On January 25, International Education
Center announced three scholarships for the 2019-2020 academic year together
with partner international organizations. The event was attended by: Nino
Chelidze, Executive Director of the Center, Director of French Institute -
Pierre Cluer, Magda Magradze, Executive director of Millennium Challenge Fund -
Georgia, Dean of San Diego University, and representatives of Italian, French,
US and Hungarian embassies, Scholars and other media representatives.
The competition is announced on the
following scholarships:
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Joint Master Degree Programs in France 2019-2020
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Joint Master and PhD programs in Italy 2019-2020
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Joint Master and Doctoral Program at San Diego University, USA
Joint Master Degree Programs in France
2019-2020 - The program allows citizens of Georgia to obtain scholarship in
France for the Master's degree in French as well as English language programs.
The scholarship program is implemented
by the International Center for Education, the French Embassy in Georgia and
the Campus Frances in partnership agreement signed back in 2015.
Joint master and doctoral programs in
Italy 2019-2020 - envisages funding of Georgian citizens for studying master's
and doctoral programs at leading universities in Italy. Each student’s scholarship
will be funded jointly by the LEPL - International Center for Education and the
Italian side - each participant by the Italian University. Scholarship covers
the tuition fees and the costs of living in Italy fully or partially. The
Georgian-Italian Scholarship Program will be implemented for the first time
this year, based on the memorandum signed between the Council of Europe and the
Center of Deans of Italian Universities.
The joint master and doctorate program
at the University Of San Diego, USA, is another new scholarship scheme
implemented by the International Center for Education, in partnership with the
Millennium Challenge Foundation, based on a memorandum signed in 2018, which is
bound to last for 6 years.
Within the framework of the program,
the Center will provide financing of Georgian citizens at San Diego State
University for over a year with an amount of $ 10 000.
All three applications must be
submitted electronically by the end of February 28.
The International Center for Education
was founded in 2014 and since its foundation, the organization has awarded more
than 650 scholarships for Georgian citizens willing to study abroad. Together
with scholarship schemes, the Center also implements a qualification raising
program for public sector workers.