Study Abroad Programs

The Texas Tech University Study Abroad Office coordinates programs in more than 70 countries. All currently enrolled TTU students can apply for the Study Abroad Competitive Scholarship (SACS), which is funded by Texas Tech's International Education fee. 

You can participate in one of our study abroad programs to earn academic credit and build your professional portfolio! Learn more and submit your application via the TTU Study Abroad website

Programs led by Media & Communication Faculty

 

Study Abroad in Costa Rica

Eco-Tourism & Sustainability Communication in Costa Rica

Students will discover for themselves the international practice of public relations. While in the vibrant Costa Rica, students will learn through hands-on experience with clients, conversations with international agency leaders, interactions with locals, and cultural excursions to some of the country’s most beautiful and significant attractions.

• Maymester 2025 Courses Offered:
  • PR 4301: Eco-Tourism/Sustainability Tourism PR
  • PRSC 4351: International & Multicultural PR
• Contact: debbie.davis@ttu.edu and eric.rasmussen@ttu.edu
• Costa Rica application deadline Feb. 20

Study Abroad in Denmark

Global Public Relations in Copenhagen, Denmark

This study abroad course is designed to provide real-world international communication experience. Students will work as consultants with international clients, agencies and businesses to provide strategic communication insights. This program offers courses for both undergraduate and graduate students. This program changes locations from year-to-year and has visited many exciting locations across the globe, including Netherlands, Belgium, France, Costa Rica, Germany, Greece, and Manchester, England, and Denmark.

• Summer 2025 Courses Offered:
  • PR 4301/6315: Global Public Relations Management
  • PR 4301/6315: Strategic Communication Consulting in a Global Environment
• Contact: coy.callison@ttu.edu and mary.s.norman@ttu.edu.
• Global PR application deadline Feb. 20

Study Abroad in Dublin, Ireland

Advertising & Internships Dublin, Ireland

Live, work, learn, and play (not necessarily in that order) in Dublin, Ireland, where your international internships awaits you. There has never been a better time to strengthen your resume and jumpstart your career with an internship at a small-to-medium enterprise (SME) in Dublin.

This program starts with a Maymester course from TTU that will focus on developing a strategic storytelling plan. You will continue through the first summer session with International Internship coursework at the Dublin Business School (DBS) and your internship placement. Are you ready to earn six course hours and snag an exciting internship in Dublin?

Total 6 hours + Internship

• Maymester - Summer 2025 Courses Offered in Dublin, Ireland (5/17/25 – 7/19/25 for 9 weeks total)
  • ADV 4301: Special Topics – Strategic Storytelling (5/14/25 – 5/29/25)
  • International Internship Course (Semester continues until 7/18/25)
• Contact: michael.zahn@ttu.edu 
• Advertising & Brand Strategy in Dublin deadline Feb. 20

Study Abroad in London

Media and Communication in London

This study abroad program is London-based and runs from May 10 through May 25, 2024. It provides students 6 hours of credit with a concentration in Strategic Communication and Communication Studies. The program plan includes visits to London-based Journalism and CMI related firms as well as London area cultural and historical attractions.

• Maymester 2025 Courses Offered:
  • COMS 4310: Special Topics in Rhetoric (Rhetoric of War & Remembrance) and
  • CMI 4301: Special Topics in CMI: Digital Media Production and Distribution in a Global Context
• Contact: katie.langford@ttu.edu or cam.stone@ttu.edu 
• Media and Communication in London application deadline Feb. 20

Study Abroad in New Zealand

Media, Tourism and Photography in New Zealand

Interested in film and cinema? How about traveling the world for a living? Ever wanted to become a travel or documentary photographer? Learn about the interplay of popular media and tourism while photographing some of the most scenic countries and unique cultures in the world! Summit mountains, visit famous movie sites, learn about screen tourism, and build your professional portfolio. This program currently rotates between visiting Iceland, New Zealand, and Scotland & Northern Ireland.

• Summer || 2025 Courses Offered:
  • CMI 4301: Media, Tourism and Culture
  • PHOT 4300: Travel and Cultural Photography
• Contact: robert.peaslee@ttu.edu or jerod.w.foster@ttu.edu 
• Media, Tourism and Photography application deadline Feb. 20

Study Abroad in Tokyo

TTU COMC in Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan

Our study abroad program offers up to nine hours of credit in the College of Media and Communication across two majors: Communication Studies and Creative Media Industries. Our program will visit Tokyo and Kyoto and will feature visits to Edo Museum, Imperial Park, Akihabara, Shibuya, Kyoto River Walk, Sagano Bamboo Forest, Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea.

• Summer | 2025 Courses Offered:
  
  • CMI 4301: Visual Storytelling in a Global Context
  • COMS 4310: Media, Technology, and Society in Japan
    cross-listed with CMI 3375: Digital Gaming Culture
• Contact: megan.condis@ttu.edu 
• TTU COMC in Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan application deadline Feb. 20.

 

Partner Programs & Universities

In addition to the faculty-led study abroad programs offered by the College of Media & Communication, students have the option to study at the Texas Tech University Center in Sevilla. The Texas Tech University Center in Sevilla offers students the opportunity to take catalog Texas Tech classes taught by Texas Tech faculty. The Center hosts permanent staff and faculty members who travel from Lubbock to Sevilla every semester (fall, spring and summer).

Texas Tech students may also study at partner institutions in two different ways: with a provider-partner program, or an exchange-partner program. Students interested in studying abroad at a partner institution should reach out to the TTU Study Abroad advising team for more information.