Each year, ISSS hosts a nine-month Foundation Year Program for recipients of competitive scholarships from around the globe. After graduating high school in their home countries, Foundation Year students come to UT for a gap-year program to immerse themselves in U.S. culture and prepare for success in their undergraduate studies. This spring,… read more
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SABIC Foundation Year Welcomes Its 7th Cohort to UT
This month, ISSS’s Sponsored Student Services team will welcome 14 new students from Saudi Arabia to participate in one of our Foundation Year Programs. These bright young men will spend a year at UT preparing for admission to a major U.S. university engineering program. They are recipients of the SABIC… read more
UT Welcomes 25 Foundation Year Students from the UAE
The International Office is pleased to announce that the inaugural ADNOC foundation year program is off to a great start. In September, we welcomed 25 students to UT from the United Arab Emirates to prepare for college during an intensive foundation year program incorporating ESL, SAT and TOEFL preparation. Students… read more
Chevron Foundation Year Program
The International Office is honored to host a new Foundation Year Program sponsored by Chevron. The inaugural cohort consists of five employees from Angola who were nominated by their supervisors and selected by a scholarship committee to pursue undergraduate engineering degrees in the United States. Prior to beginning their undergraduate… read more
New Program Announcement: KAUST Foundation-Year
The International Office is excited to announce a new Foundation Year partnership with the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia. The KAUST Gifted Student Program Foundation Year will bring a group of academically advanced Saudi students to UT Austin to engage in ESL, math, science,… read more
SABIC Students Graduate from Foundation Year Program
Every year UT Austin hosts 15-20 Saudi Arabian students sponsored by SABIC for a customized Foundation Year program. The program consists of 18 months of intensive English and rigorous academic work to prepare the students for their undergraduate studies at various institutions across the U.S. On April 30th the students… read more