The Thomas Jefferson Scholarship Program provides opportunities for full-time, undergraduate, university/institute students from Tunisia to spend one academic year of nondegree study at a U.S. university or college.
Through academic opportunities, professional engagement, and leadership development, the program fosters economic growth, stability, and democratic development in Tunisia by equipping a network of youth with essential skills to lead positive change in their professional fields and communities.
ELIGIBILITY
- Be a Tunisian citizen;
- Currently resides in Tunisia;
- Enrolled as a full-time, undergraduate, university/institute student in good academic standing at the time of application at a registered academic institution in Tunisia;
- NOT in the final year of their undergraduate program at the time of application
- Architecture students are eligible in their first, second, third, or fourth year of study.
- Engineering students are eligible in their first or second year (preparatory classes), and third and fourth year of undergraduate study.
- Able to receive a U.S. J-1 visa;
- At least 18 years old by July 1, 2022;
- Committed to returning to Tunisia after completion of the program;
- Able to achieve a TOEFL score of at least 500
- Completes the academic year prior to study in the United States in good standing with a passing average (a.k.a. moyenne générale).
- Please note that you do not need to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) to apply for this program. Only semifinalists are required to take the TOEFL, and testing will be provided for them free of charge.
DEADLINE: November 22 2021
To apply and for more information visit here
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