Caitlin Balthrop, a civil and environmental engineering major, is seen here above an Ethiopian valley. She went to the African country as part of a team to study a key watershed.

From Germany to Ethiopia to China: Tech's classrooms

More and more Tech students are looking to places beyond the Main Quad and Dixie Avenue — places such as Germany’s Cathedral of Aachen; Ethiopia’s cool, rainy highlands; and China’s Forbidden City — to define their college experience.

Hundreds of students travel through the university’s burgeoning study abroad program, while others take advantage of internship or research opportunities. >>