Great Study Opportunity in the US for Armenian Citizens

In the next month or two we will begin recruiting for a few of our programs that send citizens from Armenia (as well as other countries) to the US. If you know of any Armenians from Armenia who may be interested in the below programs, please tell them of this great opportunity:

Global Undergraduate Exchange Program - provides opportunities for current first, second, and third 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. Participants are selected through an open, merit-based competition. Details of recruitment will become available on our web site in the next month or two. Interested persons should check on http://www.irex.am/eng/programs/ugrad/index.html regularly.

Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program - The program provides opportunities for graduate students and professionals from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan for one-year non-degree, one-year degree or two-year degree study in the United States. Anticipated fields of study for the Muskie Program are: business administration, economics, education, environmental management, international affairs, journalism and mass communication, law, library and information science, public administration, public health, and public policy. Interested persons should check on http://www.irex.am/eng/programs/muskie/index.html regularly.

Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program - This program provides secondary-school teachers from Eurasia, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Western Hemisphere with unique opportunities to develop expertise in their subject areas, enhance their teaching skills, and increase their knowledge about the United States. The schoolteachers travel to the United States to participate in a six-week professional development program at a US university. Interested persons should check on http://www.irex.am/eng/programs/tea/index.html regularly.

Note that the abovementioned are all programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State and are fully financed. Competition for each program is completely open, merit based.