ISU engineering students will have the opportunity to tour more than 15 countries in just one evening.

The Engineering International Programs staff is holding a “Tour the World”information fair from 5:30 — 7 p.m. Wednesday on the first and second floors of Marston Hall. The fair will feature booths representing different study abroad programs from countries including Australia, Ireland and Turkey.

“Tour the World is a one-stop shop,” said Shannon Miner, program coordinator for engineering undergraduate programs.

Miner said there will be students who have studied abroad, international students currently on exchange and program faculty members on hand to provide information about the different exchange opportunities.

“The College of Engineering has set the goal that 33 percent of graduates of the college will have an international experience,” Miner said. “We’re not quite there yet, but the number has been increasing.”

70 engineering students studied abroad last summer, she said.

Corey Yearous, senior in electrical engineering, studied and interned with John Deere in Mannheim, Germany over the summer.

“It was neat to see how engineering is done differently in different countries,” she said.

Yearous, who had also previously interned stateside with John Deere, said the international working experience was very beneficial.

“Most engineering companies are international and having that international experience is good to have before [students] get into the workplace,” Yearous said.

Kristi Schipull, junior in materials engineering, has studied abroad in both England and Singapore.

“I learned so much about the different cultures and it gave me a whole new perspective on things,” Schipull said. “I learned about engineering from a global perspective.”

Schipull helped plan Tour the World and said there is also a financial benefit to traveling abroad while attending college.

“You can never travel cheaper than when you’re in college,” Schipull said.

Yearous said students who have studied abroad haven’t had any regrets.

“We’ve never had anyone come back who said they wished they hadn’t gone. Instead they say they want to go again,” she said. “It’s kind of an addiction.”