International Student Exchange Program Global UGRAD
The International Research and Exchange Board (IREX) has the honor to announce a competition for participation in the International Student Exchange Program (Global UGRAD).
The International Student Exchange Program (Global UGRAD) in Eurasia and Central Asia is a program of the Department of Educational and Cultural Programs of the U.S. Department of State. The UGRAD program provides an opportunity for 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students (enrolled in a 5-year or 6-year system) of full-time departments of higher education institutions from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan to study for 1 academic year without obtaining a degree from a university or college in the USA. All participants are selected on the basis of an open competition.
Specialties:• Accounting
• Agriculture
• Anthropology
• Biology
• Business
• Chemistry
• Information technology
• Criminal law
• Economy
• Education
• Engineering
• Natural resource management
• Geology
• Management in the field of service and tourism
• International relations
• Journalism
• Mass communications
• Law
• Physics
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Urban planning
• American Studies
• Other specialties may also be consideredAll participants of the program:
• Complete full-time studies at a university and college in the USA for one academic year;
• During the first semester, they will devote 20 or more hours to volunteer work in the host city in the United States;
• During the second semester, they will undergo a professional internship.
Students who are enrolled in the 1st year at the time of application will live in host families or in dormitories and study at two-year colleges. Students enrolled in the 2nd and 3rd courses at the time of application will live in dormitories and study at four-year colleges or universities.
The program provides full funding and offers:• Support in obtaining an American J-1 visa
• Payment for travel from your hometown to the host university in the USA and back
• Partial health insurance
• Tuition fees in the USA
• Payment for accommodation and meals in the USA
• Monthly scholarship
• Funds for the purchase of educational literature
• Intensive English language courses in your home country before starting the program (if necessary)
• Wide opportunities for professional growth for graduates of the program
The deadline for submitting applications for participation in the program is December 10, 2008.
For more information about the program, please contact the IREX Moscow office by phone: (495) 234-0144, 956-0978, e-mail: ugrad@irex.ru .
Information about the program, the competition and the application procedure is available here.
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