Confidence building programs in ireland with the supports you expect from your home campus
We partner with your school to develop outstanding programs in Dublin with a real focus on academic excellence, personal growth and meaningful local engagement.
Study abroad alumni who believe their experience contributed to them receiving a job offer.
US students saying that a very important consideration in choosing a college is the ability of its graduates to obtain good jobs.
US students choosing a particular major because “my major will help me get a job”.
Big Pond specializes in developing and delivering semester and summer programs in Ireland.
Sending faculty to Dublin to teach on your Ireland program is an excellent way to truly make the program your own, and provides a solid link to your home campus.
Substitute any of our options for your faculty-led course.
Build your college’s own program from the many courses we offer.
See our Study & Internships program for a sample selection of our courses.
Building a customized program with a local expert can make a real difference to your goals and those of your students.
We recognize the challenges our partners face when developing an experience abroad:
We work with you to tailor the experience so it is delivered as a joint endeavor and balances these considerations.
Whether you would like to build a program from scratch or are looking for a new partner with whom to collaborate, we are confident that Big Pond is an excellent fit.
All our programming takes place in Dublin, an inspiring, creative and welcoming city.
A truly immersive experience is a disruptive one. Big Pond students are encouraged out of their comfort zones through active local community engagement.
We actively advocate the value of students spending their weekends exploring their immediate and intermediate environment, rather than on international travel. Big Pond believes in depth of experience over breadth.
Whatever your program objectives are, they will be reinforced by our complementary, value-added inclusions.
Big Pond students can enjoy a fully immersive experience through enrollment on any number of courses from our extensive portfolio. We are confident that our diverse course catalogue will map against your own curriculum.
We are a supportive partner and your program with us will build a sense of grit and cultural competency in your students.
If you are interested in making a difference to your program on campus and giving your students a refreshing, global perspective, we can help you. Whether it’s an informal chat or making the overseas experience happen, we will work with you and your study abroad office to fulfil your goals, and meet your budget.
All our courses include resilience-building local engagement. Consider including our internship option in your program. The internship will deepen your students’ local engagement, sharpen their resume, and enhance their skills set.
Our credit-bearing internships include a wrap-around academic component in addition to the practical experience of working with a local company.
We actively partner with specific local organizations because of their commitment to building a better future through the work they do. Internship partners cover business, marketing, communications, media, PR, the arts, sports, politics, travel and tourism.
If your program goals or individual students are passionate about the needs of a local community or civic engagement, our internship network also includes organizations in the charity, NGO and public sectors.
At Big Pond we talk a lot about how our programs make a real difference to our students, our community and to the appeal of your university.
That means actively engaging your students with local people and vice versa. We intentionally design experiences with organizations and people who share this commitment.
