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International Student Assistantship Program

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Internationalize your campus and bring valuable linguistic and cultural resources to your students through the IES Abroad International Student Assistantship Program. This program connects U.S. universities with highly-qualified international students who are eager to obtain teaching experience, share their native culture, act as study abroad resources, and study in the United States.

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How the Program Works

The IES Abroad Student Assistantship Program is designed to connect you with a pool of highly-qualified undergraduates and graduate students from IES Abroad’s overseas partner institutions. You select the best candidate for the position at your university. IES Abroad contacts the student with your offer.

If the candidate accepts your offer, the student will work for one academic year in your institution. In return, you determine the award package that your institution will provide. Award packages include all or a combination of the following: tuition waiver, room, board, insurance, small stipend.

 

Profiles of Possible Positions for Student Assistants

The responsibilities of Student Assistants are determined by your institution. Below are a few of the most common positions assigned to Student Assistants.

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Language Department Assistant

Department Assistants may work in an administrative capacity, assist students with conversational aspects of the language in foreign language laboratories, or organize cultural events.

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Teaching Assistant (TA)

Used at the undergraduate and graduate level, TAs may assist professors with lesson preparations, instruction in the classroom, or with corrections of student papers and tests. Occasionally, the TA may team teach and offer the conversation component of a language course.

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Foreign Language Resident Hall Assistant

Resident Assistants usually live in language residence halls or houses and are responsible for promoting the everyday use of their native language.

IES Abroad Partner Institutions

Argentina

  • Universidad de Buenos Aires

Chile

  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • Universidad de Chile

Ecuador

  • Universidad de San Francisco de Quito
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador

France

  • Institut Catholique de Paris
  • Université de Paris IV - Sorbonne
  • Université de Nantes

Germany

  • Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  • Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg

Italy

  • Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan)
  • Università degli Studi di Siena
  • Università per Strainieri di Siena

Spain

  • Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  • Universidad de Granada
  • Universidad de Salamanca

Past U.S. Participants

  • Bucknell University
  • Claremont McKenna College
  • DePauw University
  • Franklin and Marshall College
  • Grinnell College
  • Hope College
  • Illinois Wesleyan University
  • Occidental College
  • Pomona College
  • Scripps College
  • Washington and Lee University
  • Whitman College
  • William Jewell College
  • Wofford College
Request Student Assistants

IES Abroad International Student Assistantship Program

Internationalize your campus and bring valuable linguistic and cultural resources to your students through the IES Abroad International Student Assistantship Program!

This program connects U.S. universities with highly-qualified international students who are eager to share their native culture and language, act as study abroad resources, and study in the United States. 

Questions? Contact [email protected]

 

Please indicate the number of assistants needed from each location.

Please provide a brief description of what will likely be provided in your assistantship award package.

Note: The deadline for requesting an International Student Assistant for the 2022-2023 school year is Monday, February 7th, 2022.