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Volume 12, Issue 4   REGIONAL
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The curriculum is being developed with the support of a $500,000 grant from the Canadian government, and classes are scheduled to begin this fall.
The one-year program, the first of its kind anywhere in the world, is geared towards doctors who want to work with relief agencies or have an interest in treating immigrants and refugees. In addition to dealing with the special medical needs of displaced people, the course of study will also focus on the clinical and psychological aspects of treating refugees and immigrants, as well as the international policies that affect them.
Tuition for the program is $10,000. Classes will be taught in English by noted specialists from Hungary, other European countries, the United States and Canada.
— Chronicle of Higher Education
However, IDR is a separate international higher-education institution registered in Russia and is not affiliated with any foreign university.
The institute was created for the explicit purpose of training professionals in various fields, so they may take part in the process of integrating Russia into the new European order. It is hoped that graduates of the program will go on to become leaders in government and non-government organizations, private business enterprises and professional agencies.
In addition, the institute functions to disseminate information to the public regarding major issues related to Russia’s integration into greater Europe. The institute offers degree programs at both the bachelor’s and master’s levels, and students can study either full-time or part-time.
Graduates who wish to continue on for a Ph.D. are entitled to enroll in the doctoral program at the International Academy for the National Security of United Europe in Vienna.
IDR is a nonprofit organization, and the tuition charged covers only about two thirds of its actual operating costs.
The three main faculties at the institute specialize in international economics, European law and diplomacy and public relations. In addition, the institute has established training bases in Germany and Austria and is currently working on further enlarging the scope of its European activities.
— Correspondence from the Institute of Diplomatic Relations
The new institution was founded with the help of a grant provided by the U.S. Information Agency and has also received substantial assistance from the Soros Foundation.
The university has introduced an American-style undergraduate curriculum with elective choices for students. English and Russian are the main languages of instruction.
Those who are qualified to enter the university but lack proficiency in either language are enrolled in special preparatory programs that usually last up to a year.
Graduating students receive a bachelor’s degree in addition to two diplomas: the Kyrgyz National Diploma and an American diploma. On average, students complete the undergraduate programs in four years. They can then go on for a master’s degree either at AUK (a two-year program) or abroad.
Annual tuition is $1,400, which is high by local standards. About 30 percent of freshmen enter on scholarship, which includes a tuition reduction of $1,200.
The faculty is international with past and present members from the United States, Canada, Egypt, Germany, Romania, Italy, France, Australia, Korea, Japan, Turkey and Senegal, including Kyrgyzstan.
In the 1999-2000 academic year, AUK will be offering courses and degree programs in the following disciplines: business administration, international relations, law, journalism, sociology, economics (taught in both English and German), psychology, Anglo-American Studies, Austria and German studies, French studies and Russian as a foreign language.
— Correspondence from the American University in Kyrgyzstan
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The International Organization for Migration, an international relief agency based in Geneva, and the University of Pecs Medical School in southern Hungary have joined forces to create a postgraduate program in “migrational medicine.”