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Undergraduate Flagship

Program Requirements:

  1. Must be enrolled in a degree program at the University of Maryland (UM Admissions)
  2. Have successfully completed PERS101 (or equivalent)
  3. Must submit completed Undergraduate Persian Flagship Program Application form
  4. *Must attend an individual advising session to complete a Program of Study with the UG flagship advisor
  5. For scholarship candidates only: Must have filed 2009-2010 FAFSA form (UM's FAFSA code is 002103)

For more information, please contact persianflagship@umd.edu.

Application Procedure
To apply for the Undergraduate Persian Flagship Program and to apply for the Undergraduate Persian Flagship Scholarship, please complete the online Undergraduate Flagship Application and submit supporting materials (transcript, faculty/instructor recommendation, personal statements).

Graduate Flagship

The Graduate Flagship Program is collaboration between 4 institutions. The program is funded by the Language Flagship. The University of Maryland and the American Councils for International Education are the academic institutions affiliated with the Flagship program. Flagship fellows spend one year in the stateside program followed by a year overseas in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The IIE administers the funding for both components of the Flagship experience.


Consideration for the Graduate Persian Flagship Program and Fellowship Funding is a three part process:


  1. Application and admission to University of Maryland Persian Masters of Professional Studies Program. (Stateside portion of the Flagship program).
    *Applicants for stateside only MPS at UMD, who are NOT seeking funding:
    -Complete Step 1 only. Deadline for application is March 15.
  2. Application to and approval by the IIE fellowship program.
  3. Application and provisional admission to the American Councils overseas program portion.

In order to be eligible for a Fellowship, applicants must commit to complete both the Stateside and Overseas portions of the Flagship program and fulfill all other requirements listed on ( IIE url). Eligibility for both the Stateside and Overseas portions of the program is assessed at the time of initial application.


Details on How to Apply

  1. For the Stateside Masters of Professional Studies Program at the University of Maryland
    The MPS program will admit students of various disciplines who have strong motivation to achieve higher levels of competence in Persian and have an ACTFL proficiency level of Intermediate-High (1+) or Advanced-Low (ILR 2-) in speaking, reading, and/or listening. While previous participation in study abroad programs is not required, a semester or academic year of immersion learning in a Persian-speaking country is preferable.



  2. Application and approval to IIE (Institute of International Education)
    • To apply for funding from The Language Flagship please visit the Institute of International Education’s website http://www.flagshipfellowships.org and submit an application.
    • Deadline: January 15th.


  3. Persian Overseas Flagship Program at American Councils
    For the Overseas Program, eligible candidates will be selected on a competitive basis upon demonstration of "advanced" proficiency in Persian equivalent to the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Level 2/2+. The program is open to graduate students, to heritage speakers, and to working professionals. Successful candidates will need to show strong motivation to achieve "professional" language proficiency in Persian.