Advanced Civil Schooling for FAO trainees interested in Russia and Eastern Europe:

• you can finish this program in eighteen months
• you can enter this program in the spring semester
• UNC-CH qualifies as a low cost school
• you can defer admission to this program for up to one year

The MA in Russian/East European Studies was designed with the help of the Army FAO Program Officer.

Notable Facts:

• UNC-CH has been granted a prestigious National Security Education Program Institutional Award to launch the MA in Russian/East European Studies.

• UNC-CH is the only university with a curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense, and courses from this curriculum are available to students of our MA program. PWAD also coordinates the Triangle Institute for Security Studies.

• UNC-CH has ROTC units representing all branches of the military (Army, Navy, Air Force), guaranteeing a hospitable environment for the education of military personnel.

• UNC-CH is the flagship institution of the sixteen-campus UNC system. In national rankings it is consistently listed among the best public universities, and is widely considered a "public ivy league school."