How to apply
The GSP application period for 2018 has closed.
Please note earlier application deadlines for students from UTokyo.
Please review the course profiles carefully to ensure that you fit within the target audience and meet any prerequisites before submitting the GSP application to your home institution.
Important information for applying to the IARU Global Summer Program:
Eligibility
The IARU Global Summer Program is open to students currently enrolled at one of the IARU universities.
Due to limited spaces, applications are exclusively for IARU students.
You need to possess a high level of proficiency in written and spoken English. Please contact the GSP Coordinator at your home university for criteria used to determine fluency.
The GSP application process
There are three stages of the IARU GSP application:
Stage I
Send your application to your home university indicating which course(s) you would like to participate in. If not otherwise stated, send copies of your academic transcripts along with the application, and check in the course description(s) whether further application material is needed. Please seek clarification with your home universities about the requirements for credits and funding (if needed).
Applications close on:
- Early-February 2018 for UTokyo students (deadline depends on faculties), and
- 16 March 2018 for students from ANU, ETH Zurich, NUS, PKU, UC Berkeley, Cambridge, UCPH, UCT, Oxford and Yale.
Please note that you must go through the application process of your home university.
Stage II
Your home university will select outgoing candidates for each GSP course.
Selected students will be informed of their acceptance by their home university by 13 April 2018. ETH Zurich will notify its students by 27 April 2018.
Stage III
Selected students respond to acceptance offer by 10 May 2018.
Penalties for canceling an accepted offer might apply - subject to the terms and conditions outlined by each university.
IARU-Santander GSP Scholarships
Thanks to the support of the Santander Universities Global Division, IARU universities are able to provide scholarships to support their students' participation in the GSP. For information on how to apply for an IARU-Santander GSP Scholarship, please contact the GSP Coordinator at your home institution.
Where to apply
Closing dates for applications:
- Early-February 2018 for UTokyo students (depends on faculties), and
- 16 March 2018 for students from ANU, ETH Zurich, NUS, PKU, UC Berkeley, Cambridge, UCPH, Oxford and Yale.
Please note that you must submit your application & transcripts to the GSP contact of your home university.
If the course(s) you are applying for request/s additional application material, include these documents in your application, too.
The GSP application period for 2018 has closed.
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Australian National University
Submission via e-application, follow the instructions on ANU's GSP website. -
National University of Singapore
For application instructions and details about IARU GSP, click here.
For additional information, visit the NUS IRO summer programmes webpage. -
UC Berkeley
For outgoing UC Berkeley students, submit application to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Incoming UCB1: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Incoming UCB2: Submission via e-application: cedberkeley.slideroom.com. IARU applicants can contact program staff to have the application fee waived. -
University of Cambridge
Email application to Lucy Gager: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
(Put “GSP application” in the subject line)
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University of Copenhagen
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University of Oxford
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The University of Tokyo
Send application form to the relevant office of your faculty or graduate school by the deadline determined by them, which will vary from faculty/graduate school to faculty/graduate school. Deadline is normally set in early February. It is your responsibility to check the dates.
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University of Cape Town
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Yale University
Yale students interested in taking NUS1: Southeast Asia in Context should fill out the Yale Summer Session study abroad application after December 15.
Yale students interested in studying at any other partner institution abroad should complete the GSP e-application
Yale students wishing to take the GSP course at Yale should only fill out a Yale Summer Session application after January 16.
Interested applicants should review Yale’s Global Summer Program website prior to applying.