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The Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (also known as the Global UGRAD Program) provides one semester and academic year scholarships to outstanding undergraduate students from underrepresented sectors in East Asia, Eurasia and Central Asia, the Near East and South Asia and the Western Hemisphere for non-degree full-time study combined with community service, internships and cultural enrichment. Approximately 460 scholarships will be awarded in 2008.

The following organizations administer this program in the noted regions on behalf of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs:

• Georgetown University: Near East and South Asia
• International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX): Eurasia and Central Asia
  (NOTE: This program is formerly known as the Eurasian Undergraduate Exchange Program)
• World Learning: East Asia and the Pacific/Western Hemisphere