The Valle Scholarships support exchange of graduate students to the Baltic and Nordic countries within the fields of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture and Urban Planning.

The University of Bergen offers a Norwegian Language Program from July 7th to August 1st, 2009. Students are expected to have completed at least one year of Norwegian study.

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Application Deadlines:
October 26, 2009 (for Winter/Spring 2010)
February 16, 2010 (for Fall 2010)

Spring & Fall semester fellowship for graduate and advanced undergraduate students to study at selected universities and academies in Denmark. Students earn UW credit for coursework taught in English. Details

Linköping University is located the middle of Sweden, approximately 125 miles southwest of Stockholm

Jackson School - Center for West European Studies
Graduate and advanced undergraduate students with an interest in International and European relations can spend Springtime in Sweden at Linköping University. The exchange emphasizes comparative EU-US study in the fields of public policy, governance, and civil society. Contact CWES for more details.

Graduate and Advanced Undergraduates - One or Two Semesters
The Department invites graduate students and advanced undergraduates in all areas of study -- Humanities, Science, etc. to apply for one or two semesters abroad at Linköping University. Scholarship support may be available, and previous UW students have taken coursework on Scandinavian Studies, Social Sciences, Urban Planning, and other areas. See International Programs and Exchanges for more details.

Undergraduate Summer Program
Linköping also runs a special course targeted at Undergraduates called Swedish Experiences: An Introduction to Swedish History and Culture as seen through the Landscape of Östergötland. Students pay normal UW Summer Quarter tuition, and are also responsible for airfare and cost of living in Sweden. See International Programs and Exchanges for more details.

Uppsasla University Graduate and Advanced Undergraduates - One or Two Semesters
Uppsala University is located an hour north of Stockholm and is the oldest university in Sweden. See International Programs and Exchanges for more details.

Uppsala International Summer Session
Located in the town of Uppsala, UISS offers courses in Swedish language and culture in an international environment. Many UW undergraduates and graduate students have completed this program over the years. See International Programs and Exchanges for more details.

During the summers of 1998, 2001, 2004, and 2007, the Department hosted the National Institute of Summer Scandinavian Studies. The Institute, co-sponsored by a consortium of universities consisting of the Universities of Washington -Seattle, Minnesota-Twin Cities, Wisconsin-Madison, and Indiana University-Bloomington, offers intensive language instruction with additional courses in Scandinavian culture and literature. The NISSS will be held at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities during Summer 2010.

The Baltic Studies Summer Institute (BALSSI) offers intensive Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian language courses. BALSSI also offers English-language courses about Baltic history and culture, as well as rich cultural enhancement programs. BALSSI is sponsored by a consortium of ten American universities: University of California-Los Angeles; Harvard University; Univeristy of Illinois (Urbana and Chicago campuses); Indiana University; University of Iowa; University of Michigan; University of Texas; University of Washington-Seattle; and University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2003 and 2004, the UW hosted the tenth and eleventh BALSSI programs as well as the first two summer programs when the consortium was established. BALSSI is funded with support from the consortium universities as well as grants from the Social Science Research Council, the Estonian- American National Council, and the American Latvian Association.