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The student programs raise awareness on campuses of health care challenges in the developing world. Engineering World Health provides campuses with support and advice for members who wish to evaluate and repair medical equipment donated to developing world hospitals, design appropriate technologies, and the ability to join in the invaluable experience of traveling to developing countries to provide engineering support to local hospitals and schools. The EWH Design Competition is available exclusively to chapter members. Currently, EWH is working to expand their [http://www.ewh.org/programs/summer-institute Summer Institute]. The Summer Institute is a two month study abroad program that places students within hospitals in the developing world.  After four weeks of language and technical training, students will spend four weeks working as biomedical equipment technicians. This life-changing experience is becomming available to more students because EWH is implementing programs in more countries and connecting with more universities.