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Applications invited for the Yale global scholars programme
It aims to bring together outstanding high school students from around the world for intensive two-week sessions on the Yale campus
Yale University, US, in inviting applications for the 2017 Yale Young Global Scholars Programme (YYGS). It aims to bring together outstanding high school students from around the world for intensive two-week sessions on the Yale campus. In 2016, YYGS hosted over 1,300 students from 100 countries.
“YYGS exemplified how young men and women from around the world can bring the world together in empathy and cooperation,” said Leon Tsai, a 2016 YYGS politics, law, and economics student. “As the next generation of leaders, we can step up and make the world a better place.”
There will be two new sessions in 2017. The frontiers of math and science (FMS) session explores research on the forefront of the physical sciences and mathematics. Like the applied science and engineering session and biological and biomedical sciences session, FMS will feature tours of laboratory spaces at Yale, and offer learning experiences at the Yale Observatory and Yale’s West Campus. Students can learn more about YYGS sessions on science, technology, engineering, and math. Another new session – sustainable and social entrepreneurship (SDSE) – helps participants to explore innovative solutions to the world’s greatest challenges facing our species and the planet.
“Both these sessions address topics that students have expressed widespread interest in exploring further,” said Erin Schutte Wadzinski, director of YYGS.
In all six sessions, students will attend lectures by Yale faculty, as well as smaller, more intimate seminars taught by Yale undergraduate and graduate students. Over the course of the two-week programme, students will also work in Capstone project groups to identify problems in a specific topic, conduct rigorous background research, and propose impactful solutions to their peers and instructors. YYGS is a residential programme hosted in one of Yale’s 12 residential colleges. Students get to use Yale libraries, classrooms, dining halls, and dorms.
