U. of Maryland Honors College: Come live in a Palace in the Alps this Summer! Admissions open Dec 1 for Study Abroad!

Monday, November 18, 2019

Apply to the Salzburg Academy on Media & Global Change!

Now in its 14th year, the Salzburg Academy runs for roughly 3 weeks every summer — this year from July 19 to August 5, 2020.

The program counts for two courses and six credits,

which can be taken in Journalism, Honors, Government & Politics and/or American Studies.

Students also earn Gen Ed credit for Diversity/Understanding Plural Societies & Scholarship in Practice.

Students live at Schloss Leopoldskron,

the palace at the foothills of the Alps in Salzburg where the Sound of Music was filmed

— see the photo above — and eat all their meals in the palace ballroom — see the photo below.

Join 75 students and 15+ faculty from five continents and literally around the world

— working in interdisciplinary and cross-geographical teams on “real-world” issues/projects.

The topic this year is: "Power, Protest and the Press: Social Movements and the Future of Civil Society”

APPLICATIONS OPEN DEC. 1

They are ROLLING ADMISSION

APPLY HERE: https://globalmaryland.umd.edu/offices/education-abroad/program/10292

For an overview of the program see here: https://icmpa.umd.edu/portfolio/academy/

To see more of the 4-star palace and hotel in Salzburg, Austria where you would be living, where classes are held, meals are taken, etc. see here: https://www.schloss-leopoldskron.com/en.html

To see photos of students and faculty at the program see here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/salzburgglobal/albums/72157710110902146. Oh, and if you see photos of people dressed up , that's for the gala dinner and concert held the last night of the session

Students create projects that become published on Medium.com. To see the work of previous Academies:

The cost of the program includes tuition and all the housing costs, all meals

(buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner + morning and afternoon coffee/tea breaks for the entire time),

and two field trips — one to the Alps and the other to a WWII concentration camp.

It's also worth mentioning that many students make the summer abroad work for their budget when they realize that the 6 credits they will earn can help them graduate a semester early and save a full-term of tuition (and maybe UMD's room and board too if you've lived on campus!).

Also, as the program is in the second half of the summer, many students work or do an internship for the first half, then come to the program.
There are scholarships! Talk to Study Abroad about how to tap into those: https://globalmaryland.umd.edu/offices/education-abroad/scholarships