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From deciding whether volunteering overseas is right for you, to choosing a program, to getting on a plane. Hear from overseas volunteers about what it is really like in the field.

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Seasonal work, teach abroad, international careers and more. Where to start, what to expect, and how to get it done.

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Make the most of your time overseas while spending the least amount of money. Budget travel for the conscientious traveller.

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Going abroad as a student, whether it is for a semester, a year or an entire degree, is one of the most accessible opportunities to live abroad meaningfully.

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More and more people of all ages taking time out to travel meaningfully—a trend that is being encouraged by educators and employers alike.

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To get an international job, you need international work experience. How do you land that first gig?

International Careers

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A selection of the admitted students may receive a scholarship to cover the cost of living (subject to budgetary constraints). Scholarships for the Vienna PhD School of Informatics are available for Austrian as well as international students.
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These awards are designed to attract high quality overseas research students to the University of Edinburgh. 30 Edinburgh Global Research Scholarships will be awarded per year. Subject to satisfactory progress, the awards are tenable for up to three yea ...
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The Malaysia International Scholarship (MIS) is an initiative by the Malaysian Government to attract the best brains from around the world to pursue advanced academic studies in Malaysia.
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The Pasteur Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs is dedicated to young American researchers who desire to continue their scientific training and pursue their research interests with a long-term research commitment in a laboratory of the Institut Pa ...
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This scholarship aims to support a PhD student who is interested in researching management effects on greenhouse gas emissions from grazed pasture systems. The successful candidate will conduct and analyze field experiments to determine greenhouse gas fl ...
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According to an agreement between the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) for the advancement of science in developing countries, up to 200 students/scholars from all over the world will be sponsored to study in Chin ...
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IFK Senior Fellowships are designed to support excellent scholars, who are well advanced in their academic careers. Qualified scholars are eligible without regard to nationality, institutional, or departmental affiliation; although preference is given to ...
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The APF Annette Urso Rickel Foundation Dissertation Award for Public Policy supports dissertation research on public policy, which has the potential to improve services for children and families facing psychosocial issues such as prevention of child abuse ...
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Every year, Frankfurt School awards up to 10 stipends to financially support doctoral candidates who are likely to produce outstanding results in the course of their doctoral studies. Stipends in the amount of €1,200 to assist with living expenses are pai ...
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The scholarships are designed to support the promotion of Scotland as a learning nation and a science nation and are therefore targeted at the priority sectors of creative industries, life sciences, technology, financial services and renewable and clean e ...
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IDRC offers this Fellowship (a bequest from Helen S. Bentley and C. Fred Bentley) every two years in October to a Canadian, permanent resident of Canada, or a citizen of a developing country. You must be a graduate student with a university degree in agri ...
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Operation Groundswell offers immersive, educational, learning service programs around the world. We connect the next generation of leaders with our local partners who are igniting change in their communities.
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This scholarship is offered to support a student engaged in postgraduate research on freshwater management for their Masters thesis. The funding supports research relating to any relevant aspect of water resource management, but must be supervised by a Wa ...
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Each year, the Stichting Gastronomische Bibliotheek makes a stipend available for research that makes particular use of the History of Food collection of the Special Collections of the University of Amsterdam. This research is intended to throw further li ...
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This scholarship is open for descendants of forced labourers (regardless of their country of origin) or people that come from countries that have exceptionally suffered from the Nazi regime, especially from the recruitment of forced labourers, wishing to ...
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The Department of Chemical Engineering has fully-funded scholarships available for outstanding PhD applicants. Applications are open throughout the year. The standard period of the scholarship is 42 months. The scholarships are open to all applicants reg ...
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Students can apply for a scholarship under the Cultural Agreements programme to attend a Danish Summer Language Course.
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Yunus Emre Turkish Language Scholarship program is designed for students who are willing to study Turkish Language.
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