Crimea UGRAD

The Crimea Undergraduate Exchange Program (Crimea UGRAD) provides promising undergraduate students from the Autonomous Republic of Crimea opportunities for one academic year of non-degree study in a US university or community college.

UGRAD

The Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (Global UGRAD) in Eurasia and Central Asia is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State. The Global UGRAD program provides opportunities for full-time 1st-, 2nd-, 3rd-, and 4th-year undergraduate students from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan to spend one academic year of non-degree study in a US university or community college. 4th-year students must have at least one term remaining at their home institutions upon completion of the program. Participants are selected through an open, merit-based competition.

University Administration Support Program (UASP)

The International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) coordinates a competition for the University Administration Support Program (UASP) supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Muskie

The Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program (Muskie) provides opportunities for Master’s level study in the United States.

TEA

The Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA) is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, and implemented by IREX, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit organization. TEA will provide secondary school teachers from Europe and Eurasia, East Asia and the Pacific, the Near East, South and Central Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Western Hemisphere with unique opportunities to develop expertise in their subject areas, enhance their teaching skills, and increase their knowledge about the United States .

Educational Testing

The IBT versions of the TOEFL, GRE, USMLE, PMI, ICMA and other tests are offered at the Educational Testing Center.

Program Highlights

Global Libraries

Global Libraries: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has selected IREX to plan for a program to provide public access to computers and Internet in Ukraine’s public libraries.

Internet

Addressing a broad shortage of the free flow of information, the Internet Access and Training Program (IATP) is a versatile civil society-centered program that spurs community development by using access to the Internet as a tool for linking citizens to the outside world and by using information and communications technology (ICT) as a pillar to support local initiative.

UMPP

The Ukrainian Media Partnership Program (UMPP) creates and fosters long-term relationships between selected U.S. media outlets and Ukrainian media outlets. UMPP works with independent print, radio and TV media sectors in Ukraine. UMPP was launched in 2002 and funded by the Public Affairs Section, US Embassy in Ukraine.

16.04 New Round of Muskie Mentor/Advisor Exchange (MAX) Project for alumni of the Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program.

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State and IREX (International Research & Exchanges Board) are pleased to announce the Muskie Mentor/Advisor Exchange (MAX) Project for alumni of the Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program. The MAX program supports continued professional relationships between Muskie alumni and their American host advisors, supervisors, professors, and mentors. The MAX program will support a Muskie alumnus/a, working in collaboration with a host mentor or advisor, to create and implement a series of professional education workshops in the alumnus/a's home country.

16.04 Muskie Club Organizes Meeting with Young Parliament Members

Muskie Club Ukraine would like to invite you to the event: "Ukraine after 2012 Elections: First Achievements, Mistakes and Next Steps"

Meeting of Western Universities and Business-schools alumni with Young Parliamentarians organized by Muskie Club Ukraine, Ukrainian Global MBA League & Young Democracy Club

The event is supported by IREX and ARC.

04.12 Panel Discussion "Ukraine: Quo Vadis?"

Muskie Club Ukraine invites Muskie alumni to participate in panel discussion "Ukraine: Quo Vadis?"

01.11 Peace Corps Volunteers Facilitate Alumni Book Club

On Saturday, October 27, UGRAD and Muskie alumni participated in alumni book club. This time the alumni discussed a very powerful and insightful book by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Half of a Yellow Sun. The novel was awarded the 2007 Orange Prize for Fiction.

29.10 2013 Crimea UGRAD Program Now Accepting Applications

Applications are currently available for the 2013-2014 cycle of the Crimea Undergraduate Exchange Program(Crimea UGRAD). Applications, including all supporting documents, are due to the IREX office by 5 p.m. Monday, December 17, 2012.

Oleksandr Biryukov

This new alumni publication examines the Ukrainian legal system.  More

Valeriy Ryabukha (CI 2000)

The second edition of the book “Education against Drugs” has been published recently. The safety manual was supplemented and improved due to the practical experience at Chernihiv schools. The project has been supported by the Chernihiv City Council,fund “UCAN” and NGO “AHALAR” has arranged it.  More

12.09 Project Smile is now accepting applications on a Rolling Basis! Please apply now!

IREX is pleased to announce Project Smile, an initiative that aims to improve the lives of Eurasian children, the elderly or people with disabilities through alumni-driven community-based activities. The program will not only benefit under-served people, but will provide alumni with further professional development opportunities.

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