About
us
The Educational Advising Center -
EAC is a non-profit, non-governmental
organization instituted by the Foundation
Open Society Institute - Macedonia in July
1999. EAC was financially supported by the
FOSI – Macedonia, OSI Budapest and the
Educational Information and Resources
Branch of the US Department of State. The
Educational Advising Center was comprised
of two centers – one in Skopje and one in
Bitola (operating until 2004).
The
mission of the Educational Advising Center
is to participate actively in the process
of building an open and democratic society
by providing information on an array of
educational opportunities abroad to the
Macedonian public. It also aspires to
animate and advocate the process of
integration of the Macedonian and
international academic community.
The
center has had an affluent line of
development and has contributed to
increasing public awareness concerning
educational opportunities abroad, as well
as the individual's right to make a choice
hence bringing them closer to a more
contemporary, democratic civil society.
Educational Advising Center identifies the
continuous need for the exchange of
knowledge and experience between the
Macedonian and broader international
academic community, as well as inbound and
outbound students of undergraduate and
graduate level, alumni, etc.
Based on statistics from previous years it
can be concluded that over 50% of the EAC
visitors are high school students
interested in continuing their
undergraduate studies abroad, over 30% of
the total number of the visitors are
interested in postgraduate studies abroad,
over 15% (mostly university staff and
young researchers) are interested in work
on research projects abroad and the
remaining 15% of the visitors were
interested in information on summer
schools, exchange programs, summer
language courses etc.
Educational Advising
Center as a unique center in Macedonia can
offer information on study opportunities
worldwide regardless of the field or level
of education, up-to-date information on
current issues in international education,
foreign educational systems, academic
programs, academic stay abroad programs,
research opportunities, scholarships,
exchange programs, etc.
(At the moment there
are certain tourist agencies that act as
service for students interested in
pursuing higher education abroad. However,
we find them not qualified enough to offer
full service on this matter)
Educational
Advising Center established successful
cooperation with many foreign universities
such as:
- American College
for Agricultural Studies Dimitris
Perrotis – Thessaloniki, Greece;
American College in Thessaloniki –
Thessaloniki, Greece;
- American
University in Bulgaria – Blagoevgrad /
Sofia, Bulgaria;
- Central European
University – Budapest, Hungary;
- Schiller
International University – USA
(Worldwide campuses)
- South Eastern
European University – Tetovo,
Macedonia
And Academic
Institutions worldwide such as:
- Educational
Testing Center – Princeton, New Jersey,
USA
- Thomson /
Peterson’s / ARCO - Lawrenceville, New
Jersey, SA
- Hellenic American
Union – Athens, Greece
- University of
Michigan –Michigan, USA.
Educational Advising
Center acts as an official test center in
Macedonia for TOEFL and GRE as well as
preparation course for TOEFL, GRE, SAT,
GMAT and TSE.
Also, Educational
Advising Center is official test center
for international exams for level of
English language ECPE and ECCE from
University of Michigan –Michigan, USA.
Educational
Advising Center offers information for
academic opportunities in:
- Australia
- Austria
- Africa
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- China
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- France
- Greece
- Germany
- Hungary
- Italy
- Japan
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Poland
- Russia
- Slovenia
- Serbia and
Montenegro
- Slovakia
- Switzerland
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
- United States of
America
Educational Advising
Center is organizing one of a kind event
“Days of International Education”. This
project is an ongoing activity since 1998
aimed for high school, undergraduate and
graduate students, university professors,
junior and senior researchers interested in
learning more about education related
programs available at the embassies,
resource centers, national and international
organizations dealing with international
education and academic programs at
international institutions of higher
education.
Educational Advising
Center experiences continuing successful
cooperation with foreign Embassies based in
Macedonia. Our new strategy to extend our
role and strengthen our capacity identifies
the need for broaden cooperation with
Academic Institutions worldwide throughout
successful collaboration with Ambassadorial
Establishments.
EAC Professional
Advisors are trained to:
Provide accurate,
comprehensive, current, and unbiased
information on foreign educational systems
and education related programs available at
the embassies, resource centers, national
and international organizations dealing with
international education, as well as academic
programs at international institutions of
higher education.
Assist to encourage,
reinforce and accelerate mutual cooperation
between undergraduate and graduate students,
university professors, senior and junior
researchers, faculty staff and high school
students in Macedonia with their
counterparts in the region and worldwide.
Assist to increase
access to information related to the variety
of educational opportunities available:
exchange programs, academic stay abroad
programs, summer schools, financial aid
opportunities, research opportunities etc.
Assist to increase the
awareness of the above mentioned visitor
profile of: foreign educational systems,
foreign educational curriculum, levels of
education, status of international students
in foreign countries, the application
procedure at institutions of higher
education, financial aid opportunities,
opportunities for research work, academic
stay, internships, professional practice,
exchange programs, language courses, etc.
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