Background
The Government of Mexico offers grants and scholarships to New Zealanders to undertake special education programmes in Mexico.
Applications are now open for:
- Special lectures scholarships;
- High level lectures grant and;
- Specialized research scholarships
- Improvement in the Quality of Mexican Higher Education Institutes
In addition, the Mexican Government offers up to 4 scholarships per year to New Zealand students to undertake postgraduate studies in Mexico. An interesting feature of these scholarships is that Spanish language foundation studies may also be provided prior to undertaking the chosen studies in Mexico.
Eligibility
Scholarships are awarded for specialization studies, master's degrees, doctorates, and medical specialties, postgraduate research and postdoctoral visits, visits for artistic creation and for visiting professors and experts, high-level lecture visits, professional internship programs for visiting professors and postgraduate mobility.
Scholarships are granted for a period of up to one year. In the case of masters'-level studies, scholarships may be renewed for up to 12 months while doctorates and medical specialties and subspecialties, scholarships may be renewed for up to an additional 24 months, in accordance with what is established in the scholarship award. The postgraduate mobility scholarships are granted for a maximum period of 6 months in school system.
Scholarships or grants for postgraduate research and postdoctoral visits shall have a maximum duration of one year and under no circumstances will they be extended beyond that period.
Preference will be given to persons who:
- Intend to take studies which focus on themes of priority for their country's development.
- Will work in areas of particular importance for the institutional development of their country.
- Will take postgraduate studies that are registered in the Programa Nacional de Posgrados de Calidad (PNPC) (National Quality Postgraduate Program).
- Will take postgraduate studies not available in their own countries.
- Will take studies or conduct research at institutions located in states throughout the Mexican Republic.
- Are professors or researchers at public higher education institutions and scientific research centers in their own countries.
- Are government officials in charge of areas or programs of special interest to their countries.
- Work on projects for human, social, or economic development that target marginalized groups or areas which are socially or economically depressed.
General Requirements
- Have the official proposal from the government of the candidate's country.
- Have a Bachelor's degree, Master's degree or doctorate, depending on the type of studies for which they are requesting the scholarship or grant.
- Have a minimum GPA of 8, on a scale of 1 to 10, and in the event of a different scale, they must submit the equivalent.
- Have the academic acceptance of the receiving Mexican institution.
Value
Enrolment and school fees, where applicable.
Monthly allowance, equal to:
- 4 D.F. (Federal District-Mexico City) minimum wages for a Specialty, Master's or Master's-level research, as well as for studies in the Spanish language and Mexican culture. This currently amounts to MX$6,576.
- 5 D.F. (Federal District-Mexico City) minimum wages for a doctorate or doctoral research, as well as postdoctoral visits, medical specialties or subspecialties, and expert and artistic visits. This currently amounts to MX$8,220.
Medical insurance coverage from the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), effective as of the third month of the scholarship, as long as scholarship grantees comply with the delivery of the documentation requested in due time and manner in order to proceed with their admission into the IMSS system.
At the beginning of the scholarship, transportation from Mexico City to the location of the academic institution where the grantee is to study, and transportation from there back to Mexico City upon termination of the scholarship.
International air travel costs will only be paid to nationals of countries with which Mexico has a reciprocal agreement covering the international air travel of scholarship grantees, and, to grantees whose program in this Call includes said benefit.
Closing Date
31 August
More Information
For more information and application forms, visit the Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores website.
For more information on Mexican scholarships, please contact the Mexican Embassy in Wellington.
You can find more Information about higher education and research institutes in Mexico through the following links: