Global Undergraduate Exchange Program 2008-2009

The Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (UGRAD) is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State and administered by IREX. UGRAD provides opportunities for current first, second, and third* year undergraduate students (*in five-year programs) 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. Participants are selected through an open, merit-based competition.

All fellows:

• 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. Students in their second or third year at the time of application will live in dormitories at four-year colleges and universities.

The fellowship is fully funded.

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