ISLAMABAD: United States Education Foundation (USEF) held briefing session on Scholarship Opportunities for Pakistani students in United States at Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) here on Thursday.
AIOU’s Central Library and USEF jointly arranged the session for the students, aspiring to get education in the USA.
USEFP’s representative Syed Asad Ali said that the United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP) was established in 1950 by the governments of Pakistan and the United States.
It provides Fulbright scholarship which is a fully funded including cost of tuition, required books, airfare, accommodation, assistance with Visa, health insurance and monthly stipend.
The participants were briefed about application time-line and its requirement, eligibility criteria, ineligibility, how to apply and responded certain queries.
The event was attended by the large number of students, who took keen interest in the Fulbright program.
The function was addressed by the Dean, Faculty of Sciences, Prof. Dr. Syed Zafar Ilyas and Chief Librarian, Sahibzada Shah Farrukh.
With input from INP
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