2015 AU Emerging Global Leader Scholarship for International Students

Priority Deadline: December 15, 2014.

The AU Emerging Global Leader Scholarship promotes educational access and opportunity while enhancing international diversity. Bringing together the best of AU — academic excellence, leadership development, and global engagement — the AU Emerging Global Leader achieves, inspires, and serves with vision.

The AU EGL is dedicated to positive civic and social change, and will return home to improve under-resourced, underserved communities in his/her home country.

Scholarship worth:

• The AU EGL scholarship covers all billable AU expenses (full tuition, room and board) for one international student who will need a visa (preferably an F-1 or J-1 student visa) to study in the United States.
• The scholarship does not cover non-billable expenses such as mandatory health insurance, books, airline tickets and miscellaneous expenses (approximately U.S. $4,000).

Eligibility Requirements:

• Applicants must be secondary school students. You cannot be currently enrolled in or have already begun any studies at another university.
• Preference for the AU EGL scholarship will be given to international students who have overcome various obstacles and challenges as well as those from diverse and underrepresented global and socioeconomic backgrounds. The most competitive applicants should have:
  1. A minimum 3.8 GPA equivalent (or in the top 10% of graduating class) for 9th-12th grades
  2. A demonstrated commitment to leadership, volunteerism, community service and to advancing the needs of people in their home country
  3. Excellent oral and written communication skills in English, with a minimum 95 TOEFL iBT, 7.0 IELTS or 600 paper-based TOEFL

For more information,

• Contact intadm@american.edu after September 1, 2014.
• Visit the Official Webpage of the AU Emerging Global Leader Scholarship