Join the Melton Foundation

Do you want to become a global citizen and help make the world a better place?  If so, become a Melton Fellow!  

Melton Fellows participate in hands-on activities around the world to learn about today's global challenges and opportunities.  As a Melton Fellow, you will expand your global knowledge and develop new skills that you put to use, in your career, your community, and around the world as you help people and improve their and your ability to work across barriers of country, nationality and culture.

The Melton Fellowship starts while you are in university.  We will help you acquire the skills and knowledge you'll need to become a global citizen.  You will have the opportunity to learn together with Fellows from other countries on your campus, online, and when visiting other countries to participate in learning opportunities on diverse topics.  After you graduate from university, as a Melton "Senior" Fellow you continue to collaborate in projects of increasingly higher profile and impact.

Joining the Melton Foundation gives you a window into the world and a worldwide platform to make a difference!

Please read the information below if you're interested in becoming a Melton Fellow.

Member Universities

The Foundation is currently associated with five universities:

	Friedrich Schiller Universität (Jena, Germany)			B. M. S. Educational Trust (Bangalore, India)
	Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China)			Dillard University (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)
	Universidad de La Frontera (Temuco, Chile)

Selection Criteria

The Melton Foundation is looking for future fellows
1. who are – or show clear evidence of potential to become – global citizens, and
2. who can and will promote global citizenship through support for like-minded partner organizations, and through her/his own global citizenship projects

Here are the specific characteristics we are looking for:

Global perspective and intercultural competence:
    • Knowledge about foreign cultures, international issues, and global topics.
    • Intercultural experience, whether across the street or across the world.

Track record of active involvement in their societies
    • Engagement in local initiatives with a connection to global topics
    • Personal initiative, and teamwork experience
    • Strong communication skills (oral and written)

General skills:
    • Strong academic record
    • Basic to intermediate English language skills
    • Intermediate to advanced computer skills.

Selection process

Please submit your written application to your local MF campus organization at the following deadlines:

Local selection stages vary between campuses. 10-15 finalists from each campus will be invited to a selection interview with a global selection team. The final interviews will take place at the following dates:

Finalists will be informed by mid-June 2012 whether their application was successful.