Study Abroad

Office for Study Abroad

UI students can participate in programs sponsored by the University of Iowa or in programs sponsored by other U.S. or foreign institutions. Details can be found at the Office for Study Abroad website.

Fellowships for Language Study

Fellowships for Language Study in Central Asia, South Caucasus, Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova.

Graduate students and advanced undergraduates are eligible for full and partial fellowships to study on the American Councils for International Education Eurasian Regional Language Program. The program provides participants the unique opportunity to study virtually any of the languages of the former Soviet Union in an overseas immersion setting.

Recent program participants have studied:

Azeri at Western University in Baku
Georgian and Chechen at Tblisi State University
Kazakh at the Kazakh State University of International Relations and World Languages in Almaty
Ukrainian at the Taras Shevchenko National University in Kiev
Tajik and Persian at Dushanbe State University
Uzbek at the Alisher Navoi Language Institute in Tashkent
Kyrgyz at Arabaev University in Bishkek

Also available are programs in Armenian, Belarussian, Buryat, Dari, Tatar, Turkmen, and Yakut. (Students seeking to study languages not listed here should contact the American Councils outbound office at 202-833-7522).

Academic programs are tailored to the individual student's language level, and provide approximately 20 hours per week of in-class instruction in the target language. Courses in history, literature, and politics are also available for advanced speakers.

Participants are registered for credit at Bryn Mawr College. Graduate students receive the equivalent of 15 academic hours for one semester; 30 for the academic year, and 10 for the summer program. Undergraduate students receive the equivalent of 16 academic hours for one semester, 32 for the academic year, and 8 for the summer program.

Students with at least two years of college-level instruction in Russian or the host-country language are eligible to apply to the program.

Undergraduate and graduate students seeking financial assistance for the program are automatically considered for Department of State and Department of Education fellowships upon submission of CSS profile forms and other application materials.

Application Deadlines

Spring Semester: October 15;
Fall Semester/Academic Year Program: April 1;
Summer Program: March 1

Outbound Programs
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 833-7522
outbound@americancouncils.org

Fellowships for Undergraduate Students

Fellowships for Undergraduate Students to Study Russian in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Vladimir

Undergraduate students with an interest in teaching are eligible for Department of Education fellowships to study Russian language in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Vladimir on the American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS semester, academic year and summer programs. Awards typically range from two to fifteen thousand dollars; they are made on the basis of need and merit.

American Councils has administered intensive Russian language study programs in immersion settings for American undergraduates and graduate students since 1976, serving more than five thousand students and faculty. The Russian Language and Area Studies Program provides approximately twenty hours per week of in-class instruction in Russian grammar, phonetics, conversation, and cultural studies at Moscow International University, the Russian State Pedagogical University (Gertsen Institute) in St. Petersburg; and the KORA Russian Language Center in Vladimir.

During the academic year, students may participate in unpaid internships at local public schools, charities, and international businesses, depending on language level and interests. Students are also offered the chance to meet for two hours per week with tutors recruited from the department of Russian as a Foreign Language at their host universities (in Vladimir, peer tutors come from the Vladimir State University).

Participants are registered for academic credit at Bryn Mawr College. Undergraduate students receive the equivalent of 16 academic hours for one semester, 32 for the academic year, and 8 for the summer program.

Fellowship applicants must submit a CSS profile form and a completed program application. In their statements of purpose, applicants should describe their interests in teaching and/or the education field.

Application Deadlines

Spring Semester: October 15;
Fall/Academic Year Program: April 1;
Summer Program, March 1.

Contact

For more information and an application contact:

Outbound Programs
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 833-7522
outbound@americancouncils.org

Fellowships for Graduate Students

Fellowships for Graduate Students to Study Russian in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Vladimir

Graduate students are eligible for Title VIII State Department fellowships to study Russian language in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Vladimir on the American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS semester, academic year and summer programs. Awards typically range from two to fifteen thousand dollars; they are made on the basis of need and merit.

American Councils has administered intensive Russian language study programs in immersion settings for American undergraduates and graduate students since 1976, serving more than five thousand students and faculty. The Russian Language and Area Studies Program provides approximately twenty hours per week of in-class instruction in Russian grammar, phonetics, conversation, and cultural studies at Moscow International University, and at the Russian State Pedagogical University (Gertsen Institute) in St. Petersburg. The KORA Center for Russian Language hosts the Vladimir program.

A full-time resident director oversees the academic and cultural programs and assists participants in academic, administrative, and personal matters. Students may live with Russian host families or in university dormitories in Moscow and St. Petersburg; all students in Vladimir live with host families. Full time home-stay coordinators in each city arrange host family placements and assist participants with host family issues. During the academic year, students may participate in unpaid internships at local public schools, charities, and international businesses, depending on language level and interests. Students are also offered the chance to meet for two hours per week with tutors recruited from the department of Russian as a Foreign Language at their host universities (in Vladimir, peer tutors come from the Vladimir State University).

Academic year students may choose to conduct independent research during the spring semester. Students are assigned an advisor from their Russian university faculty to oversee their research projects. In recent years, graduate students have used this part of the program to complete extensive work on MA theses and Ph.D. dissertations.

Participants are registered for academic credit at Bryn Mawr College. Graduate students receive the equivalent of 15 academic hours for one semester, 30 for the academic year, and 10 for the summer program.

Application Deadlines

Spring Semester: October 15;
Fall/Academic Year Program: April 1;
Summer Program, March 1.

Contact

For more information and an application contact:

Outbound Programs
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 833-7522
outbound@americancouncils.org