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want to get my M.A. or Ph.D. Can I do this during a Humphrey Fellowship
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know the Humphrey Program is non-degree. Is there financial help for
people to get a degree at the University of Minnesota?
How can I apply for a Hubert H. Humphrey fellowship?
Answer: Application Procedures.
If you are interested in applying for the Hubert H. Humphrey International
Fellowship Programs, and you meet the specified criteria, you can
receive an application at your country's United States Department
of State Post or Fulbright Commission.
Note: US citizens or dual-nationals are NOT eligible for
this program.
Candidates interested can receive an application for the Humphrey
International Fellowship Programs through one of the following agencies
in their home country:
- United States Department of State at the US Embassy
- Fulbright Agency
Note: The University of Minnesota does not have applications,
nor do any of the participating universities. The application process
is handled entirely by the U.S. Information Service (USIS) Posts or
Fulbright Commissions in eligible countries. To get the contact information
for your country, go to the Institute of International Education (IIE)
site. http://www.iie.org/pgms/hhh/
After national selection, final nominations are reviewed in the United
States by independent review committees. These review committees make
recommendations to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Awards are announced by April each year for Fellowships beginning
in August/September.
Eligible fields
Fellowships are granted competitively to professional candidates with
a commitment to public service in both the public and private sectors.
The Humphrey Program's twelve campuses hosts Fellows in the fields
of:
- Natural resources and environmental management
- Public policy analysis and public administration
- Economic development
- Agricultural development/agricultural economics
- Finance and banking
- Human resource management/personnel
- Urban and regional planning
- Public health policy and management
- Technology policy and management
- Educational planning
- Communications/journalism
- Drug Abuse Education, Prevention and Treatment
Selection criteria
To be eligible for a Humphrey Fellowship, applicants must have:
- An undergraduate degree
- Five years of substantial professional experience
- Demonstrated leadership qualities and record of public service
- Fluency in English
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I want to get my M.A. or Ph.D. Can
I do this during a Humphrey Fellowship Year?
Answer: No.
The Humphrey Fellowship is a non-degree program, and requires professional
and cultural/community work as well as academic study. It would be
difficult, and is strongly discouraged, for Fellows to fulfill their
Fellowship obligations while pursuing a degree.
If you want to stay after the Fellowship Year, IIE may or may not
extend a fellowship for up to one year for academic study in the same
field as the fellowship and at the same university. It is theoretically
possible to complete a public affairs degree program at the University
of Minnesota given an extension, but it is highly discouraged.
All that said, a year as a Humphrey Fellow could certainly help you if
you chose to return to the U.S. at some later date to earn a master's
or doctoral degree. Each university in the U.S. is autonomous, and others
might very well accept all the credits you earned at Minnesota as a Humphrey
Fellow. More broadly, some experience at a U.S. American university will
help you adjust to life as a student in the future.
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I know the Humphrey Program is non-degree.
Is there financial help for people to get a degree at the University of
Minnesota?
Answer: Yes.
The U
of M's Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid offers some financial
assistance in the form of grants, assistantships and fellowships,
although non-U.S. citizens are not eligible for all of them. This
office can be reached by e-mail at osfa@tc.umn.edu
There are also other academic and professional programs offered by the
Institute of International
Education.
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