COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE

International Activity Report 2014-15

Percentage of Georgia Tech B.S. graduates who participate in an international experience through a study or internship opportunity. The national rate is approximately 15% (excluding international students).

52%

The 6-year graduation rate for Georgia Tech students who studied or interned abroad. The rate for those who did not study or intern abroad is 76.1%.

96.7%

Economic impact on the Atlanta-area of international students and scholars studying at Georgia Tech.International students and scholars throughout the state contributed over $545 million to the Georgia economy.

$1.3M

10%Growth in Georgia Tech undergraduate students’ participation in programs abroad in the past ve years. Since 2010, the number of B.S. graduates with an international experience has grown to 1,967.

College of Architecture - 2

“The International Plan has allowed me to see the world around me in a much more global light. I interact with international students on a daily basis, and I connect with them through an understanding that being around diff erent peoples and cultures is exciting.”

Tyler Martin,

Architecture - IP, ‘14

Undecided/Common First YearIndustrial DesignArchitecture

International Plan

www.oie.gatech.edu

COA: Number of New IP Participants, by Year

2013-142012-132011-122010-112009-102008-092007-082006-072005-06

2014-15

Architecture Industrial Design Common First Year COA Total

COA: IP Participation as a Percentage of Enrollment, by Major

7%

6%

4%

6%

= 1 student

to date

COAIP GRADS

16ARCH

1 ID

10% GOAL

College of Architecture - 3

COA students participated

in 11 summer study

abroad programs and

5 exchanges at

partner universities.

Education Abroad

COA: Participants Abroad Over Time

www.oie.gatech.edu

Intern Abroad Non-GT Academic Projects Exchange Faculty-Led Program

went to

COAstudents

20countries

on

21 programs

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14

13 91

1313 13 11

9412 620 5 15

9211 541 13 13

68842 650 0 17 5 490 0 14

2014/15

633 464 5 5

= 1

College of Architecture - 4 www.oie.gatech.edu

Education Abroad

16

20

15

10

5 Freshman

Sophomore

Junior

Senior

Master’s

Doctorate

COA: Participants Abroad by Length, 2014-15 COA: Participants Abroad by Level, 2014-15

COA: Participants Abroad by Location, 2014-15*

*includes locations with participants > 1

College of Architecture - 5www.oie.gatech.edu

Education Abroad

Architecture

Building Construction

City & Regional Planning

Industrial Design

Undecided

62% 38%27

60% 40%5

45% 55%11

64% 36%17

100% 0%2

Number

COA Total 57% 43%63

Geographic Info Science & Tech 0% 100%1

COA: Participants Abroad by Major/Program and Gender, 2014-15

COA: Participants Abroad by Race, 2014-15

China

hosted the largestshare (22%) of COA students abroad

Study abroad program with the largest number of COA students participating

International Design BuildStudio

COA students participated in study and intern abroad programs in 2014-15

63

White

Asian

Black

Two or more

17

36

1

9

“ e experience highlights unique character-

istics about your own culture and lifestyle that

you hadn’t recognized before. So even if you

don’t choose to stay and have

your career abroad, you have a

new perspective that carries

through to your design

work and possibly

your whole life.”

-Daniel Cicchinelli,

ID - IP,

2014-15

University of

Stuttgart

Exchange

College of Architecture - 6

International Students and Scholars

www.oie.gatech.edu

COA: International Student Citizenship (F & J Visa Holders), 2014-15*

China - 71

India - 26

South Korea - 23

Iran - 8

GT hosted 95 students this year who were awarded exchange

fellowships by organizations such as Fulbright.

This year, COA hosted 5exchange fellows.

Chile - 5

Turkey - 3

Brazil - 3 *map includes student enrollment > 2

Percentage of enrolled COA students who are international

30%

undergraduate graduate

11%

COA hosted its rst J Student Intern in 2014/15.Hosting J interns and J scholars is a great avenue to recruit

future international graduate students or post-doctoral researchers.

COA F & J visa

holders by

status

by CITIZENSHIP

COA international students by gender

College of Architecture - 7

COA: International Students by Major/Program, 2014-15

COA: International Scholars, 2014-15

www.oie.gatech.edu

J-1: 9

OPT: 8

India

South KoreaChina

Ecuador Brazil

International Students and Scholars

33

Architecture

Building Construction

City & Regional Planning

Industrial Design

Urban Design

61

Turkey

19

5

1

1

1

1

by TYPE Research Scholar

Short-term Scholar

Student Intern

25

1

3

49% 51%

1

China

TOTAL = 171

17

39

2

F-1: 162

Music Technology 19

INCOMING

OUTGOING 52%

B.S. Graduates with

an International

Experience

1,009int’l scholars

120countries of origin

www.oie.gatech.edu

Participants abroad 2014-15 by program type

B.S. M.S./Ph.D

IACCOA SCOB COC COE COS GT-Wide

35.4%

52%

14%

36.9% 37.3%

1.3%

61.6%

4.3%

44.9%

4.4%

31%

5.2%

51.7%

11.4%

Students Graduating with an Experience Abroad

1,967

International Students (F&J visa holders)

GEORGIA TECH - OVERALL

4,416int’l students

Faculty-Led: 1404

Exchange: 171

Non-GT: 41

Interns Abroad: 109

Academic Projects: 242

192

Nationalities of GT International Students

ChinaIndia

South KoreaFranceTaiwan

...and 115 more

Locations for GT Experiences Abroad

FranceChina

EnglandIreland

Germany...and 53 more

171 186 624 2,932 361 56 4,330

COA SCOB COC COE COS IAC GT-Wide

Bachelor

Master

Doctorate

35

90

46

38

116

29

204

253

1,137

797

994

50

47

5

32

16

1,469

1,319

1,531166

264