2026 Scotland Summer Program

Study abroad in beautiful Edinburgh, Scotland! Edinburgh is a northern, English speaking city with a population of about 500,000. It is Scotland’s capital and regularly voted as one of the most desirable places to live in the world — a superb blend of history, natural beauty, and modern city life. The University is at the heart of the city. North of Edinburgh are the Scottish Highlands. The Highlands are an amazing concoction of culture, history, architecture, and unparalleled scenery: big skies, jaw-dropping landscapes, superb food, and hospitable people.

Program Facts

- Application Deadline: February 15
- **TENTATIVE** Program Charge: $4900
- Deposit ($500) towards the Program Charge is due February 15
- Remainder ($4400) of Program Charge is due April 1

- **TENTATIVE** 2026 Program Dates
  - Check-in Date at residence hall: Monday, June 8
  - First day of class: Wednesday, Wednesday, June 10
  - Last day of class: Wednesday, July 22
  - Reading day: Thursday, July 23
  - Final exams: Friday, July 24
  - Check-out date from residence hall: Saturday, July 25

- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland; on the campus of the University of Edinburgh

- Housing:
  - Pollock Halls of Residence

- Program Charge
  - The program charge covers housing (w/ breakfast) and insurance.
  - The program charge does NOT cover airfare; students arrange their travel and pay their own airfare and other travel costs.
  - Program deposits for GT study abroad program are typically non-refundable.
  - Payments towards the Program Charge are partially refundable based on a schedule described on the Office of International Education’s (OIE) web site. The amount of the refund depends on various factors such as whether GT canceled the program, whether world events made it necessary to cancel the program, etc.

- Tuition
  - Tuition is assessed based on residency, matriculation term, and program type as outlined on the following page: Financial Information & Resources | Office of International Education.
    - Tuition rates are posted by the GT Bursar for students based on term, level of study, and degree.
  - When Georgia Tech students study abroad on a Tech program, their financial aid travels with them – including scholarships, grants, and loans. Additionally, there are outside scholarships that students may be eligible to apply for. To learn more, please see the following resources:

- **TENTATIVE** Courses to be offered

- - Psyc 2020 (Psychological Statistics, 4 credit hours)
    - Introduction to probability and statistics as applied to psychological data. You will also learn about tests for means, variances, correlation, ANVOA, and regression.
    - Includes a lab component.

- - Psyc 2230 (Abnormal Psychology, 3 credit hours)
    - This course surveys the spectrum of psychiatric disorders (symptoms, epidemiology, etiology, and treatment) and provides a perspective on adaptive functioning and psychological resilience.

- - Psyc 3012 / 4011 (Cognitive Psychology, 3 or 4 credit hours)
    - Exploration of the central aspects of human cognition including pattern recognition, attention, memory, language, categorization, problem solving, and decision making; phenomena and methods are stressed.
    - 4011 includes a lab component, 3012 does not.
    - 4011 has statistics and research methods as pre-requisites.
    - Psyc 3012 provides social science credit; Psyc 4011 does not.

- - Psyc 4020 / Neuro 3003 (Biopsychology / Neuroscience of Behavior, 3 credit hours)
    - Neuropsychological, endocrinological, and biochemical bases of sensory and motor functioning, motivation, learning, memory, and behavior dysfunction.

- - LMC 3520 (Contemporary Issues in Literature and Culture, 3 credit hours)
    - Provides humanities credit.

- Credit Hours: 6-8 (YOU WOULD TAKE 2 OF THE 4 COURSES ABOVE)

- Schedule: Classes will meet Monday-Thursday (with final exams on a Friday), thus leaving time for travel and exploration

- Program Director: Richard Catrambone (richard.catrambone@psych.gatech.edu)