fall 2022
Rachel Marlowe, '26 American University of Paris, Spring 2025 海角情
Elijah Hernandez, '26 American University of Paris, Spring 2025 海角情
Fiona Thompson, '25聽Georgia Tech Europe,聽Spring 2023
Robert Lowther, '25聽Columbia in Paris,聽Spring 2024
Ryan Zurcher, '25聽Columbia in Paris,聽Spring 2024
Susan "Rayne" Swanson, '25 Columbia in Paris,聽Spring 2024
Hong Kong
Jesse Zhong, '26 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Spring 2025 海角情
Ireland
Veronica Figueroa, '24聽IFSA University College Dublin,聽Spring 2023
Kate Lanham, '24聽CASA Dublin,聽Spring 2023
Spencer Hall, '26 CASA Dublin, Spring 2025 海角情
Italy
Zoe Sophia Potter, '25 CET Florence, Spring 2024
Emily Gao, '26 CET Florence, Fall 2024
Harley Dichter, '26 CET Florence, Spring 2025 海角情
Charles Poulin, '26聽CET Siena, Spring 2025 海角情
Scout Dahir, '26 CET Siena, Spring 2025 海角情
Zhihe Zhang, '26聽ICCS Rome,聽Spring 2024
Jacob Stoebner, '26 ICCS Rome,聽Spring 2025 海角情
Ashley Yau, '26 IES Abroad Milan, Spring 2025 海角情
Ane Kirk-Jadri膰, '26 Politecnico di Torino, Spring 2025 海角情
Japan
Tyler Popp, '24聽Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS),聽Spring 2023
Mexico
Akina Lindley, '25 SIT Mexico: Migration, Borders, and Transnational Communities, Spring 2024
Morocco
Ochuwa Garuba, '26 SIT Morocco: Migration and Transnational Identity, Spring 2025 海角情
Multi-country
Daniel Ardity, '24聽CIEE Open Campus (Paris, Singapore),聽Spring 2023
Sam Curtis, '24聽CIEE Open Campus (Kyoto, Paris),聽Spring 2023
Justin Luckner, '24聽CIEE Open Campus (Monteverde, Rome, Sydney),聽Spring 2023
Alexander Ward, '24聽CIEE Open Campus (London, Madrid, Rome),聽Spring 2023
Alexis Schachter, '25 CIEE Open Campus (Sydney, Madrid), Spring 2024
Shaun T Karakkattu, '25 CIEE Open Campus (Australia, Singapore, Spain), Spring 2024
Natalie Blum, '26 聽DIS Summer Abroad (Copenhagen & Stockholm), Summer 2024
Barrie Barto '25聽 SIT IHP Health and Community (Delhi, Capetown, Buenos Aires), Spring 2024
Ellie Pazol, '25 SIT IHP Health and Community, Spring 2024
Ralph Francois, '25 CIEE Open Campus, Spring 2024
Teddy Stern, '26 CIEE Open Campus, Spring 2025 海角情
Nepal
Galen Roy, '26 SIT Nepal Tibetan and Himalayan Peoples and Cultures, Spring 2025 海角情
New Zealand
Rin Kong, '24聽University of Canterbury: New Zealand Earth Systems (Frontiers Abroad),聽Spring 2023
Travis Ho, '24聽IFSA University of Auckland,聽Spring 2023
Singapore
Zhewen Tao, '25聽National University of Singapore,聽Fall 2023
South Africa
Spencer Harrison, '23聽CIEE Open Campus: Cape Town,聽Spring 2022
Spain
Alison Vaughan, '24聽CASA Sevilla,聽Spring 2023
Anika Mahajan, '24聽CASA Sevilla,聽Spring 2023
Savannah Walske, '26 CASA Sevilla, Spring 2025 海角情
Isabella Gwiazdoski, '26 CIEE Barcelona: Business & Culture, Spring 2025 海角情
John Bettinger, '25 CIEE Madrid: Engineering & Society, Spring 2024
Ally Ouano, '26 CIEE Madrid: Engineering & Society, Spring 2025 海角情
Sarah Goldstein, '26 CIEE Madrid: Engineering & Society, Spring 2025 海角情
Carolina Pino, '25 SLU Madrid, Spring 2024
Emma Lenson, '25 SLU Madrid, Spring 2024
Hannah Timmer, '25 SLU Madrid, Spring 2024
Laura Caroline Jung, '26 SLU Madrid, Spring 2025 海角情
Angel Humphrey, '26 SLU Madrid, Spring 2025 海角情
Scotland
Ava Zins, '25 IFSA University of Edinburgh,聽Spring 2024
Peyton Hudson, '26 IFSA University of Edinburgh, Spring 2025 海角情
Joel Berinstein, '26 IFSA University of Glasgow, Spring 2025 海角情
Sweden
Christopher Chen, '23聽DIS Stockholm,聽Spring 2022
Switzerland
Zoe Assasie, '24聽SIT Switzerland: International Studies & Multilateral Diplomacy,聽Spring 2023