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  • Consulate General of China in Chicago visits Illinois International, GET

    A delegation from the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Chicago visited the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) on Feb. 19. 

    The delegation met with senior leadership in Illinois International, Global Education and Training (GET), and the Grainger College of Engineering. 

  • GET welcomes new Fulbright Fellow cohort for Spring, Summer 2024

    This new cohort, made up of 15 students from around the world who have been accepted into the Fulbright program, will spend a semester on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) campus taking English language courses through GET's Intensive English Institute.

  • GET visits Kazakhstan for Bolashak 30th anniversary celebration

    Global Education and Training (GET) Director Matt Rosenstein and Grant Brewer, GET Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives, traveled to Kazakhstan to participate in the “Bolashak: Strategic Partnership and Cooperation” forum on Nov. 30. 

     The event celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Bolashak program, its impacts on higher education development in Kazakhstan, and contributions to global academic exchanges. 

     

  • GET News: Fall 2023

    GET's fall newsletter is here! Read the update from Director Matt Rosenstein and explore the latest updates and stories.

  • Global Education and Training ushers in new foundation year program for students from Oman

    The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) has been selected by the Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman in Washington D.C. to host a 2023-2024 Foundation Year Program.

  • Global Education and Training welcomes new cohort of Bolashak fellows from Kazakhstan

    For the third consecutive year, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will serve as the host institution for 15 Bolashak International Scholarship recipients during the 2023-2024 academic year. The 9-month program will be designed, developed, and managed by Global Education and Training (GET) and the Intensive English Institute (IEI). 

  • GET Director presents at Kyushu University dialogue series

    Dr. Matt Rosenstein, the director of Global Education and Training, presented at the first Partnership Dialogue Series hosted by our colleagues from Kyushu University in Japan.

  • Foundation year students share experiences, goals

    This year, Global Education and Training hosted 12 students from Saudi Arabia for the foundation year program, which ended on June 21 following a graduation ceremony and reception.

  • University of Illinois, Intensive English Institute selected to host Humphrey Fellows for long-term English training program

    The Institute for International Education (IIE) has selected the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as the host institution for the 2023 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship’s intensive, long-term English training program.

  • Amideast Egypt Study Tour wraps up final sessions at UIUC Feb. 14; participants leave for home Feb. 16

    New and pilot center directors from Egypt participated in their final break-out session during the Amideast Study Tour on Feb. 14 inside the Illini Union.