Richard U. Light Fellowship Program

The Richard U. Light Fellowship Program fully funds Yale undergraduate, graduate, and professional school students pursuing intensive language study in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean for terms ranging from a single summer to a combined summer plus academic year. Light Fellows undertake rigorous language training alongside intense cultural immersion that prepares them for a lifelong engagement with East Asia. Candidates must have achieved a basic proficiency (at least one year of intensive study at Yale or an equivalent program by the time of departure) in the target language. Light Fellowships are awarded twice yearly.

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