Apply for Fulbright Foreign Student Program – Burkina Faso

This program is designed primarily to strengthen African universities through higher degree training for faculty members. A secondary purpose is to strengthen other educational, cultural, and professional institutions (such as museums, libraries, independent research institutes, and ministries of education, planning, or science and technology).

Types of Programs

Awards are available for the following types of programs:

• up to two years in a study program at a university in the U.S. for a Masters (MA) degree or a doctorate (PH. D) degree.
• up to one year of independent research at a U.S. university under the guidance of an American professor.
• up to one year of professional development in the U.S. in professional fields (such as medicine or law) or creative fields (such as fine arts, the performing arts, music, and literature). Funding is provided by the Government of the United States of America through the U.S. Department of State and varies depending on the program.

Eligibility Criteria

• Any person who is currently affiliated with and who is committed to continue working either at an academic institution of higher education, or at a public or private educational, cultural, or professional institution in their home country upon completion of their program are eligible to apply.
• Only persons who meet the following minimum requirements can apply through the American Embassy in Ouagadougou:
  • Citizens or permanent residents of Burkina Faso who are qualified to hold a valid passport issued by Burkina Faso.
  • Persons who have or will have by July 2024 a university degree awarded after at least four years of full-time study that is sufficient to qualify the person to be admitted to a graduate study program at a university in the U.S.
  • Persons who have the endorsement of their home institution; and
  • Persons who are fluent in both written and spoken English.

Ineligible

The following are examples of persons who are not eligible for this program:

• Persons who have already received a bachelor’s or master’s degree in the U.S.
• Persons who have participated in a Fulbright program within the past three years.
• Persons who cannot score at least 575 on the Test Of English as a Foreign Language
• Persons who cannot score at least 1000 on the combined verbal and quantitative sections of the GRE test (for study programs other than business and law); and
• Persons who cannot score at least 550 on the GMAT test (for study programs in business).

For more information, visit U.S. Embassy in Burkina Faso.