Financial Aid Awarded to Students Enrolled in Advising Sessions at U.S. Embassy

May 3, 2005
No. 25/07

Addis Ababa (U.S. Embassy) -- More than 100 hundred interested prospective students have come to the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in 2007 looking for information about education in the USA. This is an outcome of the educational advising services currently being offered at the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa. In addition, outreach programs to universities in Jimma, Gondar, Mekelle, and Bahir Dar have drawn a large number of people interested in obtaining information about “Study in the USA.”

As a result of this revamped effort, scholarships amounting over 126,000 USD have been granted to three young Ethiopians by universities and colleges in the US. One undergraduate student in Biochemistry and two graduate students in Electrical, Electronics and Communications have so far received full scholarships and assistantships that will help fund their studies in the U.S.  More advisees are expected to receive financial assistance from U.S. schools as admission decisions are announced in the next few months.

The Public Affairs Section promotes further study at US colleges and universities by delivering advising sessions at the U.S. Embassy and also at universities and colleges around Ethiopia.

For further information, please contact Yoseph Shiferaw, Cultural Affairs Specialist, Public Affairs Office, U.S. Embassy, Tel: 011-517-4223