Foreign Student Admission

New Hughes Fellowships Help International Graduate Students

In 2009, Chaolong Wang had already spent a year as a graduate student in bioinformatics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, when his adviser told him that he didn't have enough money to support him as a research assistant for that semester. Wang already had a full schedule of classes, so becoming a teaching assistant didn't seem like an attractive option. And as a Chinese citizen, Wang wasn't eligible for any fellowships or traineeships funded by the U.S. government.

Wang chose Michigan in part because it had offered him a 1-year institutional fellowship. Although his adviser eventually was able to find additional funding, his real salvation came this month when Wang received a fellowship from a new graduate training program funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

HHMI's International Student Research Fellowship is one of only a handful open to international students studying in the United States. It's worth $43,000 a year for 3 years. The first class of 48 fellows is one-third larger than HHMI's initial target, reflecting the high level of talented applicants. The fellows, second or third-year graduate students in the biomedical or related sciences, are nominated by their institution, which must be one of the 60 with a pre-existing relationship with HHMI. HHMI is committed to funding the program for at least 3 years, at an annual level of about 50 fellows,

The program grew out of HHMI President Robert Tjian's experience as a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2003, HHMI ended a long-running predoctoral fellowship program open to U.S. and international students after the stock market crash took a big bite out of the institute's endowment. The new program represents a fresh opportunity for HHMI to address the continuing needs of international graduate students. "We know that some institutions are reticent to bring on international students because there isn't a mechanism to support them in their research years," says William Galey, who heads the HHMI's graduate and medical education programs. Through this fellowship, he says, HHMI is "providing them relief from the commitment they normally would have to make."

Galey says that some of these institutions have promised "to take those funds that are freed up and use them to support other international students in their first years." This early funding is crucial to attracting international students; Wang says he wouldn't have been able to come to the United States if he hadn't received his first-year fellowship, which most universities do not offer.

More than 400 International Students from 25 Countries joined LPU ...

Jalandhar: Lovely Professional University welcomed more than 400 International students from 25 countries of four continents, North America, Europe, Asia and Africa at its campus. Commenting on this significant development, the Chancellor of the University, Mr. Ashok Mittal said ” This is one the biggest international recruitment done by any of the university in India for foreign students. With this addition of close to 400 new international students, the university has now reached another benchmark of becoming the largest university in terms of having the most number of international student in a single campus. The total strength of international students in the campus reached to 600. The present rate of admission of international students is 200% more in comparison to the last year. Various countries from where the students are studying in India includes USA, Italy, Iran, Bhutan, Nepal, Afghanistan, Dubai, Thailand, Iraq, Indonesia, Burundi, Sudan, Uganda, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Tanzania and Kenya etc. These students have opted various courses like BCA , B.Tech, BBA, MBA, MCA and BJ(MC) etc.”

In order to acquaint the students about the university, a six hours informative induction programme was scheduled for them. It was comprised of addresses by senior authorities and presentations from relevant departments. Also PPTs were made on the rules and regulations and systems of the university like how to access online available material, academics, examinations, security and discipline. Aimed to get the fresh-students well-adjusted to the culture and traditions prevalent at the University, a campus tour and a two-hour cultural evening was also specially arranged to entertain them.

In a suggestive welcoming address, the Chancellor of the University, Mr. Ashok Mittal expected of all such students, from different continents of the world, to represent themselves, in a way, as true official ambassadors of their respective countries. He said: “Now, on becoming an integral part of the LPU community; you are of course shouldering new responsibilities of more of humane behavior by sharing your culture and traditions with those of others.” Motivating them, he exclaimed: “Indeed, it is an entirely new phase of your life. Upholding the traditions and values of India, you have to co-exist with your fellow students on international standards during your entire span of study programme.” He also mentioned: “It is really making us proud to see a regular addition in number of students from more and more countries, in every new session. Prior to this, students from India used to go abroad for higher studies but now the trend has been changed a lot. Our University has enrolled many foreign students from different lands. It is, indeed, a strong indication that our efforts will never go in vain and India is once again going to wear the coveted crown of a Master in the realms of Education.

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