On Wednesday, October 29, Linden Tours is bringing more than 25 American educational institutions to town. They will be exhibiting at the Dhow Palace Hotel, Dubai, from 5pm to 9pm. Institutions taking part range from small liberal arts colleges to large state-run institutions. There are a plethora of options to choose from for both undergraduate as well as postgraduate study.
Make the most of this opportunity to learn about various study options and enquire about financial aid and scholarships, especially in view of the current world financial situation.
The profiles and web links of the participating universities are featured here so that you can do your research online before coming to the fair. All the best, and see you there.
— The writer is the director, Counselling Point Educational and Social services
Participating universities:
Albion College
Website: www.albion.edu
Founded in 1835, this is a private, four-year, liberal arts college. It is committed to undergraduate research, linking students with quality internships and offers six professional institutes on campus.
Bryant University
E-mail: international@bryant.edu
Website: www.bryant.edu
The university has integrated business and liberal arts, providing skills in technology, critical thinking and communication. It is accredited by NEASC — New England Association of Schools and Colleges; the College of Business is accredited by AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) International.
Carnegie Mellon University, Information Networking Institute
Website: www.ini.cmu.edu
The institute offers professional master's degree programmes in information networking, information security, and information technology that integrate technologies, economics and policies of secure communication networks.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
E-mail: international.admissions@erau.edu
Website: www.erau.edu/international
www.aviationcollegeembryriddle.com
It is the world's largest, fully accredited university specialising in aviation and aerospace. It offers more than 35 undergraduate and graduate degree programmes in arts and science, aviation, business, security, meteorology, space physics, environmental science, global/international relations and engineering. US News & World Report's 2007 Best Colleges guide has named it No. 1 in the Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering category.
Endicott College
E-mail: admissio@endicott.edu
Website: www.endicott.edu
The college grants master and bachelor degrees combining liberal and professional arts. As the first college in the US to require internships, students acquire first-hand experience at internship sites all over the world.
Fairleigh Dickinson University
E-mail: global@fdu.edu (New Jersey campuses); vancouver@fdu.edu (FDU-Vancouver)
Website: www.fdu.edu
The university's mission is to educate "global citizens". FDU offers over 100 academic programmes to students from over 80 countries. International scholarship and paid internship programmes are available.
Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
E-mail: oia@iupui.edu
Website: www.international.iupui.edu
Strengths are in business, engineering, informatics, health sciences, technologies and philanthropic studies. Scholarships are awarded to outstanding students. IUPUI has been recognised by US News & World Report for excellence in service learning, first-year experience, learning communities and undergraduate research opportunities.
Iowa State University of Science and Technology
E-mail: admissions@iastate.edu
Website: www.iastate.edu
It is a comprehensive Carnegie Foundation Research University offering bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees. The birthplace of the first computer, Iowa State ranks second in R&D, fourth in entrepreneur programmes, and in the top 15 for architecture and interior design. It is also ranked in the top three in new patentable biotechnology.
Ithaca College
E-mail: admission@ithaca.edu
Website: www.ithaca.edu
This is a private, comprehensive, residential college of 6,200 students, has a 12:1 student-faculty ratio and offers over 100 majors in five schools and a Division of Interdisciplinary and International Programmes: Business, Communications, Health Sciences and Human Performance, Humanities and Sciences and Music.
Lake Land College
E-mail: international@lakelandcollege.edu
Website: www.lakelandcollege.edu
Offers a broad range of programmes and transfer degrees, allowing students to complete their first two years of college-level work at Lake Land before continuing their education at a four-year college or university. It also offers certificate programmes and degrees, including an Intensive English Language Programme.
Northeastern University
Website: www.northeastern.edu
A private national research university, it offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in various academic disciplines. Its cooperative education programme that combines classroom study with full-time work experience is one of the largest and most innovative in the world.
Pace University
Website: www.pace.edu
It comprises five schools, offering programmes in business, computer science and information systems, education, nursing and arts and science at both the undergraduate and graduate degree levels. In addition, there is the Pace Law School.
Portland State University
Website: www.pdx.edu
It is Oregon's largest comprehensive university and provides a breadth of academic programmes and cultural opportunities.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Website: http://admissions.rutgers.edu
First chartered in 1766, it is the eighth oldest institution of higher education in the US with the resources of a major public research university.
Seattle Univeristy
Website: www.seattleu.edu
Seattle University is an independent, four-year, comprehensive university offering professionally accredited programmes in 60 undergraduate and 31 graduate areas, including business, science and engineering, nursing, education, law and the arts and sciences.
Suffolk University
E-mail: admission@suffolk.edu
Website: www.suffolk.edu
The university offers more than 60 undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programmes through the College of Arts and Sciences, including the New England School of Art and Design, the Sawyer School of Business and the Law School.
Syracuse University
E-mail: orange@syr.edu
Website: www.syr.edu
It has nine undergraduate colleges offering over 200 majors in the liberal arts and specialised professional subjects. The emphasis is on undergraduate teaching, although each of the colleges offers work at the graduate level. It is also a centre for research.
Texas Christian University
Website: www.tcu.edu
It is ranked in the top 10 per cent of US colleges and offers the strengths, choices and research opportunities of a major university, balanced by the individual attention of a smaller college. TCU recently invested over $350 million (Dh1,284 million) in renovating and constructing new buildings and enhancing technology.
University at Albany, The State University of New York
Website: www.albany.edu
The university is the senior campus of the SUNY system. With 12,000 undergraduates and 5,000 graduate students, it has an extensive choice of academic fields.
University of Denver
E-mail: INTLADM@du.edu
Website: www.du.edu
This is a mid-sized, private, comprehensive institution ranked in the top 100 by US News. It is home to The Joseph Korbel School of International Studies, and a Wall Street Journal Top 50 business school.
University of Minnesota
E-mail: international@admissions.tc.umn.edu
Website: www.grad.umn.edu
It is one of the top 10 public research universities in the US Many of its programmes are ranked among the top in the country and are taught by internationally acclaimed faculty.
University of Portland
Website: www.up.edu
This is a nationally accredited university offering professional programmes in business, engineering and nursing in addition to programmes in the arts and sciences and education. The university offers generous financial aid packages for international students.
University of San Francisco
E-mail: international@usfca.edu
Website: www.usfca.edu
Offers undergraduate and graduate degree programmes in business, arts, sciences, nursing, education and law. It ranks in the top 135 national universities in the US and in the top 20 for student diversity.
Villanova University
E-mail: international@villanova.edu
Website: www.admission.villanova.edu
Offers programmes in liberal arts and sciences, business, engineering and nursing. Undergraduate class sizes average 23 students, with a 13:1 student to faculty ratio. For nearly two decades US News & World Report has ranked the university No 1 in the Northeast, and the engineering programme among the top 10 in the country.
Western Michigan University
E-mail: oiss-info@wmich.edu
Website: international.wmich.edu
It is a nationally recognised student-centred research institution offering a wireless computing environment with more than 250 programmes of study at the bachelor, master and doctoral degree levels.
By Rema Menon, Notes Report