 All right, dear students, my name is Victoria Adiagev-Malilinskaya. I have joined this year in January, British Management University. I've been working before at Westminster University for a number of years in a management team. And I'm quite familiar with different international organizations and international programs. So I will provide you with overview of such programs, which are available for you first as citizens of Uzbekistan and the second as being new students. So I will divide my presentation into three slopes. The first I will provide you with hints, how to make your mind, how to choose a program. Then what kind of programs are available and what BMW is offering for you. So if it is all right, I will continue, just a moment, I'm moving. So we will talk about as undergraduate as well as postgraduate programs, which are available in Uzbekistan. If you have some questions, I would advise you to leave them until the end. Please identify yourself. Please tell me who you are. I will write your name and last name down. And what kind of questions do you have? Because I'm planning to organize a number of sessions, which would be dedicated to particular programs you're interested in in next few weeks. So this is how it's going to work. We have quite a rich content of our first program, of our first webinar. So you can introduce, it is recorded. So the webinar itself and the slides, which I'm showing to you are going to be available for you as well. So if you are not able to understand something or you have missed an opportunity to ask questions, you can watch throughout the slides. And approach me individually. So this is how it's going to work. OK. First of all, I know from my students, I'm in academia for 30 years. I'm Westminster students and students of other universities. I'm teaching that they are just want to go abroad. And they don't know what to or how to specify their wish. So you have to, first of all, you have to understand what kind of goals, what kind of aims you are pursuing. You want to have international cultural experience, or you want to get MA degree or BA degree. You just want to go for work and travel or get internships in order to understand the life over there. Or just you want to get your education and immigrate in some other country. Next, what you have to consider is geographical location. Usually, abroad is a very black symbol. So you have to think that while in different countries, the education system is different and it requires you, although the some requirements are quite universal, but there are some peculiarities which would allow you to study in this particular country. So, for example, if you want to go to United States, it is one education system. If you want to go to Britain, it is another education system. If you want to go to South Korea to the third one. So there are different requirements and geographic location is very important. If you want to apply for Australian University, although there's British education, you know, I mean framework, they're using over there, but there are some universities have some peculiarities and some additional requirements might be. Then you have to consider your budget. Well, what kind of mode you are choosing? If it is self-paid mode, you have to concentrate on one thing. If it is a scholarship you want to obtain, it would be different timeline and it would be different requirements or scores you have to present as a minimum to apply for the scholarship because scholarships have minimum requirements. So you have to know whether you are suitable or not suitable for this particular requirement and those requirements are different from the university to the university. So sometimes you have to organize like case by case or university by university, you know, I mean communication in order to find out what kind of requirements this university has. So those kind of things we are have to take into consideration when we are looking for our study abroad. OK, then you need to prepare I have a vast international experience. I got my PhD from United States and I've been to many international programs and handling many international programs. What can I provide you in order to start better, not to procrastinate, better to start as early as possible? I would say one year ahead. So you have to identify your priorities first. What is your main goal as we already discussed? And what are you means? Why you and what you want to have just a summer school or some course? Or you want to have the full degree? Geographical location, UK, US, EU, South East Asia, Canada, they all have different universities and different requirements. Then you have to go down to the university. You have to identify university, better to do the the least and then to do shortlisting to the three, for example, because it has to be matching your own means. What your program are you looking for? And do you that this university is in your budget range? Or, for example, you want to study at this university because this university has vast international programs or internships, which will allow you to work after the graduation. So all these things are very important when you are choosing the university. And you have to check about available scholarship. But, you know, I mean, the every scholarship has its timeline. The timeline, the beginning of the deadlines for the scholarships in some universities can be in November, December, but the latest, it is mid-February. If you are starting to look for the scholarship, for example, in January or in February, it is a little bit late. In March, it is too late. So you have to think about it as well. Then you have to allow yourself two to three months to collect application documents to have decent and well-rounded application because you will become competing with thousands and thousands of other students all over the world because, you know, universities usually have the biggest, like 20 places for international students at scholarships and they are specifying them the regions. So, for example, if everybody for the scholarship applying for the Central Asia, they probably would not allow all of them to be from Central Asia because scholarship, which they are offering, they have to be distributed among different geographical locations. You know, I mean, some of them can be, you know, I mean, aiming to disable people or people of the particular profession and stuff like that. So all those things, all those technicalities you have to know in advance in order to prepare a competitive application. So I have prepared the 10 steps which you have to undertake if you are aiming for the full 2023. This is you have to start searching as soon as you decided what you want. Then January to March, this is time and you have to understand what your application needs. In general, explore, understand what are the application approaches we like at this particular university. So if you want to apply for full 2023, you already have to be down to shortlist that universities, which you are really interested in applying. Then you have to know that you have to write an essay. Do it in advance. As soon as you know the topic of this, say, because it is a part of the application procedure, you have to start drafting. You have to do research of the topic of USA. You have to get some statistics. You're drafting an essay and you are giving it for the proofreading to your teachers or to your mates or whatever, because it is a crucial part of the application. Then March to July, July prepare for IELTS or any other relevant test. And if you have some problems with English or you think that your score is 6.0 or 6.5 is not good enough to apply for the scholarship, think about how to improve your score. Then you will get your score. This September to November, you will need to make a college aware that you are applying for the university. And you have to choose the university and ask for the financial aid. Sometimes the universities are very slow to respond because they have many, many encounters, you know, I mean, from different parts of the world. And they are actually there. Some universities are not aware about what the financial aid do they have until the academic year starts, because the budget usually in Western universities is from October to October. So you have to do all of those inquiries in advance. So all of those inquiries in advance. Then make a short listing of those universities who responded to you, who have suitable financial aid for you, who have suitable programs for you, who are interested in you. So you might be interested in the university, but they might not be interested in you because for this particular program, they are not having the opening or whatever. So those kind of things also have to be taken into consideration. And by that time, your documents needs to be ready. So you have to provide your transcripts. You have to provide recommendation letters from a reliable source. So, for example, some of your classmates will write it or somebody who is not capable or, you know, I mean, your family member or something like that. So recommendation letters are very important because universities usually are connecting to the referee and asking about the students. So they are trying to understand that this person is real and this person is capable of providing the reference to the student. Then you have to prepare your bank statement. If you have some money under your pillow, it's probably not enough. So the money have to be in the bank and the university would check this bank account when it was originated, you know, I mean, what kind of money they are and stuff like that. Is it money laundering? So you get reputable signals, stuff like that. You have to provide probably some documents about your parent income that or your own income that you would be able to support yourself during your study. So everything else, everything like this, it takes time to be prepared. Therefore, get it in advance. November, do the application. I always, I always been against last-minute applications because I've been in a committee of some of the universities for scholarship and you are reading and thousands and thousands of scholarships as they say, and you are going through all of them. So for example, when you are rushing toward that deadline, it's not only good, not very good for you, but not very good for the device, you know, I mean, people like me, revisors of the applications because we have to read like 20 or 25 or 40 or 45 in one day and they all mixed up. It's my own hint, better to do it in advance when you have only two or three applications to read, you remember them well, you can provide feedback, you are actually, you know, more interested. Therefore, your chances to get the scholarship or being admitted is much, much more, it's much higher, but you know, I mean, if you are not waiting until the last moment. So late December, January, you are getting your results and applying for regular decision and in March, usually the decision of the scholarship committee coming into the place. So always try to secure yourself, secure your place, apply for self-paid mode and apply for scholarship. So if you really want to go abroad, you have to consider both options. Well, that's the first things I wanted to do, tell to you regarding your preparation. So if you have questions regarding this part of my presentation, you are welcome, you can, I mean, you can write them down in the chat room, okay? All right, I will read them. Well, let's move on. Let's move on to what is available and what you're looking. Let's say you are interested in international cultural experience. You won't just go abroad. I've been, you know, I mean, with my students to London working at Westminster University and seeing students in London many times in the United States as well. So the best way to do it is summer school. Summer school is usually a place, you know, when you are doing not only study but you are doing a lot of sightseeing, cultural experiences, you are meeting people from all over the world and it's a wonderful thing. Another program is, can be language program. So for example, you are going for the language program, not necessarily to, for example, to UK. In 2019, some of my students were going to Tartu University to study Estonian language. I don't know how they were advanced in the Estonian but they were absolutely happy because it provided them with the Schengen visa and after summer school, they were able to travel, you know, to Scandinavian countries from Estonia because, you know, it's a very close destination and stuff like that. There are also non-degree exchange programs such as UBREAD, such as a program provided by Erasmus or by British Council. There is also many conferences used for us summer camps, volunteering opportunities, you know, I mean, internships that you can do in summer. All those programs are also available for cultural experience and of course, work and travel. I have been providing you information about work and travel in United States is the most famous program. However, for example, some other governments also provide work and travel for the students, such as for example, Finland, you know, government or, you know, I mean, some Southeast Asia, like Singapore, they also have work and travel programs. They are less known. However, at this moment, because of the COVID is still a problem in many countries, I don't think that option is very, has a very high probability. So let's move on. I have provided with some schools which are fully funded and I have provided with the links to the summer schools which are fully funded. Usually it is Germany, DART, having summer courses and they are, if you are admitted by the university, you can apply for the scholarship and that will cover it, including your airfare. There is also other scholarship which are available for international students which are going directly from the summer school administration. So I have provided some web links over here. You can, if you're interested in the summer schools, you can apply yourself going through the procedure or if you are having problems with that. I was a director of many international summer schools back 10 or 12 years ago. So I know how the application is working at least. So in winter school, I also was directing. So the application is working. I can give you provided with some hints. There are also virtual summer schools and courses. So for example, if you are bored and you want to get some additional certificate which actually, you know, I mean, in other things what is good about summer schools and many programs, it is your AR record. There is in many, so there is two records which universities are interested in. The first is your academic record and the second one is your achievement record. So what is achievement record? Achievement record that is something which is extracurricular. So for example, they know that you are student union president or you have organized a club, a UN club or you have provided or you have thousands of certificates and volunteering activities or you have participated in summer schools and many other international programs. All those certificates you can collect and when you're applying for the degree program it is a very big help. It is a prompt which will distinguish you from other students. So in this case, if you were like, I mean, applying for the World Scholarship Forum probably you will not get cultural experience as much as going for the summer school but it will provide you with a certificate which could be a good prompt for further, you know, for your father's studies and stuff like that. So never, never underestimate the importance of it. It is called achievement record. All right, there is some self-paid modes and I also provided with the links to the self-paid. They have within the different range price range but I would tell you that UK schools are the most expensive. So if you are thinking about going to UK you have to think something about like 3000 pounds. That's an average price. It can be more, it can be less by 500 pounds. Sometimes summer schools are giving discounts like 10 to 15% but this is what you have to estimate this amount you have estimated when you apply. Summer schools in Europe can be less expensive. That can be in the range of 1500. Well, yes, and summer schools in Asia can be in the range of 1200. So this is a range of payment which you have to prepare for summer school but think also that you have to get Shengyen, you have to get UK visa and you have to provide your bank account that it has to be more than 3000 that you have to provide, that you have some money extra in order to get visa. All right, I want to show you one summer school which I know personally and this summer school is very well-established. It is in Belgium and it calls Solway summer school. So they are in an existence for the last 15 years and they always have the same dates from August 12th to August 21. Why I have picked up this particular summer school just because it has a subject which we are starting here at BMU such as public policy, business law, finance, entrepreneurship and it's a very well-established summer school so they have wonderful trips around the country and Belgium is a beautiful country. They have also good accommodation and private room which is usually UK schools don't have and you also get some EST credits which will help you to proceed if you want to study in Europe or I mean proceed, you can add to your credits. There are different range from 500 to 2,000 euros which is also a moderate price including accommodation. It's a kind of moderate price for the school and if you apply before March 31, you can get some discount. So I provided you with the link. You can enter this link and check the summer school itself. Okay, let's move on. I'm just trying to find my messages. Some of them were interested in USA exchange programs in the global U-grade. This program is non-degree program. Unfortunately for next year, it is too late because January 6th was the deadline for the full semester. However, the next deadline going to be in November. It's usually November 15th to November 20th and you can apply as for spring as well as for full semester of the next year. So they have rolling deadlines, you know, I mean usually. So what is a global U-grade? You cannot choose a university. The university has to be chosen not by you by the State Department, but you can express your wish. So for example, you can say that you are applying for this range of the universities because you know the faculty or you know that the business school there is just top of the top. But when you are doing your research for U-grade and choosing the university, remember that you have to write two motivation letter. One letter is about what you want to study and why do you want to study these particular things? When you are writing, please spend some time on researching the universities, on what kind of programs do they have and how it is compatible to what you are studying over here. And also important for you to give them a hint that what you want to do in your future. So for example, you are really concerned about, I don't know, I mean the unemployment rate in Karakalpakshtan, there is 90% of the youth starting, you know, I mean, I'm not able to find the jobs within their own premises. They have to immigrate and migrate to other regions of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. And you are really concerned about it. And you know that this particular university offering a very good program on migration and unavailability and stuff like that. So you can mention it in your essay. So your essay should be not about everything but it has to be very, very precise about what you want, how do you want and what are you going to do upon graduation. If you are a women leader and you already proved that you're a women leader, for example, you are defending the animal rights or you are doing some kind of language courses for disadvantaged group of the population, stuff like that, that you have a proof, that you have an active life position, you can apply for young women leaders program there, which is called S-U-S-I. And it's also for students and postgraduate students and undergraduate students, they are eligible to apply. So these things will allow you to go to United States for summer program up to three months. That's a very also very good program. I have not attended myself, but I know students who were attending, whom I was provided the reference and they were attending and they were always very happy because it always goes to good universities. So they have a rolling cup of, because it is sponsored by the State Department, they have a rolling cup of the universities. One year to a Stanford, one year to a Duke. So that's a program I can really recommend. And that line is in December, sorry guys, so next year only. Okay, next. Work and travel. I'm asking a lot of questions regarding work and travel, but we are actually, Galip is with us. We are actually planning to organize a session with the U.S. counselor who would be able to answer all your questions regarding work and travel. I know some general information about work and travel that as a students or being U.I. eligible because you are studying. So there are certain ground rules, certain things which you have to perform. So you have to be very well, they have to be fluent in English because this is a main thing. You have to study in one of the universities which are eligible studies in Uzbekistan and at least one semester you have to complete. So all of you who are studying can be, you are eligible for these ground rules. However, for some technicalities for this particular academic year, I think that better to organize a separate session and with Zion probably we will work together, you know, to organize this session. Yes, and you can ask some direct questions because the rules are the rules but the situation with COVID and the situation with what is going on sometimes, you know, put a lot of uncertainty which probably we are not able to handle yes at the moment because we don't know all the details. Okay, and other things which are, I really recommend you to look at is Erasmus Plus program. Erasmus Plus had a gap year because they were in a process of reshaping their program and they were in process of kind of introducing new programs. You know that UK is out and now they are reconsidering their universities and stuff like that. I will keep you posted about Erasmus because I'm working very closely with Erasmus and we now trying to put BIMU probably next year we will be able to apply for Erasmus program ourselves. We are now looking for European partners and for Uzbek partners to apply together in order to have a rolling opportunities for the student for exchange to our partner university. There is also another program which is a sister program for Erasmus so it is a UK program Turing. But in order to apply for Turing we cannot apply ourselves as a BIMU. It has to be one of the British university. So we are also in communication with rating regarding Turing applying for regarding applying together this BIMU for Turing program. But Turing program is not one way, not like Erasmus. It has to be students coming from UK to Uzbekistan and students from Uzbekistan coming to the UK. So Erasmus is much easier and much more wide. It has different, it has 65 programs all together. They're standing alone, they're financing. They have different rolling deadlines and they are starting from the sport programs, you know, youth sport programs to education programs. Sometimes there are concert zooms organized within the Erasmus. One of them I just got the information about when you have a possibility to study in four European universities during your four year studies. So because they have student mobility and they are those credits are exchangeable. You can, you know, swap from one to another. So Erasmus is a very good program. If you are just interested in going to abroad and getting Schengen visa or whatever, another prop for you is a Baltic center. Baltic center is located here in Uzbekistan. You can call them and you can visit them in person. Baltic center represents Baltic universities, but primarily Latvian universities over here, also some Estonian universities, Lithuanian less so. And they are actually, you know, I mean, promoting them over here. What is the difference between them? The application procedure is not that difficult because they are really, they don't have many scholarships but how it works, what kind of mode it is having. So for example, you're applying for Latvian university, let's say transport university. I've been to some Latvian universities, one of them transport and communication university. I know the best because I've been there during my Erasmus program. And so for example, you are studying there well for one year, you pay. However, then for the second year, you are eligible to apply for scholarship. So this is how it works with Baltic center. So first year it's always you have to pay, but then being at the university and getting good score, you are eligible to apply for the second year. So many students are using these opportunities because Latvian universities are not as expensive as British universities. And at the same time, they also provide you with Schengen, they provide you this permission to work part-time. They have both languages, English and Russian. So this is also one of them. What I want to tell you right now that this is a link which you can follow and register right now for British Council advising centers. So I mean, there are advising centers in US Embassy as well, Education Advising Center. And there is also British Council of doing advising center. Now they're doing everything online and you can register for eight to 12 February for five days next week. They would be working with students, with high school students, with students, you know, undergraduate students and stuff like that about studying in UK and about giving them advice how to get scholarship, what kind of scholarship available and stuff like that. So this was one of my main kind of motivation to do this session today because, you know, I mean, for you to be able to apply for this advising session. All right, next. Fine. Okay. You probably know that Uzbekistan is also offering scholarships to the best students and possibilities to study abroad. In 2019, Uzbekistan was organized a youth summit foundation. You may visit their website and they are actually, you know, providing 120 places for Uzbek students to study abroad. And in quite prestigious universities. So the submission date is very close. It is February 10th. So in six days only. So it is a countdown the moment they started to, you know, come down from February 1st. So, but I don't know. I mean, whether you would be able to manage this deadline for this year, but for next year, you also can consider it, especially they have 20 places for disadvantaged group of the population. So they have like a dedicated quarter. And if you are proving that you are from the Ireland, you know, I mean, notebook or whatever use notebook or, you know, you have like problems, you know, I mean, financial problems, your family experiencing. So you can prove them and there is 20 place they get dedicated to such students. So I have also provided you with the different links of Ilyurt Umiddi Foundation. And one of the link they are providing, they are partnering, they have understanding, memorandum of understanding with and cooperation with some universities abroad, like Turkish universities, European universities. So they are also used at Ilyurt Umiddi Foundation at the channel of communication to reach Uzbek students. So you can use it also for information purposes because they are announcing quite often what kind of scholarships are available in which countries and what universities. And they also providing the requirement what the requirement you have to fulfill in order to apply for this scholarship. Well, let's talk about master's degree. I don't want to talk about it now very, very precisely, but I want to tell you one thing. Getting scholarship for master's degree is easier than getting scholarship for BA degree. Because BA students are those students who are feeding the university, who are making the university. And with MA students, they are having different goals. One of the goal is to do research, is to identify good scholars and stuff like that and contribute into research capacity of the university. Unfortunately, BA students cannot do so. So master's degree is easier to obtain. And also master's degree is easier to quantify. So for example, you have your certificate, this owner, you have your marks, you have your grades. So it's easier to show to the university that you are available students. Much easier, I mean, when you have undergraduate certificate, then just to show your marks as a first year or the second year students. I have identified some programs which are available in Uzbekistan. The first one is a Chevening Scholarship which is managed and administrated by British Council. In this Chevening Scholarship, you are going to the university. And when UK university admits you, you can apply for Chevening and Chevening will pay for your master's degree education over there, but you have to come back. US Embassy has Fulbright student program and this program also pays for your master's degree, but you also have obligation to come back to Uzbekistan and work for two years. Then that has a range of programs in different universities. With German universities, you probably know the studies for free. However, if you're applying for both your degree, the study would be only in German. If you're applying for master's degree, there are some universities which are offering master's degree studies in English. So you have at least possibility to study there. And you can apply university directly and looking for getting scholarship and international students and stuff like that. In this slide, I provide you with different telegram channels which you might subscribe for and get information firsthand. This is Erasmus Plus in Uzbekistan. This is Grand Lardotus. New Pusti.net, it is a Kazakh telegram channel. So they are aiming primarily Kazakhstan students. However, I'm just seeing what I think in the chat. So Islambeg is interested in, Islambeg, if you're interested in Chevening, we can go one by one. You can visit me or you can write to me. You can book me, let's say this way. And we can go in details about Chevening. So American Council for International Education, it is AXELS. It is a local education. They have managing flex program. They have managing this summer program, internship. So you may get some information from them. Scholarships 365, what it just will ever overwhelm you with a scholarship. But it's from my own experience, you have to check. So you are finding information on scholarships 365 and but you have to double check. Sometimes they are providing information when the deadlines are over. Or for example, Uzbekistan is not eligible. With this telegram channel, I would be probably a little bit cautious. Germany in Tashkent, La Gaelic El Chihonase, this is Deutsche Botscha of Tashkent. It's easier for me to say in German. I know German a little bit. And yes, I mean, this is what do they have through that, through Goethe Institute. They have different scholarship they are announcing. So you might find it over there. British Council Uzbekistan also have a lot of announcement. Embassy of Uzbekistan in EU and Benelux. They are just putting everything possible over there. So every time if you subscribe, subscribe when you have a hundred messages. So you have to go through them quite, you know, carefully. And Provincial Stazharovka, Goliad Tioskov, this is a Russian channel. And that's also reliable because all other channels provide you with a degree, but those will provide you with internships. And these internships are usually going by the geographic region. So they go for CIS countries, although the channel is originated in Russia, it has actually, it is a useful for us as well. Okay, I'm finishing up with my first part. So now we are going to talk about being you. So all those things I was telling you about are for Uzbek students. Now what is available for us as being you students? We are actually working on different international programs. Some of them are quite defined. Some of them are in the process of negotiation, but they are coming up soon. So I want just to provide you some information which you may be interested in. And if you have questions, Ghalib and myself, Ghalib, are you saying that, you know, you are also available for answering, yes? Hi, Victoria, thanks for this. Yeah, I'm here. Yeah. Hello everybody, yeah. Yes, all right. Thank you. First of all, of course, University of Reading and Hanli Business School, which we are partnering with. We already got in the process of getting validation for the foundation program. So foundation program, no problem. You can continue your study at Reading. But if you're going for a degree program over there, you have to get JPA plus minus 3.0. So better, more than less to be admitted to Hanli. So as I already said, that University always look for top students. Nobody is looking for average students. And this is there also things. So scholarship opportunities depends on the GPA of the student. The more you have, the more possibility for scholarship you have. However, we are talking about partnership discount at the moment and it can be up to, it is 10% flat rate. So but it is case by case decision. So this is a partnership discount which BMU is trying, is getting at the partner of Hanli Business School. All right, next one. OT-HM University of Chichester. It is online program for only for students of the Module of Business Administration. It is online program. However, I was telling you about achievement record and how it is important to have it for your further study, for your further opportunities. So this is a wonderful opportunity for you to get it. So for example, OT-HM goes for to reason of hospitality management, yes. University of Chichester. And BMU has become an approved center with the OT-HM. And we are having different options over here. So you can apply before March for year two program. You need to take some additional courses and you have to pay for those courses approximately $150 on the top of your study here, but you will get the certificate. And then you will be able to proceed to year three next April. And by the year four, you will get two diploma. You will get BMU diploma and you will get diploma from University of Chichester. So you will have, yeah, buy one, get two, yeah, health, health, health and marketing, yes. So I think it is a wonderful opportunity. I actually myself before going for PhD studies in the United States, I was doing a lot of courses like that, which allowed me to get a scholarship. So this is, on one hand, it will allow you to work after graduation or continue your master's degree at UK University. On the other hand, you can do it for a very modest price and getting two, yes, getting two diplomas. So I think that we are doing it online. We are done with graduate school and the one from BU from the University of Chichester. We are getting two diplomas. If you have any questions regarding if you can write in chat box, I will provide you with more information. Okay, so this is about the pricing. I have two slides. Another thing, the non-incentive. If you will decide to study for a year at Chichester online, you can study in both universities, but you no need to pay for any tuition fees at BMW. You have to pay only for Chichester, which is approximately 4,000 pounds. Students interested in this auction need to sign up for the OTHM program before end of March. I would say before Navros. So please think about it. Please explore this program. Please talk to your parents and sign up for the program before March because there are some not very difficult requirements, but there are still some requirements which you have to fulfill and it's time consuming and it's also would take, you would need to provide some efforts in order to start next academic year. Another very promising and very kind of, coming up opportunities, it is for those who are studying BC in accounting and finance, BC in banking and finance. We are talking to Arkansas State University. I know this university quite well. I know I've been to Arkansas State University in Phoenix and also in Tucson. I'm sorry, it is Arizona, Arkansas, it is Little Rock. I'm sorry, it is Little Rock, but it's not Little Rock. So Arkansas is a decent university. In the decent university and it's a good quality university, the difference between British education and American education, that in British education, you are getting joint degree. You are can study something similar and you can do diploma. In the United States, there is no such thing. If you are studying at Arkansas State University and studying at British Management University, you will study for two different degrees. So you will get two better degrees. You can start with online option and then you can proceed to the offline option on the American side. So for example, you can start for a certain third year, you can start studying one additional model per semester, module per semester, which would cost you $1,000 per module and then receive two diplomas and degrees and continue until year four. Or you can go second option, you can study for first, second and third year here at BMU and you can go year four to United States. And what is good about this? So for example, if you will graduate from Arkansas State University, you will get a graduate visa, which allow you to work in United States, will provide you with a work permit. Moreover, you will get, if you will continue to study for master's degree program, it will reduce your payment by 50% for the further study in United States. And you can work from one to three with your graduate visa. Actually talking about Chichester University as well, British government also recently, just this year in 2022 introduced graduate visa. It means that after graduation from Chichester University, you also would be able to apply for graduate visa and work in Britain for two years. Okay, another option for you, which is on the table, it is Bingjing Foreign Studies University. Unfortunately, China at this particular moment is not COVID free, so well, but we are hoping that it's going to be open again next academic year. So there is possibility for one plus three. So you are having foundation year here at BMU and then you go to BFSU for three years and graduating there. However, it is, you can see on the fly that there's approximately 6,000 doors, but BMU students are available for scholarship. And we will try to guide you how to obtain the scholarship because number of scholarship in this chain is universities quite good. I mean, quite numerous, let's put it that. Bingjing Foreign Studies University, it is Chinese and more. It is preparing the diplomat. They have, I mean, concentrated on foreign studies on different languages as well. And it's a very good university. It is a, as I said, it's a decent university, but among other Chinese universities considered one of the top. And moreover, it is in Bingjing, which is a capital of China. So a lot of cultural life, a lot of city life. So it is a very good option. And we are actually talking with BFSU at the moment. We are finishing up the module mapping between the two universities. And we are thinking about sending to this university up to 20 students. Right, another ongoing project. If, you know, I'm doing like this, you know, if COVID permits, we are thinking about the organization of the BMU, thinking about the organization of summer school at Cambridge University, and with the help of the University of Freddie, which would have a very interesting cultural program, which would very interesting academic program. However, everything estimated cost, which you have to prepare for this is around $3,000. But I'm telling you that this is the cost of only tuition fees summer schools at these universities. But this cost is everything, including your trains, visa, you know, airfare from Tashkentoo, London, you know, train from London to Cambridge. So it's a very competitive cost. If you will apply independently for summer school, it would be only your tuition cost and everything else you would need to pay extra. And, but now, I mean, because of the COVID, we are a little bit slow in communication because there are some kind of situation of uncertainty, but we are working on it as well. If there is an interest from BMU students, if I found that there is interest from your side in the summer school, I will contribute much cover, okay? All right. Okay, I'm almost exceeding my time, I think, yes. It's one hour. If you need to meet me in person, please approach me, write me email, and I will tell you when and how, ask you questions over the email, as well if you have some very precise questions, which I need to answer, I would be happy to do so. But now I'm ready for the question-answer session. There's a question from Amir in the chat box. Yeah, they asked him about chipping, more information about chipping. You're talking about chipping scholarship. Chipping scholarship is very competitive. They have up to 20 scholarships for master's degree. However, one of the requirements for the chipping program is to have work experience. So if you don't have work experience, I would really encourage you to start doing internships or find something. And also, I have helping students to fill out the application form. You have to have very precise goal. What do you want to study? Why this particular university? For example, you want to study at Cambridge. Cambridge is extremely expensive. But you want to study only at Cambridge and you have to persuade Chivnik, why Cambridge? Why they have to pay for this particular university? Or for example, if you are doing language program, you're saying that I want to go to Warwick because Warwick has the best language program for pedagogists and I would be able to implement all what I have studied in my working experience. So this is what you have to look at. What are you looking at? How are you going to implement and why this university? In terms of your work experience, you cannot work anywhere and just apply for something. It's not only work experience anywhere. It's not only years. Like we, for example, Fulbright's studentship program. You can work somewhere. You just have to show that you have been working for two years. But here you have to be quite precise, thinking that all everything I'm doing is leading to this program, leading to this university. I have doing it already. I have been excellent in this program, but I need some additional theoretical knowledge. Therefore, I'm choosing this university. Therefore, I'm applying for this program. How much will it cost? What are the benefits I'm going to the trip? I didn't understand this question. What trip you have in mind? I think the previous slide, 3000 here. Yeah, well, I mean, I'm telling you that you have to make your mind. What are you looking for? If you are looking only for the cultural experience, this is a trip. So this is a benefit. You go abroad. You are going to Cambridge University and you can say that I've been to Cambridge University studied there in summertime. You will get your certificate, so which will allow you to build up your portfolio, your achievement record. And also you will, you know, I mean, I don't know, I mean, you will have an interesting summer. I always been going for summer school myself. My daughter is studying at Westminster. I always been encouraging her to go for summer school. She was going to many of them. That's, but she was interested in cultural experience. If you are not interested, apply for online. It will be for free. You will get your knowledge and you will get your certificate. You have a lot of options now. All right, guys, I'm very happy to make a first encounter with you. Hopefully my session would be useful, was useful for you. Just to start off, thinking about international experience. However, we will continue and do it program by program. And we will start with those which are offered by BMU, which are we are doing because we need to know what are the interest rate among you, okay? Well, thank you so much, Victoria. It was a very helpful session for our students, I think. And for some others who are not even students at BMU, it will be a good opportunity if they're not part of BMU, they should be. They should be, and to get these opportunities. Okay, thank you very much. Thank you so much. Thank you, bye bye. Thank you, everybody for joining.