FIPSE-CANADA-MEXICO Flyer
FIPSE-CANADA-MEXICO Brochure
Información en Español sobre la Facultad de Arquitectura y Planificación en la Universidad de Nuevo México
INDIGENOUS PLANNING EXCHANGE PROGRAM IN US, CANADA, AND MEXICO
A Study Abroad Program for Undergraduate or Graduates Students in Architecture and Planning and other majors
INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION AND STUDENT MOBILITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION AMONG THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AND MEXICO, US-CANADA-MEXICO PROGRAM,
FUND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION (FIPSE), US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA
UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN
BENÉMERITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA
UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIAPAS
The US-CANADA-MEXICO Higher Education Consortia Program is administered jointly by the U.S. Department of Education (FIPSE Program),
Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC), and the Secretaría de Educación Pública of Mexico (SEP).
The Consortium will support the exhange of 42 students among the partner universities from 2007 to 2010. Each institution will send 7 students on exchange between 2009-2011.
Students pay tuition to their home university and transfer credits back to their home university.
ELIGIBILITY: Undergraduate or Graduate students. Most majors and interdisciplinary studies programs accepted (except language majors).
Program participants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. 3.0 GPA average in major course work.
ACADEMIC CREDITS: Students will receive full credit (12-15 credit hours per semester) for successfully completed course work. Students must obtain advisor’s approval
for the courses that will be taken in Canada or Mexico to ensure transfer of credits that will meet their degree requirements at UNM.
Students must select courses from a list of courses available at each partner university.
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT: A good working knowledge of Spanish is needed to attend classes in Mexico. Students should be in their 5th semester of Spanish when applying.
An Intensive Spanish course is offered in Mexico before classes start at the host university. Mexican students must have a TOEFL score of 520/190/68 for undergraduates
or 550/213/79-80 for graduate students.
SCHOLARSHIP: Students will receive $3,000 per semester which includes roundtrip airfare from Albuquerque to Canada or Mexico, basic room and board, and personal expenses.
An allowance of up to $1000 can be used to pay for intensive language instruction in Mexico before the beginning of the program. Canadian and Mexican students coming
to the US will receive a similar stipend.
HOW TO APPLY: Applicants must apply like a regular semester exchange students. The deadline is April 1 for the Fall semester or October 1 for the Spring semester.
Download application here and link to universities in Mexico
here. IN-COMING students can apply here.
For more information contact Dr. Ted Jojola at the UNM School of Architecture and Planning, 505-277-6428
or Robyn Cote at the Latin American and Iberian Institute, 505-277-6843.
