Study Abroad Stellenbosch University

Housing

During your stay in Stellenbosch, you will reside in a single room in a residence hall where you will share a bathroom, fully-equipped kitchen and living room with three other students.

Meals

You will receive an allowance to subsidize breakfast and lunch or dinner Monday to Friday. You will need to budget extra funds for meals, especially if you wish to eat in restaurants rather than prepare your own meals.

For More Information…

For more information, email a study abroad representative. To schedule an advising appointment, contact the Office of Study Abroad at 336.841.9280.

Cost Breakdown for Fall 2013 & Spring 2014

Application Fee: $500.00

The application fee is non-refundable. Due at time of application.

Program Fee: $19,393.75

The program fee is payable to High Point University and includes tuition, fees, housing, and some meals. Participants are billed at the HPU All-Inclusive Fee rate of $20,800 less of $1,406.25 for meals not included.

Note: Total may vary due to currency exchange rate and tuition costs.

Additional Costs:

• Meals not covered by program fee
• Round-trip airfare
• Ground transportation
• International medical insurance
• Trip cancellation insurance
• Passport
• Immigration visa
• Textbooks
• Personal travel, expenses, and souvenirs

IMPORTANT: High Point University affiliates with the American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS) to provide this educational program to HPU students. Students looking for information online may find discrepancies in program fees between what HPU charges and what AIFS charges. Due to the terms agreed upon in our affiliation agreement, HPU students cannot apply directly to AIFS for this program, nor can they opt to pay program fees directly to AIFS.

For More Information…

For more information, email a study abroad representative. To schedule an advising appointment, contact the Office of Study Abroad at 336.841.9280.

What will I experience at Stellenbosch?

Many trips are included with your program fee such as:

• Garden Route Tour (6 days) - Every semester the AIFS Resident Director organizes a trip to the famous Garden Route during the mid-semester break. The route takes its name from the lush and ecologically diverse vegetation and abundant lagoons and lakes to be found along the spectacularly scenic coastline which stretches from the Western Cape to the Eastern Cape. There is much to experience on the Garden Route, including kayaking with seals and dolphins, visiting Cango Caves or an ostrich farm. Visit the Kleinplasie Open Air Museum for an insight into the lifestyle of an early Cape farming family, the limestone canverns at the Cango Caves and Oudtshoorn, the ostrich capital of South Africa. Morning visits to the crocodile and cheetah farm and to one of the many ostrich farms in the area are included. Board the old steam train, the Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe, at Wilderness station for a scenic 2-hour ride through the lake districts of Wilderness and Sedgefield to Knysna. Enjoy a cruise across the Knysna Lagoon to the Featherbed Nature Reserve and a guided trailer ride to the top of the reserve, which reveals marvelous views of the area. Join the guide for a walk back or jump on the trailer for a slow drive back to the lagoon. Stop at the Knysna Elephant Park to see, feed and touch these amazing animals. The next stop is Monkey Land to meet the different species of monkeys and apes living in the reserve.

• Vineyard tour and wine tasting
• Visit to Parliament in Cape Town
• Trips to Robben Island, Table Mountain and the Cape of Good Hope
• Weekend hiking
• Social get-togethers at a local pub
• Rugby
• Beach days
• Picnics
• Music Concerts

Many students are attracted to South Africa because of the close interaction they can have with the country’s wildlife. Besides visiting the “Big Six” (lion, cheetah, elephant, buffalo, rhino and whale), students will have the opportunity to see 17 species of monkeys in their 12-hectare, free-range environment in the forest on the other side of Plettenberg Bay. They are not in cages (one or two might even come and sit on your shoulder).

Check out the blogs from some of the past HPU students studying at Bond University:

•  Savannah Champagne (ENG) - Spring 2013

For More Information…

For more information about Stellenbosch University, visit the Stellenbosch University website or email a study abroad representative.

For an idea of what your semester at Stellenbosch University may look like, schedule an appointment with a study abroad advisor. Contact the Office of Study Abroad at 336.841.9280.