Eligibility

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Preclinical junior medical and dental students and select health sciences graduate, premedical undergraduate college, public health and pharmacy students enrolled at the listed partner schools are eligible for participation. Students must be in good academic standing. No other foreign language proficiency the than English is required and conversations are held in English (unless students decide otherwise). There are no credits or grades given for participation in this program. The program is free of charge (no tuition) and is a voluntary activity but active participation in the program is requested.

 

Students are expected to submit a consent form prior to participation of the program questionnaires to respond to a short feedback (ICE questionnaire) after parts 1, 2 and 3.

 

Fall/Winter ICEP Program

The fall/winter program is a 4-part program and extends over 2 semesters:

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Part 1 - online small group work, monthly - October to May; minimum once a month

Part 2 - online large group global "meet and greet" monthly meetings for social networking, games, student debates and faculty lectures - October to May, weekends only

Part 3 - online large group international student conferences - early March, one weekend

Part 4 - 

• optional international student research exchange travel (summer; short-term 2-3 months) - June through October (exception: University of Sydney travels November to December) * not offered in 2025

• optional online and in-person student research placement (long-term up to 12 months for dissertation or thesis or scholarly research projects) - start dates vary

• continuation into virtual summer program (see "ICE summer program")

• short-term immersion travels academic immersion travel - AIT(as part of an international student conference)

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Students can participate in part 1 (small group work, via videoconferences), part 2 (large international student videoconferences) and part 3 (student conferences) without participating in part 4.

Participation in parts 1-3 is considered a prerequisite for part 3 (i.e., international student travel and research lab placement).

Travels for Columbia MD-PhD students will only take place during their PhD lab research time and only if the PI approves. 

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Commitment:  minimum of 25 hours (spread over 2 semesters) time commitment is desired for part 1 and 2, and a 3-4 hours time commitment is expected for part 3. Part 4 (i.e., research internship abroad or student research online) is typically 8-12 weeks in duration.  The program is not a lab placement exchange program but focuses on the international networking component. Therefore, if students travel we expect that they meet with their peers for social activities while visiting and when they receive visitors.

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Students remain connected to the large group via Instagram, and LinkedIn (see our media tab for details). Students should join our LinkedIn group for long-term networking with all current and past ICE program participants. Join here.

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Registration for the fall/winter program

Interested in signing up?

Please sign up here. Registration is open from August to October.

More details will be shared after start of the program under "Program Details".

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Consent-  Participation in the program and in the questionnaires is voluntary.

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