Admission: The Center looks for applicants who show evidence of outstanding academic achievement and an interest in the Middle East, demonstrated through education, life, or work experience. Applicants from all undergraduate majors are eligible to apply. The Center values, but does not require, an undergraduate training in a Middle Eastern language or in the politics, history, and cultures of the region. All applicants must submit scores from the Graduate Record Examination (general test only). Applicants who are not native English speakers and who have not completed undergraduate degrees at universities where English is the language of instruction must submit scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Joint journalism applicants must comply with the additional admission requirements of the Department of Journalism. Applicants must meet all Graduate School of Arts and Science admissions deadlines. Applications for entry are accepted for the fall semester; applications for spring entry are considered only in exceptional circumstances and cannot be considered for financial aid.

FINANCIAL AID

Applicants to the Program in Near Eastern Studies (and all joint programs) are eligible for graduate full-funding support packages, which provide full-time tuition and fees, NYU student health insurance, and a stipend. No additional forms beyond the admission application are needed to apply for these awards.

A comprehensive list of University, Graduate School, and departmental fellowships, prizes, and awards appears in the Financing Graduate Education section of the GSAS Application for Admission and Financial Aid. This information is also available on the GSAS Web site at http://gsas.nyu.edu/page/grad.financialaid.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND AREA STUDIES FELLOWSHIPS

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships consisting of full-time tuition and a stipend are awarded on a competitive basis by the Hagop Kevorkian Center, under a Title VI grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants to the M.A. program in Near Eastern studies (and all joint programs) are eligible to apply, as are students from other departments within GSAS and from other schools at NYU. FLAS applicants must be U.S. citizens or have permanent resident status, and must plan to enroll full time in a degree program that will include the study of either Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, or Turkish.

Academic Year FLAS Fellowships may be awarded to both incoming and continuing students. Summer FLAS Fellowships are available to students currently enrolled at NYU to attend selected intensive language programs in the United States and abroad.

Unlike most other financial aid at GSAS, application for FLAS Fellowships is separate from the admissions application. Both summer and academic year applications are due in January for study beginning the following summer and fall, respectively; application forms are available the preceding November.

How to Apply: For inquiries about FLAS Fellowships, or to request an application, contact the Hagop Kevorkian Center, 212-998-8877, e-mail: kevorkian.center@nyu.edu. Application forms may be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat format from the Center Web site at www.nyu.edu/gsas/program/neareast.

SUMMER LANGUAGE PROGRAMS

The Hagop Kevorkian Center is a member of the Eastern Consortium in Persian and Turkish, which organizes an annual intensive summer language program that gives students the equivalent of one year of Persian or Turkish language study at either the elementary or intermediate level. Classes are taught by instructors chosen by a committee from the American Association of Teachers of Persian and the American Association of Teachers of Turkish.

The Eastern Consortium is a cooperative arrangement of the Middle East Centers of University of Chicago, Georgetown University, Harvard University, University of Michigan, New York University, Ohio State University, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and Yale University; it is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education under Title VI. The summer program is held at one of the member schools every summer. Admission to the Eastern Consortium program requires submission of an application directly to the school hosting the program. Tuition fellowships are available for students to attend the Eastern Consortium program. The Eastern Consortium program meets the requirements for students who plan to study under Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships. For further information, visit the Center’s Web site for a link to the Eastern Consortium Web site.

The Center participates as a member of the Summer Workshop in Slavic, Eastern European, and Central Asian Languages (SWSEEL) hosted by the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center at Indiana University. The program offers intensive summer language instruction (equivalent to one year) in Azeri, Kazakh, Pashto, Tajik, Turkmen, Uyghur, and Uzbek (as well as Slavic and Eastern European languages). Applicants apply directly to Indiana University for admission and financial aid; the program meets all requirements for students who plan to study under Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships. Members of the SWSEEL consortium include Title VI Centers at Duke, Georgetown, and Harvard universities; the universities of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), Michigan, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Texas (Austin), and Wisconsin (Madison); and Ohio State University. For further information, visit their Web site at www.indiana.edu/~iuslavic/swseel/index.shtml.

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