UST ranks No. 1 in study-abroad participation

UST ranks No. 1 in study-abroad participation

The University of St. Thomas has been named the No. 1 doctoral or research university for undergraduate study-abroad participation in the 2005 Open Doors survey sponsored by the Institute for International Education.

Approximately 662 St. Thomas students studied abroad during the 2003-04 academic year. Among other institutions in St. Thomas' category: Boston College, University of Notre Dame, Stanford University and Syracuse University.

Other Minnesota college and universities that ranked well in the survey were St. Olaf College, Carleton College, the College of St. Benedict and St. John's University, and Concordia College-Moorhead.

Interested in study abroad? Discover Rome
An information session about St. Thomas' Rome Liberal Arts Semester will be held at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, in the International Education Center.

For more information, visit the study abroad Web site.