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SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDY AT U.S. UNIVERSITIES:
GLOBAL UNDERGRADUATE EXCHANGE PROGRAM
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The Global Undergraduate Exchange Program provides scholarships enabling outstanding undergraduate students to study at American two- and four-year educational institutions for one semester or one academic year.
For the academic year 2008-09, the program will place approximately 90 students from countries in Asia at U.S. colleges and universities. Up to 10 scholarships are available for Vietnamese students. Scholarships are for either one academic-year (approximately 10 months) or one semester (approximately five months). The length of the scholarship award will depend upon the student applicants interests and availability, as well as placement options and availability of funds. In addition, participants will be eligible for two to four weeks of intensive English language instruction in the United States prior to the start of the academic portion of their program.
All Global Undergraduate Program participants will be enrolled full-time in undergraduate course work chosen from the host institutions existing curriculum to allow them ample opportunity for ongoing interaction with U.S. faculty and student peers, and for exposure to U.S. academic and classroom culture. To ensure that students succeed in their new academic environments, host institutions will offer tailored instruction on topics including academic research and writing, critical thinking, time management, note-taking, and studying for and taking tests. Participants will live on-campus with American peers.
Students will be provided with opportunities to participate in up to ten hours of community service activities per semester. Additionally, an internship component will be offered to all academic-year participants during the academic component of the program. Internships will be related to each participants field of study and/or career plans.
Participants in this program must return to Vietnam upon completion of the program, and may not stay on for degree study in the United States.
WHO CAN APPLY?
Scholarships will be granted to students who currently are enrolled in an
undergraduate degree program in Vietnam, and who have completed their first, second, or third year of undergraduate study.Candidates should be highly motivated non-elite or less-privileged undergraduate students from colleges, universities and other institutions of higher education in Vietnam, who demonstrate leadership through academic work, community involvement, and extracurricular activities.
ELIGIBLE FIELDS OF STUDY
Scholarships will be available in all academic fields of study.
APPLICATION
An application package must include:
application form (download here)
three letters of reference
official transcripts for undergraduate study (with notarized English translation)
official results of high school leaving exam (with notarized English translation)
a minimum TOEFL score report of 500.
a photocopy of the photo/data info page of current Passport
Applications deadline: 5:00PM, January 8, 2008Applications should be sent by postal mail or hand-delivered to the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi or the U.S. Consulate in Ho Chi Minh
For more information, please contact:
The U.S. Embassy in Hanoi - email:
NguyenHT4@state.gov ***************
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