Bridging Loan Program
The Bridging Loan is a no interest/no fees program designed to assist you if you do not immediately have the funds available to cover your program deposit and flight booking costs. It enables you to pay for these costs with your financial aid package. The Bridging Loan will cover these costs until the program fee is billed to your account. Other possible initial costs associated with attendance on a program abroad such as passports, visas, and medical visits will need to be paid for directly by you often before your financial aid disbursement occurs.
Form
Fill out the agreement form (pdf) to apply.
Eligibility Requirements
- Must be enrolled as a degree-seeking undergraduate student on the Twin Cities or Rochester Campuses
- Must have an EFC (Expected Family Contribution) of $10,000 or less for the previous or current academic year on the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
- Must have applied or are planning to apply to a credit bearing Fall, Winter Break, Spring, Academic Year, or Calendar Year Learning Abroad Center program
- Must not have uploaded the Confirmation and Payment Agreement
Below is a current list of programs eligible to receive Bridging Loan support.
Eligible Programs
Ensure that your program is on this list before applying:
Language & Culture in Buenos Aires
Study Abroad in Mexico
Scholarship Exchange in Ecuador
Intensive Spanish in Ecuador
Study Abroad in Venezuela
University Study in Australia: James Cook University
University Study in Australia: University of Melbourne
University Study in Israel: University of Haifa
University Study in Israel: Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Intensive Swahili in Kenya
Arabic Language & Culture in Morocco
MSID-International Development in Kenya
University Study in Australia: University of Wollongong
Exchange in Hiroshima, Japan
Exchange in Nagoya, Japan
Exchange in Tokyo, Japan: Sophia University
Intensive Hindi in India
MSID- International Development in India
MSID-International Development in Senegal
Intensive French in Senegal
MSID- International Development in Ecuador
University Study in New Zealand: University of Auckland
University Study in New Zealand: University of Otago
University Study in New Zealand: Victoria University of Wellington
Study and Internships in Sydney
University Study in South Korea
Exchange in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Exchange in Graz, Austria
Study Abroad in Florence, Italy
University Study in Germany: University of Freiburg
University Study in the United Kingdom: University of Glasgow
Scholarship Exchange in Iceland
University Study in the United Kingdom: Lancaster University
University Study in the United Kingdom: Northumbria University
Study and Internships in London
Study Abroad in Montpellier, France
University Study in Norway: University of Bergen
University Study in Norway: Norwegian University of Life Sciences
University Study in Norway: University of Oslo
University Study in the United Kingdom: Queen Mary University of London
Study Abroad in Rome, Italy
International Program in Toledo, Spain
Environmental Issues in New Zealand
Exchange in Tokyo, Japan: Hitotsubashi University
Study Abroad in Tanzania
Arab Media: Al Jazeera in the Aftermath of Revolutions
South Africa: Tracing the Footsteps of Social Change
University Study in Ireland: University of Limerick
Exchange in Germany
Exchange in Kyoto, Japan—Ritsumeikan University
Design in Scotland & England
Study Abroad in Istanbul
Understanding New Zealand: Re-imagining Kiwi Culture
Discovery and Conflict: Galileo in Italy
Environmental Communication in England
Impressionism in Paris & Southern France
Sport Culture in Italy
Minnesota to Ecuador: Indigenous Environmental Knowledge
History though the Silver Screen in Prague
