Scholarships Program of CONACYT México Pablo Rojo December, 2014

IT HAS BEEN CREATED DECEMBER THE SCHOLARSHIPS PROGRAM WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PROGRAMS IN CONACYT. ¿What is CONACYT? COORDINATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POLICIES IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION. PROMOTES HIGH LEVEL HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION.

Postgraduate Studies in Mexico In the 70’s the offer was very limited The scholarships program for postgraduate studies start as a program for study in the abroad.

Investment in higher education Federal government has made many investment to create or strength Mexican public universities. Ten years after the number of postgraduate studies began to grow.

National (local) Scholarships In the 80’s started the program of national scholarships. It was a two purposes program: allow professors who had only a bachelors degree to have masters o PHDs; get and incentive to the students to make postgraduate studies.

The PNPC In the 90’s the offer of postgraduate studies was increasing very fast. It was necessary to have a quality control. PE -> PNFP -> PNPC

PADRÓN DE EXCELENCIA PNFP PNPC Evolution of Postgraduate Studies

Fuente: DAPYB-CONACYT Cifras al 31 de Marzo, 2014 Septiembre 2014: 48,226 8 PADRÓN DE EXCELENCIA PNFP PNPC National scholarships program

Becas en el extranjero vigentes por país Main destination countries, Juno 2014 PAÍSNÚMERO Estados Unidos1,020 Gran Bretaña867 España794 Alemania324 Francia278 Canadá242 Australia124 Holanda118 Argentina63 Italia59 Otros: 41 PAÍSES436 TOTAL4,325

The abroad scholarships now Need to justify sending students abroad (public spending). Not possible to have a similar control like PNPC. Defining a policy : diversity of countries and universities. USA and UK.

52 convenios con universidades 2 convenios con gobiernos University Agreement By Country/Region. Junio

Internationalization of PNPC Receiving foreign students Diversify the origin of the foreign students. 245 programs can be in English. “Becas mixtas” (mobility).

Short term fellowships Up to six months for masters Up to one year for PHD’s Short term stays in the USA – One month – The stay could be additional to the six months or one year placement. – A group can be accompanied by the professor. – No need to have an upper level of language – No restriction in destinations.

14 Foreign Students with CONACYT’s scholarship in México, PAÍS DE NACIMIENTO BECARIOS% PAÍS DE NACIMIENTOBECARIOS% Colombia % Nicaragua341.6% Cuba1848.6% El Salvador321.5% Ecuador1085.1% Brasil311.5% España1085.1% Francia271.3% Perú703.3% Italia251.2% Bolivia663.1% Rusia211.0% Argentina592.8% Haití200.9% Chile542.5% Uruguay180.8% Estados Unidos522.4% Paraguay130.6% Venezuela512.4% Bélgica120.6% Guatemala502.3% Canadá110.5% Costa Rica401.9% Panamá110.5% India391.8% Irán100.5% Honduras371.7% Rep. Dominicana100.5% Alemania361.7% Otros1316.1% Total2,135100%

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