Who is Amideast?

Amideast has offices across the Middle East and North Africa region. The orange markers indicate locations with existing and/or previous Education Abroad programming, or places with exciting potential, such as Palestine!

 
 

Amideast is a private, nonprofit organization that for 70 years has sought to create opportunity and mutual understanding among people in the Middle East, North Africa, and the United States through impactful education and cultural exchange opportunities. In collaboration with local partners in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, we have contributed to improved education and career prospects for the people of the MENA region—and underserved youth and women in particular—through English language, workplace skills, entrepreneurship and innovation training programs; STEM activities; institutional capacity building; and educational exchange program administration.  

The relationships we have developed over the past 70 years have resulted in valuable partnerships on which we draw to enrich the experiences and expand the insights of study abroad students from a broad spectrum of interests.  

Amideast is the only provider specialized in the MENA region, which means that you get knowledgeable, personalized service from credible academic and study abroad professionals with extensive area expertise and a commitment to decoloniality in programming.  

Amideast offers diverse study abroad options, including in-person, virtual, and hybrid modalities; stand-alone, direct enroll, customized/faculty-led programs; and our own fully accredited summer and semester programs. In addition to our ongoing programs in Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan, and UAE, we have also hosted programs in other countries, including Egypt, Kuwait, and Lebanon; Palestine constitutes another compelling option for customized programs in many fields. The map above shows the locations of Amideast’s country offices, with symbols in orange representing the most commonly sought or most viable program destinations. 

Fees for Amideast’s virtual proprietary semester programs are on a sliding scale, with community college and TCU students qualifying for a per-credit fee of just $200. 

Now that you know more about Amideast as an organization, read on to understand what you can expect when working with us to develop a program.