NSEP publishes a list of current "emphasized fields of study" for students interested in Boren Scholarships and Fellowships.

Agriculture/Environment

Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS)
is a nonprofit consortium that includes 64 universities and research institutions from the United States, Latin America, and Australia. OTS conducts graduate and undergraduate education, facilitates research, participates in tropical forest conservation, maintains three biological stations in Costa Rica, and conducts environmental education programs.

Biodiversity Support Program
BSP supports projects that combine conservation with social and economic development, research and analysis of conservation approaches, and information exchange and outreach.

Institute of International Agriculture
at Michigan State University provides student and scholar programs in international agriculture.

Collaborative Research Support Programs
"These agricultural research and agribusiness support programs benefit both the United States and developing/transitional countries with which the United States collaborates."

International Policy Council on Agriculture, Food and Trade (IPC)
develops and advocates policies that support an efficient and open global food and agricultural system.

Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture
"focuses on socioeconomic issues of food and agriculture in low-income and transition countries."

Economics/Business/International Relations

The Consortium of Universities for International Business Studies (CIMBA)
is a not-for-profit organization committed to international business education, with European MBA campuses in Italy, Croatia, and Slovenia.

AACSB International
Organized in 1916, AACSB International is "the premier accrediting agency for bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs in business administration and accounting."

Directories of Research Institutes in International Affairs
are linked through the WWW Virtual Library

Links to International Organizations
compiled by the Institute of International Relations at the University of British Columbia. Includes Media, NGOs, government and international organizations, and research institutions.

GlobalEdge
at Michigan State University is a business knowledge web portal which connects international business professionals worldwide to information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities.

Institute for International Economics
is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution which provides "timely, objective analysis and concrete solutions to key international economic problems."

The International Economics Network
includes many economics links to academic and international organizations, and economics think-tanks.

Southern Illinois University Program in Foreign Language and International Trade*
is for students whose interests include both language and commercial studies and who would like to work in the international business community. SUIC offers study abroad programs in countries including Costa Rica, Russia, and Japan.


Engineering

Global Engineering Education Exchange
Global E3 is a program administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE) which provides institutional exchanges for students of participating institutions who wish to study engineering overseas.

National Science Foundation
provides many types of grants which support study and research outside the US for engineers and other scientists. See, for example, information about the Office of International Science and Engineering.

Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad
Within this site you'll find many articles on overseas learning, including these two specific to engineering:

Law

Legal Study Abroad Headquarters
is a feature of the Internet Legal Resource Guide. The site includes a comprehensive collection of legal study abroad materials and information on American Bar Association-approved international study.

Study Abroad Summer Law Programs
at StudyAbroad.com. lists schools that offer summer law courses, with links to their websites.

International Law Student Point
is a guide to websites related to international law compiled by the University of Bologna, Italy.

American Bar Association Network
provides a basic overview of international opportunities for law students and ABA criteria for foreign study.

The Legal Education Network
hosted by the University of Pittsburgh School of Law offers, offers legal news and web links on many related topics, including world law, international legal study, and international law job placement.

Medicine

World Health Organization
includes a world directory of medical schools compiled by (but not endorsed by) the WHO.

Global Health Education Consortium
focuses on international health medical education in four program areas: curriculum, clinical training, career development, and international education policy.

The Global Medicine Network
provides the mechanism by which members can personally contribute to the improvement of health conditions in underserved areas of the world.

GlobalHealth.gov
addresses global health and the link between domestic and international health issues.

American Medical Student Association
is the oldest and largest independent association of physicians-in-training in the United States. This organization strongly supports medical study outside the U.S. See article "Starting an International Health Curriculum at Your School."

 

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