Academic and Professional Exchanges

Overview

Academic Exchanges

As an established leader in international education, World Learning believes in providing opportunities for higher education to as many people as possible. Through World Learning’s Capacity Building Services, both undergraduate and graduate students can continue their education outside of their home country.

World Learning partners with colleges and universities worldwide to provide academic degree and exchange programs for international students. Students come to the US for a variety of programs, including undergraduate degrees, one-year exchanges, graduate degrees, and doctoral programs.

World Learning has established relationships with a range of universities and schools – large, small, public, private, community colleges, minority institutions – in all 50 states. Many of these relationships are the result of our deep connections through both SIT Study Abroad and the SIT Graduate Institute.

Featured Project: Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (UGRAD)

This State Department program provides academic exchange opportunities for undergraduate students from Asia and the Pacific and the Western Hemisphere, with a focus on community service, practical internships, and cultural enrichment activities. World Learning is looking for academic institutions to host undergraduate students for either one semester or one-year programs.

Read more about the Global UGRAD Program...

Professional Exchanges

In 2005, World Learning was awarded a five-year contract to manage the USAID Community Connections Program. The Community Connections Program is designed to promote public diplomacy via exchanges of entrepreneurs, local government officials, legal professionals, non-governmental organization leaders, and other professionals. Participants come from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

Every participant stays with an American family while visiting and receives professional training and exposure to the American free market. Over time, the program is designed to encourage public-private partnerships in Europe/Eurasia and create more robust links between American and European/Eurasian regions and communities.

Read more about the Community Connections Program.