Each year students from Northern Ireland spend their junior year studying at Presbyterian, Catholic and United Methodist colleges in the United States through Study USA.

Sponsored by the Government of Northern Ireland’s Department for Employment and Learning, Study USA enables students to develop business and management skills and expand their awareness of the world outside of Northern Ireland.

Study USA was one result of U.S. Presbyterians and Catholics becoming involved in the Northern Ireland peace process in the early 1990s. In 1994, 19 students came to the United States to study at 11 Presbyterian colleges, which agreed to waive their tuition. Today a majority of APCU colleges want to host students from Northern Ireland through Study USA.

U.S. students attending colleges that participate in Study USA can study in Northern Ireland through the Irish American Scholars program.