Fellows may select additional University courses appropriate for their backgrounds and professional goals, such as public and nonprofit management, epidemiology, health services management, demography, or other fields. The Fellowship is a nondegree program. Credits acquired during the program year may be transferable to some degree programs. Local field visits to appropriate agencies and institutions and on-campus visits from experts are arranged. Through visits to Washington, D.C., and New York, Fellows meet officials of key U.S. and international population and reproductive health institutions.
Fellows attend one professional conference during the year.
They may also develop a project to be carried out in their home countries with support from the program. The program will assist Fellows in building networks with global population and reproductive health leaders and other Fellows. Funding will be available for post-fellowship conferences. It is blessed with a mild climate, scenic setting, and an ethnically diverse population. The University of Washington , the, oldest public institution of higher education on the Pacific coast of the U.S., occupies 680 acres of attractive landscape and buildings.