Global Undergraduate Exchange Program in USA from World Learning
Applicant criteria
- 18 - 60
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
World learning offers a global undergraduate exchange program in the USA. Global UGRAD is open to all academic fields of study and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, or disability. Finalists will be selected on the basis of academic excellence, leadership potential, and their preparedness for study in the U.S.
Benefits
- You will have a fulfilling exchange experience to drive academic, cross-cultural, and leadership competencies.
- You will enhance your academic knowledge and professional skills needed to pursue long-term academic and career goals.
- This opportunity will cultivate your comprehensive and nuanced understanding of the U.S.
- This opportunity will facilitate opportunities for students to establish social networks with U.S. host institutions and local communities.
- You will be empowered to engage constructively in the civic life of your local and global communities.
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Eligibility criteria
You must:
- Be over 18 years of age.
- Be a citizen of a Global UGRAD participating country, currently residing in that country.
- Enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student in good standing at any accredited university, public or private, and has at least one semester remaining at your home university at the conclusion of the Global UGRAD program.
- Completed secondary education in your home country.
- A solid command of written and spoken English.
- Be able to begin studies in the U.S. in August 2023 or January 2024.
- Be eligible to receive and maintain the U.S. student exchange visa (J-1).
- Committed to returning to your home country after the completion of the program.
Individuals in the following circumstances are not eligible for the Global UGRAD Program:
- U.S. citizens and permanent residents of the U.S.
- Individuals currently studying, residing, or working outside of their home country.
- Local employees of the U.S. missions abroad who work for the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); employees are also ineligible for one year following the termination of employment.
- Immediate family members (i.e. spouses and children) of U.S. Department of State and USAID employees; family members are also ineligible for one year following the termination of employment.
- Current World Learning employees and their immediate family members.
About World Learning:
For more than 90 years, World Learning has equipped individuals and institutions to address the world’s most pressing problems. It believes that by working together with its partners, it can change this world for the better.
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