Are you interested in becoming an undergraduate exchange student at the university of San Diego?
If so, you are in the right place! Please take a moment to answer the important question below to determine your eligibility.
Have you been nominated to become an exchange student by one of our partners below?
If yes
Please proceed the Exchange Program Application Page.
If no
You are classified as a free mover. Please visit the Free Mover Resource Page to learn more about how to become an exchange student only if your current university is already partnered with USD.
USD Direct Exchange Partner List
The University of San Diego has established direct exchange programs with a variety of international partners. Below is a current list of our exchange partners. If you attend one of the following universities, we invite you to study abroad at USD as an exchange student.
USD Direct Exchange Partner List
- Aalto University School of Economics (Helsinki, FINLAND)
- Aoyama Gakuin University (Tokyo, Japan)
- Al-Akhawayn University (Ifrane, MOROCCO)
- The American College of Greece (Athens, GREECE)
- BEM Management School (Bordeaux, FRANCE)
- Bocconi University (Milan, ITALY)
- Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics (Lisbon, PORTUGAL)
- EDHEC Business School (Lille, FRANCE)
- EM Strasbourg (Strasbourg, FRANCE)
- ESADE Business School, Universitat Ramon Llull (Barcelona, SPAIN)
- ESCA School of Management (Casablanca, MOROCCO)
- Fudan University (Shanghai, CHINA)
- Guanghua School of Management at Peking University (Beijing, CHINA)
- IQS School of Engineering, Universitat Ramon Llull (Barcelona, SPAIN)
- ITESO Universidad Jesuita (Guadalajara, MEXICO)
- John Cabot University (Rome, ITALY)
- KEDGE Business School (Toulon, FRANCE)
- National Chengchi University (Taipei, TAIWAN)
- Kuwait University College of Business Administration (Kuwait City, KUWAIT)
- La Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (Madrid, SPAIN)
- Management Center Innsbruck (Innsbruck, AUSTRIA)
- NEOMA Business School (Reims, FRANCE)
- Pontifical Catholic University (Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL)
- Richmond American University London (London, ENGLAND)
- Sogang University (Seoul, SOUTH KOREA)
- Tecnológico de Monterrey (Monterrey & Guadalajara, MEXICO)
- Technion Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa, ISRAEL)
- Universidad de los Andes (Bogota, COLOMBIA)
- Universidad ORT Uruguay (Montevideo, URUGUAY)
- Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (Lisbon, PORTUGAL)
- University College Cork (Cork, IRELAND)
- University of New South Wales (Sydney, AUSTRALIA)
- Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS)
- WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management (Vallendar, GERMANY)
Free Movers
For students interested in attending the University of San Diego as an exchange student on a J-1 visa who have NOT been nominated by an exchange partner university but currently attend a partner institution:
While USD does occasionally accept free mover students depending on variables such as per our capacity and student prior academic performance, free movers can stay at USD for a maximum of one semester only and they are subject to full USD tuition and fees. Unfortunately, we do not have any financial aid available for students in this category.
The University of San Diego only accepts free movers from our existing partnerships.
For further information about becoming and "Free Mover" please email exchangeprograms@sandiego.edu.
Experience USD
To help international students take advantage of all that USD and San Diego have to offer, the International Center sponsors social and cultural programs and activities throughout the academic year. In addition, USD's International Student Organization plans events for the internationally-minded community at USD including a weekly "Coffee Hour" social in USD's International Student Lounge.
Examples of past programs and events include a Scavenger Hunt in Old Town, our annual International Expo and Cultural Fashion Show, a hiking trip at the Torrey Pines Natural Reserve, Halloween pumpkin carving, periodic ISO international dinners, an annual dinner and dance, and an international film screening. Below are photos from some of these exciting activities.