By Sarah Pita | Development Director
A new school year starts at Nehemiah Gateway University in October. International students from the class of 2023 are working with NG staff to secure their visas to study in Albania, arranging their travel, and preparing to live in a different country for three years. Albanian students, meanwhile, are now working through the application process.
We have five incoming international students this year. It is an all-female class, with our first ever student from Guatemala, one from Uganda, and three from Tanzania. They will be living in NG's new student dormitory in Pogradec. For all of them, preparing for winter will be a new experience!
The academic program at Nehemiah Gateway University is based on the German dual study model, in which students alternate classroom time and real-world work experience. At NGU, this means 3 months of intensive coursework, with most classes presented in intensive, 2-week blocks from local or visiting professors, followed by 3 months of practical experience with NG and other area employers, followed by 3 more months of classroom time, after which they return to their home countries to work on projects with their sponsoring organizations for 3 months. Classroom time and practical time are designed to complement and reinforce one another so that students are optimally equipped to use their education to help others.
Nehemiah Gateway University is excited to see these new faces on campus in the fall, and is already hard at work getting things ready for them. Your scholarship support is helping them to make the most of this amazing opportunity.
All the best,
Sarah Pita
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