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A hallmark of a UWEC education is that Blugolds push their own boundaries in seeking knowledge and understanding. 

Luckily, finding ways to break out of that comfort zone and discover something new are not hard to come by on this campus. And one of the many ways you can explore the world around you with fresh eyes is through our robust and year-round selection of immersion programs.

In fact, this university believes so strongly in the value of these intercultural experiences, every full-time tuition-paying undergraduate UW-Eau Claire student is automatically eligible to receive funding to participate in one international, domestic, or research-based immersion experience. 

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So Much More Than Just a Trip

Cultural Immersions are meaningful intercultural experiences beyond the classroom. These carefully curated and faculty-supervised programs connect students and faculty to specific cultures, histories, societies and traditions in meaningful and lasting ways. 

What's even better? Each year there are many different locations, durations and times of the academic year and types of programs to choose from. 

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Earn Credit While Seeing The World
Many faculty-led programs, both domestic and international, offer the opportunity to earn credit or complete service learning hours while participating on the program.
Discover Immersion Experiences
The intercultural immersion programs at UWEC vary in length from 2 to 5 weeks during winter break, spring break, or summer.
The Right Immersion For You
The Immersions Office offers three types of immersion programs to choose from, including both domestic and international locations
Japan immersion 2024
Explore Faculty-Led International Immersion Experiences
Discover the importance of culture across the globe! Learn about history, geography, and other significant themes.
2023 Puerto Rico immersion
Explore Domestic Intercultural Immersion Experiences
Challenge and transform your perspectives on cultural norms and values. Located in the U.S.
New Zealand IFP
Explore International Fellows Program Immersion Experiences
Engage in collaborative research and creative activity with UWEC faculty and staff.

The way you learn during immersion experiences has a lot of advantages. Immersive learning allowed me work in the mud, move rocks, and clean fishponds, listening to the locals talk. It makes everything I learned about the land and people feel more real and touching.

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Yangguang Chen holding a shrimp up to the camera.
Yangguang Chen
Computer Science
Full-time undergraduate students receive funding to take part in a cultural immersion experience. This is made possible by Blugold Commitment Funding.
Intercultural Immersion Program Examples
A directional sign for the Camino de Santiago, with the scenic background
Explore the Rich History of Spain
This 20-day, three-credit program follows the Camino de Santiago, a historical walking pilgrimage route from Southwestern France to Santiago, Spain. Students will learn the culture and history of the region on this 111km journey.
A view from Table Mountain in South Africa, overlooking Cape Town and its surrounding landscape, with the cityscape stretching towards the horizon and the ocean in the background.
Explore Social Change and Justice in South Africa
This 17-day immersion experience will introduce you to the culture, race relations, and history of colonization in South Africa. Especially relevant for social work students, this program looks closely at social change in action.
A group photo of students on an immersion trip in Scotland, posing in front of a University of Aberdeen
Learn More About Special Education in Scotland
A 5-week summer immersion will introduce education students to special education practices of Scotland. Spend two weeks in a Scottish school, another two weeks exploring classroom involvement, and end with a five-day experiential learning program through the Highlands.
Immersion Experiences at UW-Eau Claire
students in immersin in Thailand through COB 2023
Intercultural Immersion Office
Supporting intercultural immersion programs integrated into curriculum.
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