Want to Study in the USA? Consider the Fulbright Program for Foreign Students

So Many Options – So Many Countries – This is a great scholarship opportunity – there are just so many options that I cannot list them all. My advice, go to the Fulbright website (links below) and check and see what options are available for your specific country. Samuel

The Fulbright Foreign Student Program enables graduate students, young professionals and artists from abroad to study and conduct research in the United States

Scholarship Overview

• Awards approximately 1,800 student grants to non-U.S. nationals to study in the United States annually and there are approximately 3,200 new and continuing student fellows are currently in the United States on Fulbright grants.
• Scholars are chosen for their leadership potential—with the opportunity to observe each political, economic and cultural institutions, exchange ideas, and embark on joint ventures of importance to the general welfare of the world’s inhabitants.
• Receives primary funding through an annual appropriation from Congress to the United States Department of State. Participating governments and host institutions in foreign countries, and in the United States, also make significant financial contributions through cost-sharing and indirect support, e.g., through salary supplements, tuition waivers, and university housing.

Host School(s)

• Institutions in the United States

Field(s) of Study

• Unlimited

What does the scholarship cover?           

• The Fulbright program provides funding for the duration of the study.
• The grant also funds tuition, textbooks, airfare, a living stipend, and health insurance.

How many scholarships are given?

• Approximately 4,000 foreign students receive Fulbright scholarships each year.

Which countries are targeted?

Africa

Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Comoros Congo (Brazzaville) Congo (DRC-Kinshasa) Ethiopia Ghana Guinea

IIE Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mozambique Namibia

Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Togo Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

East Asia and Pacific

Australia Brunei Burma (Myanmar) Cambodia China Fiji Hong Kong Indonesia Japan

Kiribati Korea, South Laos Malaysia Mongolia Nauru New Zealand Papua New Guinea Philippines

Singapore Solomon Islands Taiwan Thailand Timor-Leste Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Vietnam

Middle East and North Africa

Algeria Bahrain Egypt Iraq Israel Jordan Lebanon Libya Morocco Oman Saudi Arabia Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates West Bank/Gaza Yemen

South and Central Asia

Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan India Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka

Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

The Americas

Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad & Tobago Uruguay Venezuela

Europe and Eurasia

Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovak Republic Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom

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Am I Eligible to Apply?

• Program eligibility and selection procedures vary widely by country.
• See Below to check your home country’s requirements.

How to I Apply – Next Steps

• Application guidelines vary from country to country.
• The Fulbright Program for Foreign Students is administered by binational Fulbright Commissions/Foundations or U.S. Embassies.
• All Foreign Student Program applications are processed by these offices.

Closing Date

• Application guidelines vary from country to country.
• See Below to check your home country’s requirements and application deadline.

How do I get more information?

• Eligibility, Next Steps and Closing Date – http://foreign.fulbrightonline.org/about/fulbright-flta/flta-eligibility-program-design
• Website: http://foreign.fulbrightonline.org
• For scholarship/financial inquiries, please contact your local embassy or Fulbright Commission.

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