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USEFUL LINKS
Assistantship Clearinghouse - www.grad.uiuc.edu/clearinghouse/
Events and Deadlines - www.grad.uiuc.edu/events/
Fellowship Opportunities - www.grad.uiuc.edu/fellowship/
Graduate Handbook -www.grad.uiuc.edu/gradhandbook/
Guide to Graduate Life at Illinois - www.grad.uiuc.edu/survivalguide/
Past GradLinks - www.grad.uiuc.edu/pubs/gradlinks/
Thesis Handbook - www.grad.uiuc.edu/thesis/thesishandbook/

 

FINANCIAL AID

Students in the REEES MA program who are eligible can apply for Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships offered through the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center, the European Union Center, the Center for Global Studies, and the Program in South Asian and Middle East Studies. Qualified students may also be eligible for other fellowships at the campus level. A limited number of teaching and graduate assistantships, which include a tuition and fee waiver, are also available to outstanding students. The Center offers a 50 percent graduate assistantship as an outreach assistant; research assistantships are sometimes available through the Slavic and East European Library. Information on need-based financial aid may be obtained from the Graduate College Fellowships Office.

 

FLAS Fellowships: Students in the M.A. program who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents are eligible to compete for Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships offered under the Higher Education Act, Title VI, US Department of Education.  Awards are for interdisciplinary language and area studies, including the study of Russian or other languages of Eastern Europe and Eurasia.  FLAS Fellowships provide a tuition fee waiver and a stipend of $15,000 for academic-year fellowships; $2,500 for summer fellowships.  Applications for financial aid, including Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowships, is February 1 for incoming students and February 16 for students who are currently enrolled.  For more information, contact reec@uiuc.edu

CIC FLEP Grants: The Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Foreign Language Enhancement Program (FLEP) provides scholarships to help graduate students take advantage of language offerings not available at their home university, but available at another CIC member university. Scholarships are intended to cover living expenses incurred while attending another CIC host institution during the summer session.

CIC Traveling Scholar Program: The Traveling Scholar Program enables doctoral-level students at any CIC university to take advantage of educational opportunities—specialized courses, unique library collections, unusual laboratories—at any other CIC university without change in registration or increase in tuition.

 

Graduate Programs

    REEES MA
    REEES Graduate Minor
    Balkan Studies Minor

    Information for FAOs

   Information for Students

 

Undergraduate Programs
    REEES Major
    REEES Minor

    

Certificate in Global Business Culture

 

REEES Courses

     Area Studies Courses
     Language Courses

Course Offerings
       Spring 2008

Course Links
       REES 495 / 550  

CommencementSp 08

FLAS Fellowships

 
    
Russian, East European, and Eurasian CenterCollege of Liberal Arts and SciencesUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign    
104 International Studies Building • 910 S Fifth Street • Champaign, IL 61820     
Phone: 217-333-1244 • Fax: 217-333-1582 • email: reec@uiuc.edu     
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