The Community College Initiative (CCI) Program provides a quality non-degree academic program at US community colleges intended to build participants’ technical skills, enhance leadership capabilities, and strengthen English language proficiency. The program also provides opportunities for professional internships, service learning, and community engagement activities that focus on building mutual understanding and knowledge of the United States.

Participants spend one academic year in the United States and may earn certificates in their fields of study. After completing the program, participants return home with the technical skills needed to join the workforce, responding to emerging national priorities and labor market demands in fields such as agriculture, applied engineering, and information technology.

CCI participants also enhance the internationalization of the US host colleges and their respective local communities. Since the program’s start in 2007, there have been over 3,900 alumni from 26 countries placed at 81 community colleges across 25 states.

The US Department of State expects to fund approximately 120 participants as part of the 2025-2026 CCI Program.

CCI participants are recruited from historically underrepresented and underserved communities. In Indonesia, this means AMINEF aims to recruit applicants beyond Indonesia’s major cities and in provinces beyond Java, which historically have had fewer opportunities for study abroad.

A special initiative funded by PT Freeport Indonesia allows a certain number of candidates from the provinces of Papua every year to receive CCI Program awards.

Fields of Study

Applications are welcome in the fields and concentrations listed in the following fields of study. Please click on here

  • Agriculture
  • Applied Engineering
  • Business and Entrepreneurship
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Information Technology
  • Creative Economy and Media

Ready to advance your skills and experience U.S. college life? if u interested, register now! for full details, visit www.aminef.or.id or click link here.

Start your journey to global skills and understanding with CCI!