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Critical Language Scholarship

A summer study abroad opportunity for Hope College students to learn languages essential to America's engagement with the world.

Critical Language Scholarships are available to United States citizens who are enrolled in American colleges or universities.

The scholarship funds summer study abroad programs in the following languages:

  • Arabic
  • Azerbaijani
  • Bangla
  • Chinese (Mandarin)
  • Hindi
  • Indonesian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Persian
  • Portuguese
  • Punjabi
  • Russian
  • Swahili
  • Turkish
  • Urdu


Students apply in November for the following summer. For more information, contact Dr. Janis Gibbs at Hope College and refer to the Critical Language Scholarship website.