Eurasian Regional Language Program

  Armenia

Yerevan

  Azerbaijan

Baku

  Belarus

Bobruisk

  Georgia

Tbilisi

  Kazakhstan

Almaty

  Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek

  Moldova

Chisinau

  Russia

• All Other Areas: 
Irkutsk,  Novosibirsk

  Tajikistan

Dushanbe

  Turkmenistan

Ashgabat

  Ukraine

Kiev (Kyiv)

  Uzbekistan

Toshkent

Term: Academic Year, Fall, Spring, Summer 
Dates: Inquire for exact dates

Description: The Eurasian Regional Language Program supports graduate and research scholars in the study of non-Russian languages and cultures of the newly independent states. American Councils arranges individual or small group programs of study for language, literature, or history at appropriate universities throughout Eurasia. Support for participants and supervision of programs is provided by American Councils' extensive network of overseas offices. Languages offered through the Eurasian Regional Language Program include: Armenian, Azeri, Belarusian, Chechen, Dari, Farsi, Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Moldovan, Pashto, Tajik, Tatar, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Yakut, and others.

Graduate students and advanced undergraduates who have completed two years of college-level Russian, target, or related language may apply to the Eurasian Regional Language Program.

American Councils has permanent representative offices in more than 20 countries throughout Russia, Eurasia, and Southeastern Europe, employing more than 300 U.S. expatriates and host-country nationals who arrange academic affiliations, classes, housing, medical care and in-country transportation for Eurasian Regional Language participants. American Councils regional staff also conduct an in-country orientation upon participants' arrival and provide ongoing logistical support, including an emergency contact-person who is available at all times to participants.

All American Councils programs are accredited through Bryn Mawr College, an institutional member of American Councils. Upon successful completion of the program, Bryn Mawr issues 8 undergraduate or 10 graduate hours of credit for the summer program, 16 undergraduate or 15 graduate hours of credit for the fall or spring semester program, and 32 undergraduate or 30 graduate hours of credit for the academic year program.

Highlights: Recent participants have studied:

- Azeri at Western University in Baku;
- Georgian and Chechen at Tbilisi State University;
- Kazakh at the Kazakh State University of International Relations and World Languages in Almaty;
- Persian and Tajik at Tajik State National University in Dushanbe; and
- Ukrainian at the Taras Shevchenko State University in Kyiv

Programs are also available for the study of Armenian, Buryat, Dari, Moldovan, Pashto, Tatar, Tuvan, and Yakut.

Cost in US$: Inquire for more info.

Experience Required: yes

Graduate students and advanced undergraduates who have completed two years of college-level Russian, target, or related language may apply to the Eurasian Regional Language Program.

Participants Travel Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently

Scholarships are Available. Scholarships are available with assistance from private and federal grants, including the U.S. Department of Education (Fulbright-Hays) and U.S. Department of State (Title VIII).

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Resume
• Transcript
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network

American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS's Mission Statement: American Councils has administered intensive language-immersion programs for U.S. undergraduates, graduate students, teachers, and scholars at universities and specialized institutions in Russia and Eurasia since 1976. More than 5,000 students, teachers, and scholars from universities and colleges throughout the U.S. have participated in American Councils programs for research and language study in Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Moldova, Belarus, and Southeast Europe. Incorporated in 1974 as the American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR), American Councils was founded to advance research, training, and materials development in the fields of Russian and English as foreign languages, and to strengthen communication among scholars and educators in language, literature, and area studies of the United States and the former Soviet Union. In 1987, the ACTR Board of Directors created the American Council for Collaboration in Education and Language Study (ACCELS), which quickly became a leader in the design and administration of exchange and training programs funded by the U.S. government. In 1998, ACTR/ACCELS created a new organizational structure with a new name, American Councils for International Education. ACTR and ACCELS are divisions of American Councils. Today American Councils employs more than 300 expatriates and host-country nationals in 34 offices throughout Russia, Eurasia and Southeast Europe. Overseas offices administer educational testing centers, recruit students and scholars for exchange programs to the U.S, and organize educational events to foster the growth of democratic values and civil society.

Year Founded: 1976