Academic Opportunities
Off-Campus Study
Nearly all of our majors spend at least a semester studying abroad. Explore China, Taiwan, and Japan through any of our currently recognized programs:
Beijing
Explore Beijing through the (administered by Hamilton College).
Develop critical insight into sustainability issues in contemporary China through the .
offers several study abroad and internship options in Beijing.
Taipei
Study abroad in Taiwan and enhance your Chinese language and cultural skills with .
Tokyo
Explore Japan and build language skills with program.
Pursue your academic interests in a challenging, enriching international international experience with .
Awards, Grants, Scholarships, and Fellowships
Lan-Chang Fellowship
The purpose and spirit of the Lan-Chang Fellowships, in memory of Chien-Wei Lan and Sing-Chen Chang, is to promote cultural understanding of mainland China through students undertaking projects in China and the sharing of these project experiences upon their return to the Â鶹´«Ã½ College campus. It awards initiative, originality, and creative exploration. The Lan-Chang Fellowship endowed fund was established in 1996 by Chien-Wei Lan and Sing-Chen Chang (grandparents of John Keshar Wenderoth ’96) with outright gifts totaling $24,933 and with the remainder value of charitable gift annuities and charitable remainder trusts totaling $217,172. The purpose of this endowment gift is to fund the Lan-Chang Fellowships.
The Lan-Chang Fellowships, each in the amount of $3,500, shall be awarded to a maximum of two Â鶹´«Ã½ College students every year to support the expenses of traveling to and from and living in China for six to eight weeks during the summer, while each student completes a Mentored Advanced Projects (MAP) or other Independent Research project focused on China. Students must have completed their second year with one remaining semester to be completed on the Â鶹´«Ã½ College campus before graduation. Students of any major are eligible, and knowledge of Chinese language, history, or culture is not required; those without experience of or in China are encouraged to apply and will be given special consideration.
- The Lan-Chang Fellowship shall fund a MAP or IR (Individual Research) project that has a strong experiential component, requiring student interaction with a variety of Chinese individuals and sites. (In years in which no appropriate MAP or Independent Project is proposed, the Fellowships may be used to support an unpaid internship or volunteer service project in China, provided the internship or project adheres to all other requirements and eligibility criteria listed herein).
- The Fellowship shall not be used for archival research or classroom study.
- The Fellowship shall not to be used to support faculty expenses; however, the faculty directors of the student projects are encouraged to travel to China with their students to engage in on-site mentorship.
- Students receiving the Fellowship must present their experiences to the rest of the Â鶹´«Ã½ College community upon return to campus in the Fall.
To learn more, please contact the Center for International Studies.
Critical Language Scholarship
The offers fully-funded summer language institutes for U.S. university students and is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
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Boren Scholarships
provide up to $20,000 to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin American, and the Middle East.
To apply:
Fulbright Grants
In general, there are two types of Fulbright grants:
- A Fulbright , which funds one academic year of overseas study and/or research in one country
- An (ETA), which funds one academic year of teaching English in one country
Additionally, Fulbright offers several specialized grants, including (which are usually given to graduate students, and only for Italy, Germany, and Hungary), , , (Mexico, Spain, and the Netherlands), , and country-specific awards to Australia, Ireland (Irish Language), Italy (slow foods and Deaf studies), Mexico (graduate degree and public policy); and the Netherlands (water management).
More information:
To apply:
Gates Cambridge Scholarships
are highly competitive full-cost awards for full-time graduate study and research in any subject available at the University of Cambridge.
Application:
Gilman Scholarship
The offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies abroad.
To apply:
Marshall Scholarships
finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. Up to forty Scholars are selected each year to study at graduate level at an UK institution in any field of study.
To apply:
Rhodes Scholarships
, the oldest international educational fellowships, were initiated after the death of Cecil Rhodes in 1902, and bring outstanding students from many countries around the world to the University of Oxford.
Application:
Post-Graduate Opportunities
Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme
Aimed at promoting grass-roots internationalism at the local level, invites young overseas graduates to participate in international exchange and foreign language education in local governments, boards of education and elementary, junior and senior high schools throughout Japan. Available positions include: Assistant Language Teacher, Coordinator for International Relations, or Sports Exchange Adviser.
Activities and Organizations
SEPC
The Student Educational Policy Committee, or SEPC, is a student-faculty liaison group which provides faculty with student input on professors, candidates, curriculum, and other departmental issues. It also organizes social events within the department.
Student Employment
The Department of Chinese and Japanese is looking for native or near-native speakers of Chinese to work in our Chinese Language lab. We look for candidates who can speak standard mandarin Chinese fluently and read both traditional and simplified forms of written Chinese. You must be mature, responsible, and enjoy working with language-learners.
For more information, please contact Professor Jin Feng.
Chinese Table
Students and faculty meet Thursdays at noon in Rosenfield Center, Room 224A for lunch and informal Chinese conversation.
Japanese Table
Students and faculty meet Thursdays at noon in Rosenfield Center, Room 224C for lunch and informal Japanese conversation.