University FAQs | Millennium Fellowship

University Administration & Faculty

The United Nations Academic Impact and MCN present the Millennium Fellowship. This semester-long leadership development program takes place on selected campuses worldwide, convening, challenging, and celebrating student leadership that advances the Sustainable Development Goals.

If a campus cohort is selected at your institution, your Millennium Fellows will receive:

Training

Connections

Recognition

⚠ Millennium Fellowship is a free of cost program. There is no fee or charge for the students and universities.

Bring the Millennium Fellowship on your campus!

SHARE THE OPPORTUNITY WITH UNDERGRADUATES ON YOUR CAMPUS

Academic institutions in every region of the world have benefited from this program - see campus press here. Millennium Fellows have earned the Rhodes Scholarship and won an Academy Award.

We are seeking 8+ Millennium Fellows from your campus, including two students to serve as Campus Directors. Competitive
cohorts typically have 15-20 or more applications.

Share the opportunity with all the undergraduates on your campus to help meet this campus eligibility.

Draft Content for Class of 2026

OFFER CONCRETE SUPPORT AND SHARE REFERENCES

When reaching out, offer concrete support that students can include or highlight in their applications.

When students apply for the program, they are asked to provide a reference in Round 2 of the application. Ensure your student leaders have strong and timely references.

Check how University of Nairobi offers support

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM

The Interest form for the Millennium Fellowship, Class of 2026 is now open!

University faculty, administrators and students are welcome to learn more about the program in our Virtual Info Sessions that take place bi-weekly throughout the application cycle.

PARTNER/COLLABORATE WITH US

Universities are our thought partners and we invite you to build this global movement with us! To begin, you can learn about the Millennium Fellowship with the Statement on Partnership available here.

Connect with our University Relations Manager at Team MCN to learn more about the program and explore ways of collaboration.

Connect with Team MCN

Celebrating Higher Education at the United Nations

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Dean Stéphanie Balme- Message to the Millennium Fellows of Sciences Po

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Meet the Moravian College Millennium Fellows

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Robb Skinner speaks to Millennium Fellows

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Malala Yousafzai's Inspirational Message to Millennium Fellows

A message from Forest Whitaker to Millennium Fellows

Frequently asked questions

Application Process

During the Fellowship

Additional Questions

Thank you for your leadership and for recognizing the value of this opportunity for your students and community. A select number of campuses worldwide will be selected for the Millennium Fellowship in 2026 based on the number and caliber of student applications (only 4% of campuses were selected as campus hubs for the Fellowship in 2025). The program will be offered at no cost to selected students and campus hubs. We invite you to take the following actions:

Reach out to students on your campus with this content and encourage them to apply for the Millennium Fellowship as soon as possible (as applications are reviewed on a rolling basis). You are seeking 8-20+ Millennium Fellows for your campus, including two students to serve as Campus Directors. Competitive cohorts typically have 15-20 or more applications.
Campuses have secured 20+ applicants by sending out a campus-wide email to all undergraduates and following up with interested students. When reaching out, offer concrete support that students can include in their applications. If applicants can note that they have specific support of administration and faculty to help ensure success of the cohort, that is worth highlighting.
When students apply for the program, they are asked to provide a reference. Ensure your student leaders have strong references (from you or colleagues on campus).

Undergraduates must apply individually to the Millennium Fellowship. If more than one student is working on a project together, they can copy/paste relevant answers pertaining to project description/intended outcomes in their applications. The application does require an academic reference. On some campuses multiple faculty/staff provide these, while on others one person provides these references for all applicants. Either option is acceptable.

As long as students' proposed projects align with one or more of the Sustainable Development Goals and one or more of the UNAI principles, it is appropriate for this program. Students on a campus can all work together on a collective project, or they can work individually/in smaller groups on a number of projects. Here are concrete examples of projects featured by UNAI, and you can review more by campus here.