External scholarships

COLFUTURO Scholarships

The Southampton fee discount supplements an affordable COLFUTURO loan for eligible postgraduate students from Colombia.

Key information

Funding type
Fee reduction
Total value
15% fee discount
Application deadline
04/03/2027
Eligibility
Postgraduate students from Colombia with a COLFUTURO loan

Overview

The Foundation for the Future of Colombia (COLFUTURO) contributes to the development of Columbia by generating opportunities for postgraduate training of Colombian professionals of academic excellence in the best programs in the world.

COLFUTURO provides affordable loans to help Colombian students pay for their postgraduate studies.

If you receive a COLFUTURO scholarship, you will receive a 15% tuition fee discount for an eligible postgraduate programme at the University of Southampton.

This award is available for full-time, 1-year postgraduate taught master's programmes and for the first 3 years (36 months) of a full-time postgraduate research degree.

Eligibility

To get this scholarship you must:

  • be an international student from Columbia required to pay the oversees fees
  • have an offer to study an eligible postgraduate taught programme or PhD study  
  • receive a COLFUTURO loan

Permanent residency

Permanent residency

We consider your permanent residency to be where you have lived for 3 or more years before the start of the course.

This does not include where you have been living solely for study purposes if it is different from your permanent place of residency.

How to apply

  1. Apply to study an eligible postgraduate programme
  2. Apply directly to COLFUTURO

    When you have received an offer to study with us, apply directly to COLFUTURO 

Help and advice

Help and advice

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