Encinitas Student Elizabeth Mills Studies in Austria

2011 Dec 3

University of San Diego student Elizabeth Mills of Encinitas is studying in Vienna, Austria this fall.

The semester-long program is offered in association with the Institute for the International Education of Students (IES) whose Vienna Center is situated in the Palais Corbelli, an elegant, 18th century palace in the heart of Vienna. The extensive curriculum includes courses in both English and German, and offers qualified students the opportunity to take courses at local institutions such as the Universität Wien, the Hochschule fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien, and Konservatorium der Stadt Wien (Vienna Conservatory of Music). Vienna is beautifully situated on the river Danube at the edge of the majestic Austrian Alps and has been an important crossroads since the time of the Romans.

Mills is majoring in international relations and plans to graduate in Spring 2013.

USD is ranked first in the nation for the percentage of undergraduate students studying abroad, according to the Institute of International Education's latest Open Doors Report. More than 71 percent of all USD undergraduate students study abroad.

The University of San Diego is a Catholic institution of higher learning chartered in 1949; the school enrolls some 7,800 undergraduate and graduate students and is known for its commitment to teaching, the liberal arts, the formation of values and community service. The fall 2007 establishment of the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies brings the University's total number of schools and colleges to six. Other academic divisions include the College of Arts and Sciences and the schools of Business Administration, Leadership and Education Sciences, Law and Nursing and Health Sciences.