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Pre-Departure Orientation for Fulbright Scholars and Students

Congratulations on your Fulbright award!  To prepare for your Fulbright, you as a scholar or student grantee are required to attend a pre-departure orientation in Washington, DC.  (Some Fulbright participants have orientation seminars upon arriving in the host country and do not attend a pre-departure seminar in Washington.  Check your awards packet for more details.)   

For more information about your specific orientation, click on the appropriate region.

Pre-Departure Orientation for Scholars and Students Going to Africa, the Middle East and South and Central Asia

Click here for predeparture orientation information if you are a Fulbright Scholar or Student going to one of the following countries:

Bahrain Ghana Madagascar Oman Tunisia
Bangladesh Guinea Malawi Pakistan Turkmenistan
Benin India Maldives Rwanda Uganda
Bhutan Israel Mali Senegal United Arab Emirates
Botswana Jordan Mauritius Sierra Leone Uzbekistan
Burkina Faso Kenya Morocco South Africa West Bank
Cameroon Kazakhstan Mozambique Sri Lanka Zambia
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Kuwait Namibia Syria
Côte d’Ivoire Kyrgyz Republic Nepal Swaziland
Egypt Lebanon Niger Tajikistan
Ethiopia Lesotho Nigeria Tanzania

Pre-departure Orientation for Scholars and Students Going to the Americas

Click here for predeparture orientation information if you are a Fulbright Scholar or Student going to one of the following countries:

Barbados

Guatemala Paraguay
Bolivia Honduras

Trinidad and Tobago

Costa Rica Jamaica Venezuela
Dominican Republic Nicaragua
El Salvador Panama

Pre-departure Orientation for Scholars and Students Going to Europe and Eurasia

Click here for predeparture orientation information if you are a Fulbright Scholar or Student going to one of the following countries:

Albania Croatia Lithuania Russia
Armenia Estonia Macedonia Serbia
Azerbaijan  Georgia Moldova Slovenia
Bosnia and Herzegovina Latvia Montenegro Ukraine

Pre-departure Orientation for Scholars and Students Going to China

Click here for predeparture orientation information if you are a Fulbright Scholar or Student going to China.

If your destination country is not listed here, you do not attend a predeparture orientation seminar in Washington, DC.  Please check your award packet for your orientation details.

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