Scholarships and Exchange Programs

The U.S. Embassy encourages Timorese students to consider joining the hundreds of thousands of other international students currently studying in the USA.

Undergraduate University Programs

• The United States–Timor-Leste (USTL) Scholarship Program
• The Timor-Leste Hillary Clinton Scholarship Program

Post-graduate University Programs

• The Fulbright Program
• East-West Center Fellowships

Dili and Internet-based Programs

• The English Access Microscholarship Program: The English Access Microscholarship Program (Access) provides a foundation of English language skills to talented 13-20 year-olds from economically disadvantaged sectors through after-school classes and intensive sessions.  Access gives participants English skills that may lead to better jobs and educational prospects. Participants also gain the ability to compete for and participate in future exchanges and study in the United States.
• The E-Teacher Scholarship Program: The E-Teacher Scholarship Program offers English teaching professionals living outside of the United States the opportunity to take seven innovative, online, graduate level classes relating to English as a Foreign Language through American universities.