Government of Colombia Master and PhD Scholarships 2019-2020 for study in Colombia (Funded)

Apply For The Government of Colombia Master/ PhD Scholarships 2019-2020 for study in Colombia

Financial grants offered to foreign citizens, in return for international cooperation received by Colombia under existing cooperation agreements

Requirements:

• 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.
• 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 2018. Admission to programs starting in 2019 will not be contemplated.
• The candidate must be in arange of age between 25-49 years old.
• Applications from foreign citizens who are living in Colombia will not be accepted

Scholarship Worth: 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 $208.853 COP) for once during the period of studies, just in case of circumstances beyond the beneficiary control. STIPEND FOR BOOKS AND MATERIALS: Grant of $401.321 COP for once, at the beginning of the academic program MONTHLY ALLOWANCE: Grant of the sum equivalent to 3 Minimum Monthly Legal salaries. $2.343.726 COP HEALTH INSURANCE: Wide coverage in medical assistance only in Colombia, during the period of studies. INSTALLATION COSTS: Grant of {$401.321 COP for once at the beginning of studies Postgraduate scholarships in Colombia will have a maximum of twelve (12) months for specialization and twenty-four (24) months to master and up to thirty-six (36) months for doctorate. The scholarship holder of doctorates that last more than 3 years have to assume by themselves the allowance for the rest of the program. Nevertheless, the Colombian university will cover all the tuition fees during the whole program.

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Selection Criteria:

• Academic excellence
• Coherence between the academic trajectory, work experience and academic program
• Professional working experience
• Study Project
• Reciprocity on educational cooperation

How to Apply:

• It is important for interested candidates to go through the Application requirements before applying.
• Required documents, which are detailed in this call, should be at ICETEX on the date indicated in the notice.
• No documents will be received outside the established dates.
• The documents required in this call must be translated into Spanish
• All application documents t o this call should be sent to ICETEX through the Embassy from the country of origin of the applicant in
• Colombia. In case of absence of diplomatic representation in Colombia, the applicant must send it directly to ICETEX.

Visit the Webpage of the Government of Colombia Master and PhD Scholarships 2019

Deadline: 28th June 2019