Global UGRAD offers a one-semester scholarship to outstanding undergraduate students from around the world. During this semester, students can study and engage in community service, professional development and cultural enrichment in the United States.
More than 2,500 students have received the scholarship since 2008. Participants leave the U.S. with the tools a true leader needs. Graduates of the program receive Fulbright grants, participate in prestigious international internships, and work in business and government in their home countries.
Students in all undergraduate programs are eligible to apply. Race, color, gender, religion, and disability are not a consideration in the admissions process. Candidates are selected on the basis of academic performance, leadership potential, and readiness to study in the United States.
Seventy different colleges and universities in the United States participate in the program; a participant cannot choose a university.
Benefits
The program is fully funded by the organizers, including:
international flight from home to the host university in the U.S,
Study and housing in the USA,
pre-departure orientation from your home country,
online orientation upon arrival in the US,
a seminar at the end of the program.
Requirements:
- Student must be 18 years of age or older;
- Applications from citizens of the following countries are accepted: Algeria, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Oman, Palestinian Territories, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam and Zimbabwe.
- Candidates must have completed high school education in their home country;
- Good English proficiency is required;
- begin studying in the U.S. in August 2022 or January 2023;
- ability to obtain a J-1 visa;
- have a physician’s permission to participate in the program;
- return home at the end of the program.
Not eligible to participate in the program are:
U.S. citizens and permanent residents;
Applicants who are currently studying, living or working outside their home country;
Local employees on U.S. missions abroad who are employed by the U.S. Department of State and/or the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Former employees may not participate for 1 year after termination of employment.
