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Published: 26 Jan 2021
The Scholarship aims to shift the global dialogue surrounding displaced persons, from one that views them as a burden to one that recognizes them as vital contributors to global innovation and prosperity.
Currently, there is no initiative like this at any university in the world, despite the obvious desire for education on the part of these displaced student populations. The Columbia University Scholarship for Displaced Students aims to be a leader in filling this pressing humanitarian need and will hopefully encourage other universities to follow suit.
(Note: only email inquiries to [email protected] will be responded to. Please read all information below before emailing. Emails must be in English.)
| Application Deadline | Not Specified |
| Country to study | United States |
| School to study | Columbia University |
| Type | Undergraduate |
| Sponsor | Columbia University International Postdoctoral Humanities Fellowship |
| Gender | Men and Women |
Full tuition, plus student’s housing and living expenses, for the number of terms necessary to complete the student’s degree.
This is a competitive scholarship with limited awards per school, so students may be accepted to Columbia and not receive funding through the scholarship. Acceptance to an academic program does not guarantee funding, through the scholarship or otherwise.
Degree program application fees can be waived in extraordinary cases by e-mailing [email protected] at least two weeks before the student plans to submit their degree application.
This scholarship program is for foreign nationals with refugee status living anywhere in the world, or who have received US asylum or submitted a US asylum application, are in the US under Temporary Protected Status, or are Internally Displaced Persons. There are no age restrictions on the scholarship.
Each school and degree program maintains their own acceptance requirements and specific application deadlines. A full list of eligible degree programs and their respective scholarship deadlines can be found below. Students will only be evaluated for the scholarship if they are admitted to the degree program for which they have applied. Students will be informed regarding the scholarship only after degree admissions decisions are made.
Applicants must apply to and be accepted by one of the degree programs listed below to be eligible for the scholarship. (The application requirements and criteria for scholarship applicants are the same as for normal admissions, and students cannot receive the scholarship if they are not first accepted to a Columbia degree program.)
For more details, visit Columbia University website