Expand Your World at Montana Tech!

We are a brand new initiative at Mointana Tech hoping to launch programs in 2025. Check back soon!

The World is Your Oyster!

Orediggers Overseas provides students with transformational experiences in learning, research, problem-solving, and personal development through study abroad programs. This is a brand new intiative for Montana Tech, so as of right now, we are limited in the programs we can offer. However, with time, patience, interest, and funding, we aim to offer several programs and internship opportunities in as many countries as possible for as many majors as possible.

Why Study Abroad?

Experts say that the exposure to foreign cultures that studying abroad brings helps college students increase their self-awareness, critical thinking, and work opportunities. We live in an increasingly polarized world, and there is no greater skill needed today than the ability to communicate and cooperate with those who think differently from you. When students leave their comfort zones, great things happen!

Tech students in Austria 2023  Tech students in Taiwan 2023

APPLY TO STUDY ABROAD

  1. Submit the Study Abroad Application
    1. (For-credit programs only) Complete the FLEAP Academic Plan 
  2. Wait until your application is approved and you are contacted by the Orediggers Overseas Committee
  3. Once you're approved, complete the following:
    1. Apply for your Passport and email a photocopy to the Committee Chair
    2. Obtain GeoBlue Travel Insurance
    3. Sign the Risk and Behavior Agreement
    4. Enroll in the Smart Traveller Enrollment Program (STEP)
    5. (Schengen Area only) Submit your ETIAS application
    6. Register your travel with the Univeristy of Montana
  4. Review the information on Health & Safety Abroad
  5. Attend a Pre-Departure Session
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Cindy Weir in Taiwan
Orediggers Overseas to hold informational session Thursday on Taiwan cultural exchange

After two successful cultural exchanges held in Taiwan and Austria in 2023 and 2024, a new group at Montana Technological University has formed to provide more opportunities for students to expand their horizons abroad.

students hold Montana Tech flag in front of castle
Orediggers make unforgettable memories in Austria

Lasting international friendships, an appreciation for foreign culture, and a lifelong zest for the opportunity to travel are just a few benefits Orediggers received through Montana Tech’s 2023 Summer Study-abroad Program in Austria.

Montana Tech students enjoy study abroad
Orediggers strengthen Montana-Taiwan relationship in 2-week exchange

Montana Technological University students say they learned about culture, language, semiconductor technology, and international relations during a trip to Minghsin University of Science and Technology (MUST) in Taiwan over winter break.