About the program:
TechGirls Exchange Program 2025 in the USA is a laudable opportunity for women who want to pursue their careers in science and technology abroad. This program aims at empowering and inspiring young women from around the world. The brilliant students are encouraged to become a part of this fully-funded leadership program to achieve the core mission of the USA to attract them and engage them in multifarious academic activities and programs for ensuring cooperation and financial stability in the global communities. The program allows every talented and passionate woman to enhance their career development while polishing their potentially acquired skills throughout their career in the USA. Furthermore, it permits hardworking ladies to work together with diversified people and uplift their positions in a worldwide community. Further, the global leadership program trains students with fundamental and professional skills that help them provide possible solutions to critical global issues through technological and analytical approaches.Â
Duration:
3 Weeks
Number of Participants:
111 young women
Eligibility criteria:
- Applicants must belong to the eligible countries (Nigeria)
- Applicants should be between the ages of 15 and 17 at the beginning of the program.
- Applicants must possess advanced skills and interest in technology engineering or math during their study tenure.
- Applicants must wish to pursue their higher education and career in technology.
- Applicants must have strong English language skills.
- Applicants must exhibit a mature, flexible, and open-minded approach.
- Applicants must be ready to attend at least one additional semester after their return to their home country.
- Applicants must be willing to complete a community service project in their home country after their return.
- Applicants with no prior experience in the USA or who have not visited the USA in the last three years are preferred.
Supporting documents:
- A photograph
- Latest school transcript.
- Eight essay questions are required to be filled.
- Passport number. (If available)
Benefits:
- Fully Funded trip
- Visa fee for international participants
- Roundtrip international airfare to the U.S.
- Roundtrip domestic airfare
- Housing during the program.
- Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner provided
- Local transportation to program events
- Cultural events organized by Legacy International TechGirls participants
- Beneficiaries join an interactive TechCamp at Virginia Tech, focusing on cutting-edge technologies and STEM careers. They then travel to cities like Austin, Cincinnati, Denver, Detroit, Kansas City, or Seattle for community immersion and career exploration, before ending the program in Washington, D.C.
Additional information:
- No Application Fee
- No IELTS/TOEFL required
Application Deadline:
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December 6, 2024.
Application process:
Interested and eligible applicants should apply for the program using the link below:
We wish you the very best in your applications.
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