Your academic experience abroad is going to be very different from home. Working under the policies and processes of the local institution, you may find a lot less structure, or a lot more.

Course Selection & Enrollment

• Course information for undergraduate exchange students
• Note All undergraduate students need to apply at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering in Studielink as Master student and then choose Exchange Integrated Product Design. Focus on the spring semester (fall semester dates are not compatible).
• Exchange students at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering have to choose fixed course packages when they apply. You can select your first, second and third choice. During the admission process the package will be confirmed. After that no changes can be made.

• In exceptional cases, courses (not more than 30%) can be taken at other faculties (except at the Architecture Faculty); no guarantees can be given before arrival whether this is possible (depends on availability and time schedules).

  Master courses are open to Bachelor students who have finished nearly 3 years of study at the time of application and will have senior status will abroad.

• This program offers language and area studies courses as electives. Language study may be required by your college. Check your college requirements.
• For assistance in selecting courses, see your faculty or college advisor. (Note: You may earn elective, distributional, minor or major credit depending on your major and college.)
• You may need to look at courses from a previous semester (i.e.: the most recent spring semester if you want to select classes for a future spring abroad) 

Course Load & Credits

• Study the language of the host country (or take a course in that language) when studying in a non-English speaking country for a semester or year
• Take the equivalent of 15 Cornell credits for a full semester, even if it is possible to take fewer and still graduate on time
• Decisions on the final allocation of credit are made upon successful completion of the course (must earn grade equivalent of a “C” or higher—all courses must award a letter grade).
• For more information on courses and credits from abroad, including policies regarding start/end dates, refer to the Academic Policies page on the Education Abroad website. 

Transcript & Grades

• Grades will appear on the Cornell transcript in the same format as they are recorded on the original transcript generated by the host institution. Grades are not factored into the Cornell GPA.
• For information on how grades appear on the transcript and frequently asked questions, including transcript dates for graduating seniors, please refer to the Transcripts and Credits page on the Education Abroad website.

• You must request your program to send the transcript to Cornell.

  If possible, have them send the transcript via a secure means (password protected, Box/Dropbox, etc.) to abroad@cornell.edu . Do not use a default email address for Cornell University. 

  Alternatively, your program can mail your transcript to B50 Caldwell Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, 14853.