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The U.S. government designates Russian as one of the languages critical for national security and economic competitiveness. The Russian Language Flagship Program is a national initiative created to answer that urgent need. The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Russian Flagship Program (UNCRFP) is a federally funded initiative that supports motivated undergraduate students of all majors to attain a professional level of proficiency in the Russian language. The Russian Flagship Program at UNC-Chapel Hill is a joint collaboration between the Department of Germanic & Slavic Languages & Literatures and the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies, and is one of eight Russian Language Flagship programs in the US sponsored by the National Security Education Program (NSEP).

Join this unique community of high-achieving undergraduates across the U.S. and gain an impressive set of professional skills that will give you the competitive edge for future graduate study or career.

Funding

To support the immersive domestic and overseas programming and activities that are integral to cultural and linguistic development, UNCRFP students have access to funding directly through the Flagship Program as well as access to other internal and external scholarships. Our advisors work closely with UNCRFP students to identify scholarship aid to ensure that participation in the Russian Flagship Program is affordable.

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