Colombia Fully-funded Postgraduate Scholarships

Government of Colombia Fully-funded Postgraduate Scholarships for Foreign Students in Colombia, 2017

The Government of the Republic of Colombia is offering full postgraduate scholarships for fall 2017. Scholarships are available for pursuing postgraduate (specialization, master, and Doctorate/ PhD) program.

The Colombian Institute of Educational Credit and Technical Studies Abroad – ICETEX 1 is a Colombian institution that is designed to promote higher education in Colombia through the “granting of educational credits and its collection, with its own resources or third parties, to the Population with lower economic potential and good academic performance.

Course Level: Scholarships are available for pursuing postgraduate (specialization, master, and doctorate/ PhD) program.

Study Subject: Scholarships are awarded to study the subjects offered by the university.

Scholarship Award: These scholarships will cover the followings:

Tuition Fees: 100% coverage of all these costs granted by the Colombian universities (only for academic programs found in the catalog of this call).
Incidental: Grant of $197.217 COP) for once during the period of studies, just in case of circumstances beyond the beneficiary control.
Stipend for Books And Materials: Grant of $378.962 COP for once, at the beginning of the academic program
Monthly Allowance: Grant of the sum equivalent to 3 Minimum Monthly Legal salaries. $2.213.151 COP
Health Insurance: Wide coverage in medical assistance only in Colombia, during the period of studies.
Installation Costs: Grant of {$378.962 COP for once at the beginning of studies

Scholarship can be taken in Colombia

The Columbia Scholarship Eligibility

Foreign professionals in the range of age between 25-49 years old, who have undergraduate degree (university degree or bachelor) in different disciplines, who have a grade point average of 4.0 on the Colombian scale of 1 to 5, and at least 1 year of professional experience in their field of study. The candidate must master the Spanish language (reading, writing and speaking).

He/she must deliver us a certificate of these competences and must have an admission letter from the Colombian educational institution in any career determined in the catalog annex to this call. The candidate must not live in Colombia and must not have Colombian nationality

Nationality: Foreign students can apply for these scholarships.

College Admission Requirement

Entrance Requirement: Applicants whose first language is not English are usually required to provide evidence of proficiency in English at the higher level required by the University.

Prove minimum one year experience in their field of study, after obtaining the degree.
The candidate must have successfully completed college.
The academic program should start in the second semester of 2017. Admission to programs starting in 2018 will not be contemplated.
The candidate must be in a range of age between 25-49 years old.
Applications from foreign citizens who are living in Colombia will not be accepted

Test Requirement: No

English Language Requirement: Applicants whose first language is not English are usually required to provide evidence of proficiency in English at the higher level required by the University.

How to Apply

The documents must be arrived through the embassies or directly to the International Relations Office of ICETEX in Bogotá-Colombia before the 2nd June 2017. The required documents are: