Global Undergraduate Exchange Program in Eurasia and Central Asia

The Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (Global UGRAD) in Eurasia and Central Asia is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State. The Global UGRAD program provides opportunities for full-time 1^st-, 2^nd-, 3^rd-, and 4^th-year undergraduate students from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan to spend one academic year of non-degree study in a US university or community college.  All students (including 4^th year students) must have at least one term remaining at their home institutions upon completion of the program.   Participants are selected through an open, merit-based competition.

Program Fields

• Accounting
• Agriculture
• Anthropology
• Biology
• Business
• Chemistry
• Computer Science
• Criminal Justice
• Economics
• Education
• Engineering
• Environmental Management
• Geology
• Hospitality Management
• International Relations
• Journalism and Mass Communication
• Law
• Physics
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Urban Planning
• U.S. Studies

All fellows will:

• Attend classes full-time for one academic year;
• Perform a minimum of 20 hours of community service in their host city during the first semester; and
• Complete a part-time internship during their second semester.

Students in their first-year at the time of application will live with host families or in dormitories and will be enrolled in two-year community colleges. All other students will live in dormitories at four-year colleges and universities.

The fellowship is fully funded and provides:

• J-1 Visa Support;
• Round-trip travel from fellow’s home city to host institution in the United States;
• Accident and sickness coverage;
• Tuition and mandatory university fees;
• Room and board (housing and meals);
• Small incidentals allowance;
• Limited allowance for books; and
• A wide variety of alumni networking and training opportunities.

IREX/Moldova

Blvd. Stefan cel Mare 202, 3^rd floor, block. B,

Chisinau, Moldova

Tel: 233-231, 593-612, 068096060

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