International Studies and Programs

Improve your language skills, try new foods, enjoy traditional music, become immersed in a different culture, and receive MCC credit for the classes you take when you study abroad. 

Fall, spring, and summer semester programs are available.

MCC is a member of the Illinois Consortium for International Studies and Programs (ICISP), a consortium of public and private two-year colleges in Illinois and four-year universities. MCC students may participate in ICISP study abroad programs in these countries:

  • Austria: Fall, Spring, Summer
  • England: Fall, Spring
  • France: Summer
  • Ghana: Summer
  • Ireland: Fall, Spring, Summer
  • Toronto: Summer
  • Spain: Fall, Spring, Summer

Requirements to Study Abroad

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Participants must meet the following requirements to be eligible to study abroad:

  • 2.5 or higher GPA
  • B or better in English 151
  • 12 hours of college-earned credit*
  • 18 years old by the date of departure and qualify for a US passport

*Only six dual enrollment hours can be applied to the twelve; at least six hours must be completed at MCC or another institution of higher education after high school graduation.


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Student Travel News

Carlow College in Ireland on a sunny day

Study Abroad Programs put Adventure Within Reach

MCC students Alyssa Kasey and Evelyn Bustos recently returned from their study abroad experiences with memories to last a lifetime.
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MCC Student Wins National Scholarship to Study Abroad in Ireland

MCC student Alyssa Kasey was recently awarded a national scholarship to cover her studies in Carlow, Ireland this summer. The Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship awards nearly 3,000 scholarships of up to $5,000 each year to U.S. citizen undergraduates to study or intern abroad.