2015 radboud beyond borders studying in the us lonneke van maasakkers, international office 7...

2015 Radboud Beyond Borders

Studying in the US

Lonneke van Maasakkers, International Office

7 October 2015

Programme October 7, 2015

1. General introduction Attendence list, evaluation

2. ProgrammesRU – US

ISEP programmeVSB FundFulbright Programme

3. Student experience Jeroen Wouda

(Miami University, Ohio)

4. Conclusion

Why go to the US?

• Plenty of reasons

• Different education system- Undergraduate and Postgraduate- Private and State- City vs. Country

• Programmes- ISEP: BA, MA- VSB: after BA and MA - Fulbright: MA + PhD + postdoc

Collaboration between Radboud University and the US

Bilateral agreements, with e.g.:

• Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts• University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida• Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon• New York Law School, New York, New York• DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois• University of California, Berkeley, California• University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas• Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Philadelphia

More information: - www.ru.nl/io (Map of the world at the bottom of the page) - faculty International Offices

Faculty International Offices

Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies

Godelief de Jong, internationaloffice@ftr.ru.nl

Faculty of Arts

Maaike van Gerven, internationaloffice@let.ru.nl

Faculty of Law

Petra Bouman, internationaloffice@jur.ru.nl

Faculty of Social Sciences

Thea Bekkers, t.bekkers@socsci.ru.nl

Nijmegen School of Management

Simone Buissink & Beate Durlinger, imo@fm.ru.nl

Faculty of Medical Sciences

Cindy van Dijk & Loes Vaessen, intoffice@iwoo.umcn.nl

Faculty of Science

Hub Nijssen, io@science.ru.nl

ISEP: International Student Exchange Program

• Exchange programme for American and non-American students.

• Partly funded by the American government.

• Associated institutions of higher education:> 130 American institutions;> 100 non-American institutions.

• Funding based on closed grant system.

• One non-American student can go to the US for each American student who studies

outside the US.

ISEP: Conditions for participation

• 1st year of degree programme completed*

• Enrolled as regular full-time student at Radboud University Nijmegen (also during period you are abroad in the US)

• Sufficient academic knowledge and interest

• Sufficient English proficiency (TOEFL test mandatory!)

• Confident personality

• Clear reasons for choosing the US

* Check at your faculty

ISEP: Schedule for 2016/2017 application round

22 October 2015Information meeting in TvA 2.00.1312.45 – 13.45

12 November 2015

12.45 – 13.45: Q&A session for completing application (TvA 2.00.14)

8 January 2016 Submission of application to International Office

February 2016 checking applications; selection interviews (if needed)

February 2016 Students nominated/selected by IO

April/May 2016ISEP announce student placements for the first semester of 2016/2017

Oct/Nov 2016ISEP announce student placements for the second semester of 2016/2017

VSBfonds scholarships

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VSBfonds scholarships

Each year, the VSBfonds awards a large number of scholarships of up to €10,000 to dedicated students who are looking to develop further.

VSBfonds scholarships are awarded to students with clear motivation and social engagement.

You do not need to be a genius, but you do need good study results. You decide what you want to do, where and why. Next you convince the VSBfonds why they should support your plans.

VSBfonds scholarship

Criteria

• Full-time students with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree• Clear motivation and social engagement• The candidate must have pursued extracurricular activities• The candidate must have Dutch nationality• The candidate must be under the age of 30• The candidate's results must be well above the pass grade. • The candidate must graduate between 1 March 2015 and 31

December 2016.

VSBfonds scholarships

• 1 March 2016  Deadline for application for 2016 VSBfonds scholarship  

• 2 March 2016 - 4 April 2016Selection; written and oral phase 

• 4 April 2016The candidates for the 2016 VSBfonds scholarships are nominated by the educational institutions.  

• 13 May 2016Announcement about awarding of scholarships   

• 3 June 2016Award of 2016 VSBfonds scholarships 

More information: www.vsbfonds.nl/beurzen or www.ru.nl/vsb   

Fulbright grants

“We must try to expand the boundaries of human wisdom,

empathy and perception, and there is no way of doing that except

through education.”- Senator

J. William Fulbright

World-wide bi-national exchange programme. Objective: promote understanding between people of the United States and those of other countries.

Fulbright grantsStudentswho wish to study at graduate level at an excellent American university, both Master programs and the first year of a PhD to be completed in the US

- accepted or in the progress of being accepted to a graduate programme at an American university- Dutch nationality- good study results and extra-curricular activities

PhDfinancial support dissertation for research in the US

- need to conduct research in the United States- quality of the research proposal- innovative character of the research

Scholars - grants for scholars are intended for lecturing- possible to combine with research but lecturing is main focus

Fulbright grants

Students PhD candidates

Deadline 28 January 2016 Deadline 1 December 2015

Stay nine months Stay of three to six months

Grant $12,500 Grant $3,000 - $6,000

Objective: graduate studies, research

Objective: dissertation research

Mandatory return Mandatory return

Selection on paper and by selection interview

Selection based on NWO recommendation, no selection interview

Fulbright grants

Where can I find more information about the Fulbright programme?

www.fulbright.nl

Programme October 7, 2015

1. General introduction

2. ProgrammesRU – US

ISEP programmeVSB FundFulbright Programme

3. ISEP experience Jeroen Wouda

(Miami University, Ohio)

4. Conclusion

You want to go to the US!! What next?

• You and your student advisor discuss what the best time would be for you to study in the US

• Contact your faculty coordinator about the options for studying in the US

• ISEP: information session on 22 Oct in TvA 2.00.13 from 12.45 to 13.45

• VSBfonds: www.vsbfonds/beurzen

• Fulbright: www.fulbright.nl

• More information: International Office RU www.ru.nl/io

Thank you for your attention

•Do you have any questions?•Have you completed the evaluation form and attendence list?

You can always get in touch with:

International OfficeW: www.ru.nl/ioE: internationaloffice@io.ru.nlE: isep@io.ru.nlT: +31 24 361 6055