This is a friendly reminder that the application deadline for study abroad with AC is March 15, 2023. Prospective participants are encouraged to apply to the following programs:
Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program, currently offered at:
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU) in Almaty, Kazakhstan
Yerevan State University in Yerevan, Armenia
Balkan Language Initiative, which offers the following languages and locations:
Albanian in Tirana, Albania
Bosnian in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bulgarian in Sofia, Bulgaria
Macedonian in Skopje, North Macedonia
Serbian in Belgrade, Serbia
Montenegrin and Serbian in Podgorica, Montenegro
Eurasian Regional Language Program, offering 15 different languages, including:
Kazakh in Almaty, Kazakhstan
Azerbaijani and Turkish in Baku, Azerbaijan
Kyrgyz in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Romanian and Ukrainian in Chisinau, Moldova
Pashto, Persian (Dari/Farsi/Tajiki), and Uzbek in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Chechen, Georgian, and Ukrainian in Tbilisi, Georgia
Armenian in Yerevan, Armenia
Program participants live with host families, meet with conversation partners for up to two hours per week, and go on weekly excursions to aid cultural integration and support academic learning. All activities are conducted in the target language to foster greater language gains.
Participants receive between 15 and 20 hours of instruction in small classes each week, 16 undergraduate/15 graduate credit hours for semester programming from Bryn Mawr College upon successful completion.
Generous financial aid is available through the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Education, and several American Councils Scholarships, including the Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship and the Dan E. Davidson Scholarship for advanced language students. To learn more, please visit our Financial Aid page.
If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at mshelton@americancouncils.org.
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