If you're reading this, it probably means you don't have a passport yet – that makes you just like most Americans. In fact, 70% of your fellow citizens don't have a passport. But why run with the crowd? Make a statement: get a passport.
For campuses: see how you can join IIE's "Get a Passport: Study Abroad" campaign
The fact is, if you don't have a passport you can't leave the U.S. to go anywhere – not even to Mexico or Canada.
So once you've done the smart thing and gotten that passport, use it to change your life: study abroad! Check out our study abroad resources to find the program for you and help you find the money to make it happen.
How to Apply for a Passport:
Getting a passport is easier than you think. Here's what you do:
"The central reason for acquiring a passport is this: it is a tool for the imagination. It has become what the driver’s license once was: permission to explore our most relevant surroundings. A student who has a chance to experience the world first hand, to navigate in unknown territory, will grow as a person, gain confidence, and learn skills that will last a lifetime. To step outside the familiar is to enliven creativity that nourishes innovation and the intellectual life."- Gordon Gee, President, Ohio State University
See Gordon Gee talk more about why it is so important for students to have passports and have the opportunity to go abroad.
Search over 9,500 study abroad programs on IIEPassport.org.
Search over 500 scholarships on StudyAbroadFunding.org.
Find resources and programs to help you study abroad at IIE's student portal.