For international clients CIEDA designs and conducts training programs ranging in length from two weeks to 18 months.  While the content and objectives of these programs vary according to the sponsor's needs and may be offered either in the US or abroad, CIEDA's training efforts have the following things in common.  They:

In designing and conducting training programs, CIEDA is able to draw upon an impressive array of capabilities and international resources at Indiana University.

The two major targets for IU's non-degree training programs are (a) mid-career professionals seeking to sharpen skills or develop new competencies and (b) prospective international students whose sponsors seek assistance with pre-academic training and placement as well as monitoring of their academic progress. 

Outlined below are examples of programs for each of these audiences:

Training for Mid-Career Professionals

Executive Education Programs in business, public affairs, and public health in such overseas locations as Indonesia, China, the Middle East, and Western Europe;

Internship programs at US locations in 20+ professional fields for hundreds of participants from Poland, Albania, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Kazakhstan, Krygyzstan, Ghana, South Africa and more than 20 other countries in Africa;

Faculty development programs at IU through mentoring and research in business, public administration, American studies, economics, international relations, medical science, journalism, sociology, psychology and dozens of other fields;

Instruction in technical English for engineers and scientists;

Training on the tools of satellite remote sensing (ACT), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), field methods, and the institutional aspects of environmental resource management (CIPEC)-especially forestry and water resources management;

Instruction at overseas locations on fundraising and management for voluntary organizations including programs in Spanish in Central and South America  (Center on Philanthropy);

Training in instructional systems technology and pedagogy for training professionals abroad.  

Pre-Academic Training, Placement Services and Fellowship Management

English-as-a-Second Language instruction at many levels for students preparing to enter university studies in the US (CELT at IUB and ESL at IUPUI);

Pre-academic training, placement services and fellowship management for sponsored undergraduate and graduate students from Spain (LaCaxia), Angola; the United Arab Emirates, and Malaysia.  Such programs include ESL training, preparation for the TOEFL, SAT, and GRE exams, refresher courses in mathematics, computer literacy training, orientation programs and other important elements of preparation for study in the US.

International Studies Summer Institutes (Global Studies) for high school students from the US and abroad;

Cultural immersion programs conducted during May-August to include ESL instruction, American Studies courses, and fieldtrips.