UNIVERSITY FORUMS

Thanks to the internet you can now get most of the basic information about universities and their programs online. But if you want face-to-face contact with real people you should consider looking into university forums, where many universities gather in one public space to answer any questions that prospective students might have. The key advantage of a forum for a candidate is that he or she can meet with as many universities as he or she desires in one place at one time. It is the quickest and most efficient way for candidates who are beginning their search to gather helpful advice and information on different universities and programs.

Forums also offer schools the advantage of talking with thousands of prospective students, increasing their exposure and getting a general idea of the quality of the candidates. Going to a university forum will allow you to talk with school representatives about how the admission process works, how to get financial aid, and how to obtain more in-depth details on the programs you’re interested in. They are scheduled throughout the year, usually in fall and winter, throughout the world. They are usually free, and some require registration while others don’t.

Here is a list of some university forums throughout the world for 2001

Title: Stora Nolia
Date: August 4-12
Venue: Umea, Sweden
Contact: Annica Renberg
Tel: 46 911 93324
Fax: 46 911 18330

Title: The 10^th New Zealand International Education Conference
Date: August 6-8
Venue: Wellington, New Zealand
Contact: Conference Secretariat, Education New Zealand
Tel: 64 447 20788
Fax: 64 447 12828
Email: john.sargent@educatoinnz.org.nz

Title: The Alphe Workshop
Date: August 24-26
Venue: London, UK
Contact: Christian Kroll, Hothouse Media Ltd.
Tel: 44 (0)20 7440 4027
Fax: 44 (0)20 7440 4033
Email: chris@hothousemedia.com

Title: Expo Universidad 2001
Date: August 31- September 2
Venue: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date: September 4-5
Venue: Cordoba, Argentina
Contact: Liliana Taboada
Tel: 54 11432 72271
Fax: 54 11432 72274
Email: lt@campusmagazine.com.ar

Title: CEC Network Education Fair, Brazil and Uruguay
Date: September 11
Venue: Montevideo, Uruguay
Date: September 15-16
Venue: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Date: September 18-19
Venue: Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Contact: CEC Network, Michael Wellar, Canada
Tel: 1 604 408 0588
Fax: 1 604 641 1238
Email: Michael.wellar@cec.apfnet.org

Title: American Education Expo 2001
Date: September 14-15
Venue: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Date: September 16-17
Venue: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date: September 19-20
Venue: Monterrey, Mexico
Date: September 22-23
Venue: Mexico City, Mexico
Contact: Max Visconti, ISN Inc. International Student, USA
Tel: 1 215 473 6596
Fax: 1 215 477 7378
Email: ISN4@aol.com

Title: International Education Fair
Date: September 16
Venue: Pusan, Korea
Contact: Mansuk Bae, KAMC
Tel: 82 51517 7340
Fax: 82 51517 7341
Email: kamc@thrunet.com

Title: 20^th International Education and School Fair
Date: September 21-23
Venue: Istanbul, Turkey
Contact: Mrs. Arzu Akkum Batmatz Panajans Communication and Research
Tel: 90 212 279 8851
Fax: 90 212 280 7446

Title: WYSTC 2001
Date: September 23-29
Venue: Cancun, Mexico
Contact: Peter de Jong, WYSTC Secretariat, Copenhagen, Denmark
Tel: 45 339 39620
Fax: 45 339 35646
Email: mailbox@wystc.org

Title: The Kiev Education Fair
Date: September 27
Venue: Kiev, Ukraine
Contact: Barry Haywood, European Corp. Offices, Eurolingua Institute, France
Tel: 33 4671 50473
Fax: 33 4671 50473
Email: info@eurolingua.com

Title: 15^th Australian International Education Conference
Date: September 25-28
Venue: Sydney, Australia
Contact: IDP Education Australia
Tel: 61 2937 32720
Fax: 61 2937 32728
Email: info@sydney.idp.edu.au

Title: CEC Network Fair, South Asia
Date: September 30
Venue: New Delhi, India
Contact: CEC Network, Michael Wellar, Canada
Tel: 1 604 408 0588
Fax: 1 604 641 1238
Email: michael.weller@cec.apfnet.org

(Source- Education Travel Magazine, July 2001, issue 3)

Although it kind of defeats the purpose of being able to communicate with school representatives in person, there is a website that organizes online college fairs: www.onlinecollegefair.com

To know if the university that you’re interested participates in a university forum, contact their admissions department and ask them. If they don’t they will surely be able to give you contact information of someone from the school who can answer your questions.