Wien International Scholarship Program

Brandeis University
Development and Alumni Relations
PO Box 549110 - MS 124
Waltham, MA 02454-9110
(TEL) 781-736-4100
(FAX) 781-736-4101
800-333-1948

Wien 50th Anniversary
The Wien family invites you to return to Brandeis on April 11-13, 2008 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Wien International Scholarship Program.

Hover over a region to find the home country of the 802 Wien Scholars who have attended Brandeis since the program's inception in 1958.

Africa (105 Wien Scholars)

Africa (105 total)

  • Burundi (1)
  • Cameroon (6)
  • Ethiopia (10)
  • Gambia (1)
  • Ghana (17)
  • Ivory Coast (1)
  • Kenya (13)
  • Liberia (2)
  • Libya (1)
  • Malagasy (1)
  • Malawi (1)
  • Mauritius (3)
  • Namibia (1)
  • Nigeria (18)
  • Rwanda (1)
  • Seychelles (2)
  • Sierra Leone (1)
  • Somalia (1)
  • South Africa (5)
  • Swaziland (1)
  • Tanzania (4)
  • Uganda (2)
  • Zaire (2)
  • Zambia (5)
  • Zimbabwe (5)
Americas, Caribbean (103 Wien Scholars)

Americas, Caribbean (103 total)

  • Antigua (2)
  • Argentina (10)
  • Barbados (1)
  • Bolivia (5)
  • Brazil (7)
  • Canada (6)
  • Chile (6)
  • Colombia (13)
  • Costa Rica (4)
  • Cuba (1)
  • Dominican Republic (4)
  • Ecuador (2)
  • Grenada (1)
  • Guatemala (2)
  • Haiti (1)
  • Honduras (1)
  • Jamaica (6)
  • Mexico (8)
  • Nicaragua (1)
  • Panama (5)
  • Peru (8)
  • Trinidad (3)
  • Uraguay (4)
  • Venezuela (2)
Southeast Asia and Australia (73 Wien Scholars)

Southeast Asia and Australia (73 total)

  • Australia (3)
  • Indonesia (4)
  • Malaysia (25)
  • Myanmar (2)
  • New Zealand (2)
  • Philippines (12)
  • Singapore (7)
  • Thailand (9)
  • Vietnam (9)
Western Europe (232 Wien Scholars)

Western Europe (232 total)

  • Austria (7)
  • Belgium (1)
  • Britain (30)
  • Denmark (7)
  • Finland (15)
  • France (16)
  • Germany (28)
  • Greece (32)
  • Iceland (12)
  • Ireland (2)
  • Italy (20)
  • Luxembourg (1)
  • Malta (2)
  • Netherlands (18)
  • Norway (16)
  • Spain (6)
  • Sweden (14)
  • Switzerland (5)
Northeast, South Asia (184 Wien Scholars)

Northeast, South Asia (184 total)

  • Bangladesh (21)
  • People's Republic of China (24)
  • Hong Kong (6)
  • India (67)
  • Japan (20)
  • Nepal (10)
  • Pakistan (11)
  • Taiwan (7)
  • South Korea (9)
  • Sri Lanka (9)
The Middle East (61 Wien Scholars)

The Middle East (61 total)

  • Cyprus (4)
  • Iran (5)
  • Iraq (1)
  • Israel (23)
  • Turkey (27)
  • West Bank (1)
Eastern Europe, former Soviet Union (46 Wien Scholars)

Eastern Europe, former Soviet Union (46 total)

  • Albania (2)
  • Bosnia-Herzegovina (1)
  • Bulgaria (8)
  • Croatia (1)
  • Czech Republic (2)
  • Estonia (1)
  • Hungary (6)
  • Kazakhstan (1)
  • Lithuania (1)
  • Poland (5)
  • Romania (8)
  • Russia (1)
  • Slovak Republic/Slovakia (2)
  • Yugoslavia (7)

Six Wien Scholars have received the Brandeis Alumni Achievement Award.

Wien Scholar Profiles

Wakako Kimoto Hironaka, MA '64, Japan

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A chance meeting in her native Tokyo back in 1958 led Wakako Kimoto Hironaka, MA ’64 across t...

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Pauliina Girsen Swartz '93, Finland

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During her first semester at Brandeis — having just transferred after two years at the Univer...

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