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03, Jul, 2009

Study in European countries: national/university websites for foreign students

Study in other countries: national websites for foreign students

Scholarship/Foundation – sites:

  • Free scholarship search
    Free scholarship search about 600.000 scholarships, most for USA
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  • Universities of the Coimbra Group
    offer short-term visits (Abo Akademi, Bergen, Bologna, Bristol, Coimbra, Geneve, Göttingen, Granada, Graz, Heidelberg, Jena, Leuven, Pavia, Salamanca, Siena, Turku) for younger academics, for research. Applicants should be current or recent staff members of a university or an equivalent higher education institution, and, in most cases, should be of postdoctoral or equivalent status.
  • Scholarland
    This web site aims to assist postgraduate students from former socialist countries to identify funding sources for education and research.
  • Rotary International Foundation
    Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. Different fellowships available for international students to study abroad.
  • Ford Foundation (USA)
    The Ford Foundation is a resource for innovative people and institutions worldwide. Our goals are to: Strengthen democratic values, Reduce poverty and injustice, Promote international cooperation and Advance human achievement.
  • The Mustard Seed Foundation (USA)
    The Mustard Seed Foundation is a Christian family foundation, which provides grants to churches and Christian organizations worldwide. In addition, it provides scholarships to Christians pursuing advanced education. The Foundation accepts grant applications from churches representing Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox traditions.
  • Zonta International (USA)
    Zonta International, through its Foundation, supports international service projects and educational fellowships to improve the quality of life for women.
  • Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships (USA)
    AFPF is an American NGO that gives developing-world journalists the opportunity to work as reporters at American newspapers. The program, which runs from March to September, is offered annually to approximately 10 professional print journalists between the ages of 25 and 35.
  • CEP’s Fellowship Programs (USA)
    Local Faculty Fellowship (LFF) Program
  • CEEPUS (Austria)
    The Central European Exchange Program for University Studies provides scholarships for academic mobility between the countries Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro, Czech Republic and Hungary.
  • Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Germany)
    Konrad Adenauer Foundation offices work on more than 300 projects in over 120 countries. In central and eastern Europe, the Foundation has put special emphasis on free media, political parties in a democratic state, local self-governance, legislation, youth, and politics. The foundation provides various scholarships.Local Offices in: Beograd, Bukarest, Sarajevo, Skopje, Sofia, Zagreb
  • Chevening Scholarship (UK)
    It currently provides around 2,300 new scholarships each year for postgraduate studies or research at UK Institutions of Higher Education.
  • British Scholarship Trust (UK)
    The British Scholarship Trust for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro is a charity which awards scholarships to postgraduate students in order to pursue specialist studies in the United Kingdom. The Trust is able to allocate between 10-15 stipends each year.
  • Alexander Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (Greece)
    Greek Foundation which provides scholarships for Hellenes and foreigners
  • Ministry of Education State – Scholarship (Turkey)
    This scholarship is given to undergraduate and graduate students who are citizens of the Turkish Republics and Turkish originated countries (in SEE: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Moldova).
  • Bridges for Education (USA)
    The purpose of Bridges for Education is to promote tolerance and understanding through teaching English. BFE has organized 74 camps. Camps 2005 are planned in Belarus, Bulgaria, Estonia, Romania and China.
  • The Institute for Humane Studies (USA)
    Each year IHS awards over $400,000 in scholarships to students from universities around the world. IHS also sponsors the attendance of hundreds of students at its summer seminars and provides various forms of career assistance.
  • Foundation for the Future (USA)
    The Foundation for the Future manages a number of programs designed to further its goal of understanding the factors affecting the quality of life for the future of humanity.
  • The Gates Cambridge Scholarship (UK)
    The Gates Cambridge Trust intends to offer a substantial number of awards annually, which will cover the costs of studying at Cambridge.
  • New Europe College Fellowship (Romania)
    Targeted are researchers and academics from Southeast Europe (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, and Turkey), who are in the final stage of completing a Ph.D. program or who already have the Ph.D. title.
  • The Getty Grant Program (USA)
    The Postdoctoral Fellowships in 2005-2006 are designed for scholars of all nationalities whose doctoral degrees in art history have been or will be officially conferred between January 1, 1999, and January 1, 2005.
  • KAAD (Germany)
    The Catholic Academic Exchange Service is the scholarship institution of the German Catholic Church for post-graduate students and scientists from countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Near and Middle East, as well as Eastern and Southeast Europe. The KAAD supports its scholars in form of scholarships and educational programs.

HE related organizations:

UN – Sites:

· UNESCO
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization

· European Center for Higher Education
The activities of UNESCO-CEPES are focused on higher education in Central and Eastern Europe.

EU – Sites:

· Council of Europe
Education for Europe: various projects, conventions, declarations, conferences

· European University Association EUA
Representative organization of both the European universities and the national rectors' conferences, is the main voice of the Higher Education community in Europe; various publications about national university-systems.

· European Training Foundation
ETF supports the candidate countries, Southeast Europe, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Mediterranean regionPhare, CARDS, Tacis and MEDAEuropean Commission. to reform their vocational education and training systems mainly through the EC Programs. ETF works on behalf of the European Union institutions, particularly the

· Eurydice
Information network on education in Europe

· Ploteus
Is a Portal on Learning Opportunities throughout the European Space, which helps you to find out about education and training available throughout Europe. PLOTEUS is a service of the European Commission

Soros – Sites:

· Soros foundation network programs


· The Internet Training and Information Resource pages
International Policy Fellowships - Budapest

 

  • SUS BiH
    World University Service Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • WUS Austria
    World University Service Austria: with local offices in Beograd, Podgorica (Serbia and Montenegro), Banja Luka, Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Prishtina (Kosovo).
  • Agency for Development of Higher Education and Quality Assurance
  • Education Development Center, Inc.
    international, non-profit organization with more than 335 projects dedicated to enhancing learning, promoting health, and fostering a deeper understanding of the world.
  • Education International
    Education International is the largest global teacher organisation representing over 29 million education personnel from all education sectors, from pre-school to university, through 345 member organisations in 165 countries and territories.
  • Civic Education Project
    CEP, an international non-profit organization, has supported grassroots efforts to reform Higher Education in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia since 1991. Its projects are focused on Fellowship Programs and Regional Programs.
  • ESIB
    The National Unions of Students in Europe

Dictionaries:

  • Dictionary for different languages

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  • Dictionary.com
    Dictionary for different languages writing resources like grammar, style guides, writing tips, etc. click on "english" find out about tests, etc.
  • EU-ABC
    A dictionary, which provides explanations for most of the terms used in the EU
  • LEO
    Excellent German - English/English - German online dictionary

Helpful websites for the academic population:

  • The Policy Documentation Center
    The Policy Documentation Center is an on-line collection of policy papers written by think tanks and policy analysts based in central and Eastern Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Union.
  • Research Support Scheme
    supports research in social sciences and humanities to individuals and groups composed of scholars from two or more countries researching a common issue or particular theme.
  • Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies
    It is published by the Institute for Education Policy Studies, an independent Radical Left/ Socialist/ Marxist institute for developing analysis of education policy.
  • East Chance
    Learn how to write motivations letter, research projects, etc.
  • Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (USA)
    is the world's most comprehensive education and rehabilitation system serving children and adults who are deaf, blind and multi-disabled. Center for Policy Studies (CPS)
  • Access Student Center (B&H)
    Access, which is located in Sarajevo, focuses on the development of non-institutional education for adults. It provides free internet-access for visitors, a library and various courses
  • SEE Online
    Information network with the focus on Southeast Europe