Amazing exchange opportunities to the USA & Mexico Civil Society* and Sustainable Community Development Winter Semester 2014
Amazing exchange opportunities to the USA & Mexico Civil Society* and Sustainable Community Development Winter Semester 2014
Are you passionate about sustainable community development and issues related to civil society? Would you like the opportunity to study abroad this coming winter? Take graduate courses in this field and volunteer in a local nonprofit organization? Earn credits towards your degree?
Pay NO international tuition fees? Experience a different country and culture? Study abroad for 1 semester? Receive a financial stipend of $3,500?
If so this might be the exchange program you have been hoping for!
Application Deadline is July 9th 2013
*Civil Society organizations are also referred to as nonprofits, not-for-profit, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), charitable organizations, third sector or the voluntary sector depending on the country and the context.
What other exchange students have shared…
“This opportunity meant visiting a new country, taking high quality courses that improved my professional and academic life, meeting interesting people, and above all the invaluable opportunity of enriching my life with new experiences and with new friends.”
“The exchange program was an incredible experience.”
“The experience was enlightening, rich and very informative; I say this because of the research I performed, the people I met, and all the things I learned in life and academically.”
“My exchange in New York City not only provided me with unique and valuable knowledge and hands on experience, it also exposed me to life in a new country and a big city, meaningful friendships, personal growth and much more. Overall my exchange was a fantastic, once in a lifetime, experience that I will never forget.”
“Going to Baruch was one of the best experiences in my life. I met professors and students who are very involved in the Non-Profit Sector and they gave me a bigger perspective”
Participating Universities
- Baruch College, City University of New York (January-April 2014)
- Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico (January-May 2014 Semester)*
- Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico (January-May 2014 Semester)*
- Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Mexico (January-May 2014 Semester)*
- University of South Florida, USA (January-May 2014 Semester)
* If you wish to study in Mexico you will be required to have an intermediate language level or higher in Spanish*.
Please note that this HRSDC sponsored program will be finishing in summer 2014. This will be one of the last opportunities for exchange before funding ends.
To find out further information on eligibility:
Application: Click the word document icon below.
For more information, please contact Sandra Jones at sandra.jones@carleton.ca.