Government of Colombia Foreign Scholarship 2025

Summary

This program is aimed at foreigners who wish to pursue their postgraduate studies in Colombia, as well as for foreigners from non-Spanish-speaking countries who need to strengthen the Spanish language to carry out postgraduate studies in Colombia.

The Government of Colombia scholarships offer two types of applications:

For foreigners who wish to pursue postgraduate studies in specialization, master’s, and doctorate degrees in public and private Colombian higher education institutions.

For foreigners from non-Spanish speaking countries who wish to carry out postgraduate studies in specialization, master’s, and doctorate degrees in public and private Colombian higher education institutions.

Benefits:

The Government of Colombia Foreign Scholarship offers;

• the coverage of the entire tuition will be granted by the Colombian higher education institution

• Medical and hospital assistance

• a letter for the online application of the courtesy visa

• ICETEX will support each foreign scholarship holder with a monthly support (living expenses)

• each scholarship holder will also receive an amount for installation expenses in Colombia

• ICETEX will also support each scholarship holder with a value for books and materials

• Recipients will also receive a financial support equivalent to COP$250,000 to cover costs related to the issuance of the Foreign Identification.

Eligibilities

To be considered for the Government of Colombia Scholarship, you must:

• be a foreign citizen

• Not have Colombian nationality.

• Not be residing, nor have resided the last 6 months prior to applying for the scholarship in Colombian territory or have started studies in Colombia at the time of application to the corresponding call.

• In case of being selected, scholars can be asked by ICETEX to provide the Certificate of Migratory Movements, with a date no greater than 30 days at the time of entering Colombian territory.

• Must not have any marital or de facto relationship in Colombia.

• Not having been a beneficiary of ICETEX through the Beca Colombia program. g) Not be older than 50 years.

• Have a cumulative general average of 4.0 out of 5.0 in undergraduate to apply the call. According to the grading scale of each country, the note must be equivalent to a minimum of 4.0 for the Colombian scale.

• Have a professional, undergraduate, or graduate degree in any area of knowledge.

• Have admission to at least between one and three postgraduate programs found in the Academic Offer Catalog 2025-2 annexed to this announcement.

• Have good physical and mental health, certified by a doctor.

  
  

Deadline June 13, 2025

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