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The document announces the Fulbright Foreign Student Program which provides grants for citizens of Rwanda to pursue Master's degrees in the US. Applicants must have a bachelor's degree or equivalent, strong English skills, outstanding academic records, and commit to working in Rwanda after completing the program. Selected candidates will receive funding for tuition, travel, living expenses, and health insurance while studying in the US for up to two years. Some candidates with lower English scores may first complete an English training program before beginning their degree studies.
The document announces the Fulbright Foreign Student Program which provides grants for citizens of Rwanda to pursue Master's degrees in the US. Applicants must have a bachelor's degree or equivalent, strong English skills, outstanding academic records, and commit to working in Rwanda after completing the program. Selected candidates will receive funding for tuition, travel, living expenses, and health insurance while studying in the US for up to two years. Some candidates with lower English scores may first complete an English training program before beginning their degree studies.
The document announces the Fulbright Foreign Student Program which provides grants for citizens of Rwanda to pursue Master's degrees in the US. Applicants must have a bachelor's degree or equivalent, strong English skills, outstanding academic records, and commit to working in Rwanda after completing the program. Selected candidates will receive funding for tuition, travel, living expenses, and health insurance while studying in the US for up to two years. Some candidates with lower English scores may first complete an English training program before beginning their degree studies.
Fulbright Foreign Student Program Applicants should have a sufficient
level of English proficiency to enable
The U.S. Embassy in Kigali, Rwanda is them to engage in full-time graduate Fulbright pleased to announce the annual competition level study in the United States. for the Fulbright Foreign Student Program, the Foreign Student Program largest Fulbright program, designed primarily Applicants must meet the minimum to strengthen African universities through scores on required standardized tests. higher degree training (Master’s degree). The ideal TOEFL score is 100 or Academic Year 2020-2021 above for Internet Based test or the Although core Fulbright Exchanges are with Call for Applications universities, candidates who are affiliated with equivalent in other test forms. For other educational, cultural, or professional GRE, applicants must at or above the institutions may also apply. fiftieth percentile in either section.
Eligibility Requirements: Applicants must have outstanding
academic records, references and Applicants should be affiliated with an preparation in their chosen fields. academic or professional institution in U.S. EMBASSY KIGALI Rwanda and committed to work in their Applicants must demonstrate serious home institutions upon completion of the commitment to completing the designated program; program and returning home. Public Affairs Section #2657 Avenue de la Gendarmerie Nominees must have at least the Applicants must be citizens or P.O. Box 28 Kigali equivalent of four (4) years of nationals of Rwanda and reside in RWANDA university study and the equivalent of Rwanda. Tel: 250-252-596-400 a U.S. bachelor’s degree. Nominees E-mail: KigaliFulbright@state.gov that have three (3) years of tertiary Preference will be given to applicants study should have the equivalent of who have not previously studied in thirteen (13) years of primary and the United States. secondary school and their undergraduate degree should allow Applicants with no extensive or them to be eligible to pursue higher recent U.S. experience will be given education in their home country. preference. Please note that final equivalency decisions will be determined by each Qualified women are encouraged to U.S. university and not all institutions apply. will accept a three (3) year undergraduate degrees. Qualified candidates living with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Application and Selection Process available to begin their LTE training in placement. This program does NOT provide January 2020. financial support for dependent spouses or Interested parties must submit an online children. application at https://apply.iie.org/ffsp2020 On successful completion of their language before April 1, 2019. Applications submitted training and admission to an appropriate Questions about the Fulbright Foreign Student by hard copy, by email, or after the deadline university academic program, grantees will be Program can be addressed to U.S. Embassy will not be considered. admitted into the Fulbright Foreign Student Kigali by email at KigaliFulbright@state.gov. Program to pursue their degrees within the Short-listed candidates will be invited for an guidelines of the J. William Fulbright in-person interview at the Embassy that will Scholarship Board. Candidates who are not determine semi-finalists. successful in gaining degree admission upon completion of the English training program Testing will return home with an English language certificate. All semi-finalists, both principal and alternates, will be required to take TOEFL and Grant Provisions GRE tests. The U.S. Embassy will provide guidance on when and how to register for Fulbright Foreign Student Program grants tests. provide:
Fulbright Selection is a Year-Long Process Round-trip economy international
travel and excess-baggage allowance; After national selection, independent An allowance for settling in; committees review final nominations in the A pre-academic orientation program; United States. These review committees make A monthly maintenance allowance recommendations to the J. William Fulbright and funding for books and Foreign Scholarship Board. The Institution of professional activities; International Education (IIE) will seek Tuition and university fees; university placement of successful candidates. Limited accident and sickness Final announcements of awards and university insurance (does not include pre- placement are made in spring for programs existing conditions and pregnancy); beginning in autumn. Program required field trips; Academic training. Long-Term English Training (LTE) Fulbright Foreign Student Program will fund In special cases, very competitive applicants candidates selected for the degree study for a with low TOEFL scores can be recommended maximum of two years. All awards are for a Long-Term English Training (LTE) pre- contingent upon approval by the J. William academic program. Their TOEFL score must Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, be in the range of 61-76, and they must be availability of funds, and successful academic