Category: Graduate Programs

Deadline for Applications: March 13, 2017

The Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute (HUSI) invites applications for its 2017 summer program.

Program Dates: June 17 – August 5, 2017
Application Deadlines:

• March 13 for all applicants seeking financial aid
• April 17 for applicants seeking an F-1 student visa
• May 15 for all other applicants

HUSI offers seven weeks of intensive accredited university instruction in Ukrainian studies. The program is designed for graduate students and advanced undergraduates who are concentrating in Ukrainian studies or who wish to broaden their educational experience.

What makes HUSI different? 

• Study at one of the most prestigious universities in the world
• Access Harvard’s immense library system
• Use the largest Ucrainica collection outside Eastern Europe
• Visit Harvard’s world-renowned museums
• Take advantage of all that the vibrant city of Cambridge has to offer
• Socialize with peers and experts at formal and informal gatherings

Read about the HUSI experience in the words of our alumni.

For detailed information about the program, the application process and deadlines go to the HUSI website: www.huri.harvard.edu/husi.html

Additional questions may be directed to Serhiy Bilenky, HUSI Director, at 647-687-4953 or by email atserh.bilenky@utoronto.ca

Deadline for Applications: April 10, 2017

The 2017 round of admissions to the MA in Eurasian Studies at Nazarbayev University is now open!

Applicants should register online at https://admissions.nu.edu.kz/wps/portal.

The full entry requirements, and a complete list of the documents you should submit with your application, are available at https://eurasianstudiesatnu.wordpress.com/admissions/

Applications will remain open until 10th April 2017. We can accept additional documents (IELTS certificates, References) until the 22nd April 2017, but you must submit your electronic application by the 10th.

The Master of Arts in Eurasian Studies at Nazarbayev University is a two-year inter-disciplinary area studies programe taught in English. It is the first of its kind to be offered in Kazakhstan, and one of only a handful across the Eurasian Region.

Deadline for Applications: February 1, 2017 (Priority)

• New for 2017: Title VIII Fellowships for graduate students, researchers, and professionals who are U.S. citizens. Fellowships will cover tuition and fees, as well as provide a stipend of $2,500 to cover living expenses for the summer
• FLAS Fellowships for U.S. citizens and permanent residents
• Fee Remission (scholarship)

Deadline for Applications: March 31, 2017

MA in Applied Economics is a tuition-based, one-year, three-semester-long intensive masters program. We are here to develop curious, impact-driven individuals who will help build more prosperous societies. Our graduates can crunch the numbers. But they also experiment with human-centered design approaches to test ideas on real-world challenges.

What distinguishes our graduates?

• They possess a deep curiosity, and strive to understand effective tools and interventions in economics and related fields in order to use them innovatively beyond university.
• They have the skills and knowledge to achieve impact, namely strong quantitative skills, superior communication skills, and experience with problem-solving techniques tested on real-world problems.
• They are astute, reflective students with their own interests, values, strengths and growth areas, able to identify opportunities to catalyze change.

Ready to be a Data-driven Changemaker? Explore the details of our program and apply. We also have a number of financing options available to meet the financial needs of our students. Continue reading “Academic Program: MA in Applied Economics (CERGE-EI)”

Deadline for Applications: March 01, 2017

Language Institute in L’viv, Ukraine

Deadline for Applications: January 15, 2017

The University of Pittsburgh Slavic Department (http://www.slavic.pitt.edu/) invites applications to its program, which provides a full range of courses with strengths in the study of contemporary Russian culture, Russian/Soviet cinema, and Russian Romanticism. Our program has supported dissertations in such diverseareas as contemporary Russian prose, Soviet postmodern culture, Thaw cinema, 1930s-40s Soviet civic poetry, prison culture of the Belomor Canal, post-Soviet philosophy, the Soviet anekdot, and Stagnation-era television serials.

PhD recipients have received academic job offers or prestigious post-doctoral fellowships in such institutions as Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, Princeton, Stanford Humanities Center, University College London, University of Texas Austin, Vanderbilt, and William and Mary.  See http://slavic.pitt.edu/graduate/requirements for application information.

PhD students help organize the annual Russian Film Symposium (http://www.rusfilm.pitt.edu); they edit and publish the Department’s journal, Studies in Slavic Cultures (http://www.pitt.edu/~slavic/sisc/).  Alongside primary study towards the degree, students typically are mentored in obtaining MA or PhD certificates in one or more of four interdepartmental programs:

• Cultural Studies (http://pitt.edu/~cultural/)
• Film Studies (http://www.filmstudies.pitt.edu/)
• Russian and East European Studies (http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/)
• Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies (http://www.wstudies.pitt.edu/)

Continue reading “Academic Program: PhD Programs-Lit./Cult. & Slavic Film Studies (U. of Pittsburgh)”