Sponsored International Students

The OIPS serves as the UAHuntsville contact point for students participating in exchange programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State.  Programs include Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (UGRAD) for Eurasia and Central Asia and the Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program for Eurasia, both administered by the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), and the Global UGRAD for East Asia, Pacific, and Western Hemisphere administered by World Learning.

Also in collaboration with World Learning, the OIPS oversees the FORECAST undergraduate program for students from Serbia and Montenegro.  The program is sponsored by the Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade/Office of Education of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

In the past, the OIPS has coordinated with American Councils for International Education (ACIE), IREX, World Learning, Georgetown University CIED, and the Academy for Educational Development (AED) in placing students, both graduate and undergraduate, to continue their studies at UAHuntsville. Former programs include:

As of 2009, OIPS has brought 97 sponsored students to UAHuntsville from the following countries: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Burma, China, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Georgia, Guatemala, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Panama, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia-Montenegro, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Yemen.  These students have contributed richly to diversity on the UAHuntsville campus and community, bringing the total number of countries represented by UAHuntsville students to 82 countries in 2009.

Sponsored Student Colleges and Majors