COUNTRIES: Ukraine
DURATION: 11/01/2020 - 03/31/2023
FUNDER: U.S. Department of State
CONTACT[email protected]

Program Description

The Ukraine Undergraduate Academic Exchange for STEM and Entrepreneurship (UUAESE) provided an ambitious group of aspiring professionals in the science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and entrepreneurship fields with a scholarship for one semester of non-degree academic study at a U.S. college or university.

The program, sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, aimed to enhance participants’ academic knowledge and professional skills so that they could pursue academic and career goals in STEM and entrepreneurship.

Program Goals

  • Implemented a transformative semester-long academic exchange experience for an inclusive group of undergraduate students from Ukraine.
  • Enhanced students’ academic knowledge and professional skills needed to pursue academic and career goals in STEM and entrepreneurship.
  • Facilitated meaningful networking opportunities for students to establish connections within and between cohorts, with U.S. specialists and community members, and among alumni.