The Fulbright Scholarship

The prestigious international educational program originally sponsored by the United States Government, widely known as the Fulbright Program, is designed to "increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries..." With this goal as a starting point, the Fulbright Program has provided more than 230,000 participants world-wide, chosen for their leadership potential, with the opportunity to observe each others' political, economic and cultural institutions, to exchange ideas, and to embark on joint ventures of importance to the general welfare of the world's inhabitants.

The Fulbright Program was established in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas. Approximately 234,000 people, 88,000 from the United States and 146,000 from other countries, have participated in the Program since its inception more than fifty years ago. Fulbright Alumni include Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, governors and senators, ambassadors and artists, prime ministers and heads of state, professors and scientists, United States Supreme Court Justices, and CEOs.

For more information, please visit the Fulbright Commission website: www.fulbright.co.uk.

Sixtieth Anniversary of Fulbright Programme

Created in the aftermath of the Second World War through the efforts of Senator J. William Fulbright, The Fulbright Programme promotes peace and understanding through educational exchange. Senator Fulbright believed that this would be an essential vehicle for mutual understanding between individuals, institutions and future leaders.

Today, the Fulbright Programme is one of the most prestigious awards programmes world-wide, operating in 144 countries and with 51 commissions. More Fulbright alumni have won Nobel Prizes than those of any other academic programme, including two in 2002.

The US-UK Fulbright Commission was created by treaty on 22 September 1948 and since its inception has expanded its programme to include grants for study in a wide variety of fields. MBA awards, filmaking, sports science, performing arts, science, politics, history, literature and dance to name a few. Since 1949, approximately 15,000 UK Nationals have studied in the US and nearly 27,000 US Nationals in the UK on Fulbright Educational Exchanges out of over 200,000 Fulbright alumni worldwide.