International Education
MATC's International Education programs educate students for a global marketplace and provide significant benefits to students and employers.
Through MATC's International Education programs, you can tour and study around the world. MATC offers study abroad programs, language immersion, cultural tours, and international events on campus.
International Programs for MATC Students
Student Study Abroad/Exchange Programs
International Programs for Faculty and Staff
Prospective International Students
Events and Activities
International Programs for Students
Through these programs, students gain a broader view of the world and acquire foreign language skills.
- Student Exchange Programs
- International students will live with host families in the Milwaukee Area, take coursework at MATC, and receive hands-on experience.
- MATC students stay with a host family, study their degree or diploma programs at their host colleges or universities and receive hands-on experience.
- Study Abroad Programs
- Tours include classes, cultural experiences, and travel to nations throughout the world.
- Tours range from one week to one month.
- Language Immersion Opportunities
- Designed for professionals and students interested in acquiring functional fluency in Spanish and learning about the Mexican culture.
- Participants are immersed in the culture and the language, attend a language institute, live with a host family, and participate in excursions to cultural sites.
- Intensive Spanish classes, cultural seminars, special-interest classes, home stays and optional excursions give participants immediate, practical knowledge for the classroom and workplace.
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Student Study Abroad/Exchange Forms
MATC Participant Check List
MATC Participant Waiver of Liability and Hold Harmless Agreement
MATC Participant Authorization of Medical Treatment
MATC Participant Conduct Agreement
MATC Participant Emergency Contact and Photo Release
MATC Participant Health Statement
MATC Participant Study Abroad Survey (Mexico only)
MATC Student Study Abroad Exchange Application
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International Programs for Faculty and Staff
These programs encourage faculty and staff to look beyond the U.S. for professional and personal growth opportunities. These include:
- Educator Exchange
- Educators travel to Germany, Netherlands, Finland, China, Switzerland, and Russia.
- Educators live in a host home, attend classes and learn about their host's educational system.
- Fulbright Seminars in International Education
- Fulbright opportunities are available at various times of the year and for various durations. They include:
- Travel to many different countries
- University visits
- Student meetings in the hosting country
- Study aboard presentations
- Dialogues about the hosting country's educational system
- Cultural events of the hosting country
- Language Immersion Opportunities
- Designed for professionals interested in acquiring functional fluency in Spanish and learning about the Mexican culture.
- Participants are immersed in the culture and the language, attend a language institute, live with a host family, and participate in excursions to cultural sites.
- Study Abroad Programs
- Cultural emersion
- Potentially earn credits
- Special exchange opportunities with the hosting country's teachers
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Prospective International Students
Prospective international students may apply for admission to attend MATC and enroll in an Associate Degree or Diploma program.
More information is available here:
http://matc.edu/student/newstudent/International%20Students.html
If you have questions, please contact the International Students Admissions Office at (414) 297-8840.
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Events and Activities
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Contact:
Laura Westergaard
Specialist, Office of International Education
Milwaukee Area Technical College
700 West State Street
Milwaukee, WI 53233-1443
Phone: 414-297-8014
e-mail: westergl@.matc.edu
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