ABC Student News: University of Notre Dame

Recently we had the pleasure of having the University of Notre Dame du Lac, which is simply known as Notre Dame. It’s a private Catholic University located in Indiana, United States. This university was founded by Father Edward Sorin back in 1842, and was an all-male institution; it wasn’t until 1972 that the university started enrolling women.

At Notre Dame they are organized into different departments, colleges and schools, they are: School of Architecture, College of Arts and Letters (which is the oldest, established in 1842), Mendoza College of Business, College of Engineering, First Year of Studies, The Graduate School, The Law School and the College of Science. Notre Dame is well known for their sports programs, they currently offer football, basketball, tennis, fencing, soccer, cross country, golf, hockey, swimming and diving.

In terms of costs, Notre Dame’s estimates student expenses for international students for the academic year 2011-2012 being of $54,800. Therefore it’s important to keep in mind that year after year the expenses increases. However, Notre Dame does offer financial aid, which you can find more on this on the link below:

http://financialaid.nd.edu/prospective/international_student_financial_aid.shtml.

Notre Dame’s early action application deadline is on November 1^st, and its regular application deadline is on 31^st December. Some of the required examinations are SAT I: Reasoning Test (1390-1490 on Critical Reading and Maths only) or ACT (32 – 34). The university encourages their prospective students to apply through Commonapp, however if you want to print your application and mail it to them, feel free to do so. The TOEFL or IELTS is needed too.

But, if you’re interested on going to study in Australia, there are three University of Notre Dame campuses. They are located in Fremantle, Broome and Sydney.

For more information you can visit the website of University of Notre Dame:

v  University of Notre Dame USA : http://www.nd.edu/

v  University of Notre Dame Australia :  http://www.nd.edu.au/index.shtml

Written by: Cindy Cordova

ABC Student News: University Information

Study in France

Last Saturday 26^th September, the “Alliance Francaise” of El Salvador offered a conference about studying in France in their facilities, for any student that wants to achieve a higher education in France.

During the conference it was said that there are around 3500 educational institutions, between public and private.  They offer “licence”, “master” and “doctorat”.  In France school starts in September and it’s recommended that the student starts to organize paper work with a year in advance. For all foreign students that aren’t European and want to study in France, they need to contact with the French embassy of El Salvador, in order to obtain further information and how to obtain a visa. There is also a website for scholarships available for students, which is http://www.campusfrance.org/en/index.htm. This website is in three languages: French, English and Spanish, making it simple to understand. It’s easy to use depending on what you’re looking for, there’s plenty of information ranging from: finding the course you want, to grants, to reasons why to study in France and information on studying and living in France.

If you’re thinking of studying in France most universities will ask you for the Diplôme d’études en langue française (DELF) level B2, as this will show that you have a solid French level in order to attend school in France. You can take this exam in the “Alliance Française” here in El Salvador, it costs $100 to take the exam and the passing mark is 50 out of the 100 points. However, there is the possibility of studying in France and having your classes taught in English, you can find more information in the website of campusfrance.org, where there’s the option of searching for universities in France that have programs taught in English (http://www.campusfrance.org/fr/d-catalogue/programs_taught_english/programs.html).  

For more information you can visit:

CampusFrance for Central America  (www.ameriquecentrale.campusfrance.org),

French Embassy (www.ambafrance-sv.org, info@ambafrance-sv.org)

Alianza Francesa de San Salvador: (www.afelsalvador.com, biblioteca@afelsalvador.com)

Written by: Cindy Cordova