Social and human sciences without government scholarships for student mobility

This year, the State Government of Mexico announced Reactivate scholarships to study Abroad through the Mexican Council for Science and Technology (COMECyT) after the restrictions of the health crisis; However, students of the social sciences and humanities were not considered.

The studies considered for this issue are Mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, medical sciences, biotechnology, agricultural sciences, and engineeringwho formalized the payment of the Edomex International Scholarship in August.

This is a subsidy of up to 20,000 pesos per month for 12 months and 300,000 pesos per year for tuition fees, Students commencing master’s or master’s studies In face-to-face and full-time programs at institutions abroad.

anyway This invitation gave space only to the exact sciencesAt the beginning of the year, they also provided support for Mexican social sciences and humanities students abroad for those already studying in another country.

Students who have applied for Sharing knowledge through a seminar Or a virtual workshop targeting students of educational institutions of this entity who received 10 thousand pesos.

It should be noted that with the arrival of the pandemic, the student mobility budget for studying abroad has been frozen; However, two years after the support stops, students receive Public resources to continue their training out of the country.

During the first half of the year the state government announced a Investment of 12 million pesos 23 scholarships to study abroad after two years without calls.

Since 2020 Minister of State for Education No resources have been allocated for scholarships abroad since then “Determined not to operate the said scholarship schemes, which are derived from the global health emergency,” Defined by Transparency.

For its part, the Autonomous State of Mexico allocated, during the first half of 2020, 9.2 million pesos International Mobility Supportbut only agreed to 146 supports at the start of the 2020A period and did not release the call in the second half of the year.

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