The advising center in the Bahamas currently has limited services. We will be taking limited inquiries by using the “email this center” option on the bottom righthand side of the page.
The EducationUSA advising center at BTVI in Nassau, The Bahamas opens in 2021 to offer professional educational advising services to Bahamian students. Operating at the comprehensive level, our advising center services students who are interested in engaging in academic exchange between The Bahamas and the U.S. From participating in short term exchanges, enrolling into full academic degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels at accredited U.S. higher education institutions, our EducationUSA advising center promotes a wide variety of academic opportunities and supports students, parents, teachers, local governments and higher education institutions in their efforts to achieve their academic mobility goals. The center provides a variety of educational services, including free introductory public information sessions on various topics of U.S. education, webinars, individual consultations on U.S. study, and application support services. It also provides logistical support to accredited U.S. higher education institutions on recruitment in The Bahamas as well as supports open public events such as presentations and fairs to promote exchange opportunities, working closely with the local educational community.
Our host, BTVI is a Bahamian institution having been established in 1949 and has under gone numerous name changes to what we know it as today, The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute. The goal of BTVI is to make the road to tertiary education acheivable to all students in The Bahamas. BTVI provides learning opportunities that enable students to compete globally and become economically independent.