Study in the United States

We appreciate your interest in post-secondary study in the United States of America. Students from all over the world enrich our college and university life while learning about life in the U.S., as well as their chosen fields of study, in return. The information sources described on this page may be useful to you as you determine what, where and at what level to study in the U.S.

In order to make the information as accessible as possible to the people who seek it most often, The American Center donates all the materials we receive on U.S. colleges and universities to the University of Malta International Office and the University Library (for the larger items, such as videos, books and CD-ROMs), where anyone who wishes to consult them is free to do so on a reference basis. Some of the materials available include:

* basic information pamphlets such as the booklet If You Want to Study in the United States;

* the four-part videotape series So You Want to Study in the U.S.A.;

* brochures advertising individual U.S. college and university programs, including various summer programs (except for brochures advertising U.S.-based programs teaching English as a second language, which are available in the waiting area of the U.S. Embassy consular section);

* individual college and university catalogs;

* the six-volume Peterson's Guide to Graduate Programs (also available on CD-ROM);

* the ABET Accreditation Yearbook;

* the American Council on Education's directory of Accredited Institutions of Post-Secondary Education;

* the Higher Education Directory;

* the Peterson's Guides to Two-Year Colleges, Four-Year Colleges, and Grants for Graduate & Post-Doctoral Study;

* the Index of Major and Graduate Degrees;

* the College Handbook Foreign Student Supplement;

* the Directory of Engineering & Engineering Technology Undergraduate Programs;

* the American Medical Association Directory (at the University Medical School);

* the Graduate Medical Education Directory (at the National Institute of Health Care library);

* and other materials on potential scholarships, grants, and other types of financial aid.

(Note: although the U.S. Government itself does not offer special scholarships or

fellowships to Maltese students, there are other scholarships for which Maltese are also welcome to apply.)

To complement your research, you may also want to seek the advice of one of the American professors or exchange students on campus; you will generally find them more than willing to share their insights, information and experiences. Again, the University International Office can tell you who they are and where to find them. Good luck in your research and in your studies!

Other Internet Resources for Advising on U.S. Higher Education

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