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If you want to carry out your postgraduate studies in Mexico, therefore searching for a fellowship, the following guide will give you an overwiev of both the Mexican fellowship as well as the Mexican system of science and technology.

It also contains useful links and references to diverse documents and homepages that can help you to get a general idea about not just the Mexican fellowship system but on the Mexican system of science and technology.

 

FAQ

Which Mexican institutions offers fellowships to foreign students?

There are in Mexico several institutions offering fellowships for foreign students (European included): CONACYT, S.R.E., S.E.P, UNAM and bilateral science and technology programmes of cooperation that provide opportunities to carry out research fellowships in high quality Mexican research institutions.

If you want to get more information on the Mexican scholarship system please read the “Report on Mexican Research funds programs opened to European participation and guidelines on participation” elaborated within the Access2MexCyT project. You can find the document by clicking here

CONACYT is the institution in charge of coordinating almost all the government efforts to support science, technology and innovation initiatives, and is in charge of accompanying and stimulating the consolidation of Mexican programmes for graduate and postgraduate studies. With this purpose, CONACYT established a National Graduate and Postgraduate Quality Studies Programme (Programa Nacional de Posgrados de Calidad – PNPC) which offers the framework of continuous evaluation of the Mexican curricula (or academic programmes) and promotes, above all, high quality scholarships.

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Where can I find such research institutions or universities offering fellowships?

You can find a list of all those Mexican institutions offering fellowships to foreign students in our Mexican Research Directory at the Access2MexCyT project homepage that you can find here

Once there, you may search per institution category (CONACYT centres, public or private universities or R&D Mexican institutes) or you may use the advanced search (per name, speciality or description).

 

Does the directory contain information on the postgraduate programmes?

In this directory you can find the most relevant information on the institutions with a brief description of the mission and research fields and activities as well as the contact data and the website. At the bottom of the page a link to access the information on the postgraduate programmes offered by the institutions can be found, so you can find this relevant information easily.

 

How can I get a fellowship from CONACYT?

First of all it is necessary to consult if the postgraduate programme of your choice is included in the list of the National Graduate and Postgraduate Quality Studies Programme (PNCP) which offers the framework for continuous evaluation of the Mexican curricula (or academic programmes) and promotes, above all, high-quality scholarships. To read more about the PNCP click here

Important Notice: In order to be eligible for a scholarship from CONACyT, the programme of your choice should be included in the PNCP. Only the students enrolled in one of these programmes, national or foreign, may request for a scholarship from CONACyT.

Once you have chosen a postgraduate programme and you are sure that it is included in the PNPC list, you must consult directly the website of the institution offering the programme.

You can also make your search the other way round. You can choose a programme directly on the PNPC first (where you can see which institution is offering the programme) and then go to the Mexican Research Directory and search for the institution.

 

Where do I apply for a fellowship, by CONACYT or by the chosen institution?

The institutions where you are planning to realize your postgraduate studies are responsible for processing the fellowship by CONACyT.

Once the institution has carried out the academic selection process of candidates and determined the priority of grant applications, it will be responsible for carrying out the formalities on behalf of its prospective beneficiaries for fellowships to CONACyT.

You can see all the information on the requirements and selecting criteria here.

 

What about the SRE scholarships?

There is available a scholarship programme for foreign students and researchers wishing to collaborate with Mexico, the details of which are available at the SRE website. The purpose of this programme is to encourage and to enrich training of human resources between Mexico and 180 countries, among which appear 26 countries members of the European Union.

These scholarships can be obtained in the frame of two programmes linking Mexico and its European counterparts:

- Bilateral Programmes: to access the list of these postgraduate programmes including the requirements and contact data, please click here.

- Special Programmes for special topics: to access the list of special programmes offered, please click here.

To access the call for applications for this scholarship programme please click here.

To access the list of academic programmes please click here.

I heard that the Ministry of public education offers scholarships for Europeans

The Ministry of public education (Secretaría de Educación Pública - SEP) also developed a programme of scholarships intended for foreign students (European included), wishing to achieve Master and Doctorate studies in Mexico in the frame of excellence curricula and at an international level.

Master and Doctorate studies of 16 Mexican institutions are on the SEP’s list of Programas de Calidad y Competencia Internacional en México.


These scholarships are subject to previous enrolment at a Mexican academic institution on the list mentioned above. The SEP’s General Direction of Foreign Affairs evaluates and selects the applications while the assignment of supports is in function of the available resources for this programme.

You can see all the information on the requirements and selecting criteria here.

What about the UNAM scholarships and programmes?

The UNAM scholarship system offers support for 26 institutional programmes managed by 12 academic organizations and facilities. Among these offers, some scholarships and programmes open to the participation of foreigners can be found.

The calls for participation shows a complete panorama of scholarships and peculiarities, including some information about conditions of participation, important dates, results of previous calls, as well as the adequate links for getting further information.

The scholarships can be classified in function of their orientation and the objectives they follow:


1) The scholarships of the student’s international mobility programme (Visitor student’s programme) are open to foreign students wishing to take up undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate studies at the UNAM for a maximum length of a year.

You can see all the information on the requirements and selecting criteria here.


2) Post doctorate scholarships: The training programme for professional teachers in faculties and schools for research consolidation (Programa de formación de profesores de carrera en facultades y escuelas para el fortalecimiento de la investigación - PROFIP) promotes the achievement of postdoctoral stays of academic excellence at the UNAM, aiming to integrate young professor-researchers to the academic body of its faculties and schools.

You can see all the information on the requirements and selecting criteria here.


3) The yearly academic exchange programme of the UNAM


4) The post doctorate scholarships programme of the UNAM’s Human Sciences Coordination.

Besides, the "Coordinación de Humanidades" of the UNAM created in 2004 a biennial call for a programme of postgraduate specific scholarships (Programa de becas posdoctorales en la UNAM COHU-UNAM).