What can IIE offer for ELTE students

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What can IIE offer for ELTE students?

• Ágnes Vajda
• External Relations Manager
• Institute of International Education (IIE)
  European Office
• December 5, 2006

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• What is IIE?
• Global higher education and professional exchange
  agency
• Founded in 1919
• European Headquarters founded in 1990
• 20 offices worldwide in 15 countries
• Our Mission Opening Minds to the World

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• What Does IIE Do?
• Administers scholarship and training programs
• Provides educational and information services
• Conducts IIENetwork, a membership program for
  international education professionals

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• Main Program Activities of IIE in Europe
• Higher Education Development
• - publications, seminars, IIENetwork
• Scholarship administration
• GE Foundation Scholarship Programs
• Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program
• Partnership for Education and Community
  Development in Serbia
• Ferszt-Buynoski Scholarship in Poland
• Flinn Foundation Fellowship
• Central Europe Summer Research Institute
• Educational Testing Service (ETS) representation
• TOEFL ITP and TOEIC representation

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IIE-Administered Scholarship Program for ELTE
Students Goldman Sachs Global Leaders
Program Program description and eligibility
requirements www.iie.hu Application deadline
December 15, 2006
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• IIE Publications

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• IIE Print and Online Publications
• Funding for US Study A Scholarship Guide for
  Europeans
• Intensive English USA
• IIEPassport Academic Year Abroad
• IIEPassport Short-Term Study Abroad
• IIEPassport Country of the Month
• IIENetworker Magazine
• Open Doors Report on International Educational
  Exchange
• Atlas of Student Mobility

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• Funding for US Study Scholarship Guide for
  Europeans
• Detailed information on over 200 scholarships,
  grants and fellowships
• Funding resources by field of study
• Funding resources by country of
  origin/nationality
• Informative articles on financial assistance and
  university funding options
• In Hungary, the book is available from IIEs
  office (www.iie.hu), as well as for the general
  public at the Fulbright Educational Advising
  Center (www.fulbright.hu) and at the Kempelen
  Farkas Student Information Center (www.hik.hu) in
  Budapest, and can be purchased online
  (www.iiebooks.org).

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• IIEPassport Study Abroad Directories
• Academic Year Abroad
• Short-Term Study Abroad

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• IIEPassport Study Abroad Directories
• Most complete and comprehensive resource on study
  abroad
• 6,000 individual programs listed
• Continually updated
• Available in print and on web

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IIEPassport Slide
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Intensive English Programs in the
USAwww.IntensiveEnglishUSA.org
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Open Doors 2006 Resources available on the
webhttp//opendoors.iienetwork.orgExtensive
data and background materials
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• Open Doors Report
• United States and Hungary
• Hungarian students going to the US dropped 11 in
  2005/2006
• 2004/2005 934
• 2005/2006 831 (11 decrease)
• More and more US students choose Hungary as a
  study abroad destination
• 1993/1994 334
• 2004/2005 645

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TOEFL Institutional Testing Program (ITP)
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• TOEFL Institutional Testing Program (ITP)
• On-site assessment tool for institutions
• To measure English language proficiency of
  students whose native language is not English
• Academic context
• Consists of previously administered, authentic
  TOEFL test questions
• Over 1,500 institutions from around the globe
  administer over 300,000 ITP tests annually

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TOEFL Institutional Testing Program
(ITP) Reliable - based on internationally
recognized standard TOEFL - multiple test
forms scores are comparable and
equated Convenient - use your own staff and
facilities - set your own testing time, date and
place Quick - scores reported in 1-2 business
days after receipt of answer sheets score
reports for students and institutions Affordable
- available at a nominal price
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• TOEFL Institutional Testing Program (ITP)
• TOEFL ITP is used for
• Screening for scholarship and exchange programs
• Placement of students into appropriate English
  courses
• Assessment of progress
• EuroPass Language Passport
• Program exit (e.g. graduation requirement)
• TOEFL practice

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• TOEFL Institutional Testing Program (ITP)
• Three sections
• Listening
• Grammar
• Reading
• Score scale
• 310-677
• Institutions/scholarship programs set their own
  minimum score requirement.

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TOEFL Institutional Testing Program
(ITP) Further information and sample
questions itp_at_iie.hu, www.iie.hu
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• IIEs Online Resources
• www.iie.hu
• www.iie.org
• www.FundingUSstudy.org
• www.intensiveenglishusa.org
• www.iiepassport.org
• www.iienetwork.org
• www.iiebooks.org
• http//opendoors.iienetwork.org

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Contact Information Institute of International
Education European Office Ágnes Vajda External
Relations Manager 1051 Budapest, Vigyázó Ferenc
u. 4. Tel [phone], Fax (36-1)
472-2255 E-mail avajda_at_iie.hu, Web www.iie.hu