Financial Aid
Financial Aid
For more information on applying your financial aid to a semester abroad, visit the study abroad page on the FAO’s website and review their study abroad FAQs. They also offer drop-in hours for budgeting questions on a walk-in basis at their office (86 Brattle Street) and are available at faoinfo@fas.harvard.edu and 617-495-1581.
FAQs - Financial Aid and Study Abroad
Financial Aid goes with you, so don't let finances keep you from studying abroad!
If you receive financial aid, it travels with you for term-time study abroad and covers everything from airfare and visas to books and ground transportation.
Your Parent and Student contributions remain the same whether you are on campus, or studying abroad for the semester.
The Financial Aid Office (FAO) will help you create a budget to help you determine your daily living expenses abroad. Financial Aid officers are available at 617-495-1581 or 86 Brattle St. to address your questions or concerns.
All students on aid are eligible to take out a loan to cover the term time work expectation for the semester(s) abroad as well as a $2,000 unexpected expenses loan to cover an emergency, or to use for travel/recreation while abroad.
What Our Students Are Saying
Study abroad is open to everyone, regardless of your family's financial background. The FAO has been absolutely incredible, making my dream of studying abroad possible.
Financial resources for study abroad are available to international students at Harvard in exactly the same way as they are available for domestic students. Don't be put off applying by a monetary barrier — there isn't one.
Personally, I think study abroad is the best use of financial aid and one of the most incredible Harvard opportunities for students with financial aid. You get to live abroad and experience a new culture at no additional cost. That's huge.