NSLI for Youth and Your Future
NSLI for Youth participants are encouraged to further develop their skills throughout their university education and professional lives. After serving as unofficial representatives overseas, participants remain engaged in the international arena. Their insight into other cultures and languages will play a lasting role in shaping their lives and communities.
NSLI-Y Group
Please become a member of NSLI-Y Group through our international social network: exchanges.connect! Go to http://connect.state.gov/
and join us, today. Once you're a member of exchanges.connect, find NSLI-Y under 'groups.'
Read more about the NSLI-Y program on the U.S. Department of State’s website at: http://exchanges.state.gov/youth/programs/nsli.html
Explore these websites to find out what opportunities are out there for speakers of these critical languages:
Below is a partial list of universities with programs in the NSLI for Youth languages:
The Language Flagship for information about university programs in critical languages and study abroad opportunities at the university level.
The Language Requirement at Yale College
The International Relations major at Yale University
Middle Eastern Studies at NYU
Asian and Middle East studies at Northwestern University
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at University of California, Berkeley
The Arabic, Chinese, and Korean Majors at Brigham Young University
Become a fan of National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) on Facebook
to see photos of the NSLI-Y host countries and chat with your peers about the exciting exchange experience ahead of you!
Below are some career options that value and utilize language skills: