MEXICAN GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIPS
FOR FOREIGNERS 2008
OPENING DATE Thursday, February 15, 2007
CLOSING DATE Tuesday, July 31, 2007
TYPES OF SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED
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Bachelor’s (*)
Master’s
Doctorate
Specialty
Medical Specialty
Post-doctoral Visits
Research Visits
Artistic Visits
Visiting Professors
High-level Lecturers
Spanish Language and Mexican Culture
(*) Only in the case of “special offers”.
AREAS OF STUDY
Scholarships are offered in all areas of knowledge
except for odontology, plastic surgery, marketing,
accounting, advertising, business administration and
related areas. In the field of medicine, scholarships
are awarded only in the areas established under the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Ministry of Health Program.
HOST INSTITUTIONS
More than 90 specialized Mexican institutions
recognized for their high academic level and teaching
quality.
CANDIDATES
These scholarships are open to foreigners who are
not currently residing in Mexico and who meet the
following requirements:
 Academic excellence
 Working experience in the area of study applied for
 Nominated by their government
 Have a working commitment in their country at the
end of the scholarship
REQUIREMENTS
 Meet the requirements stipulated in the Call for
SRE Scholarships for Foreigners.
 Have completed High School and hold a
Bachelor’s, Master’s or Doctorate degree,
depending on the type of studies they intend to
pursue.
 Have the academic acceptance of the receiving
Mexican institution where they are to study.
 Have a minimum GPA of 8, on a scale of 1 to 10
(or equivalent).
 Return to their country of origin upon conclusion of
the scholarship.
BENEFITS (*)
 Enrollment and school fees.
 Monthly allowance:
4 minimum D.F. (Federal District-Mexico City)
wages for a Bachelor’s, Master’s, non-medical
Specialty or Master’s research.
5 D.F. minimum wages for a Doctorate, doctoral
research, postdoctoral visits, and medical
specialties or subspecialties.
 Full coverage medical insurance from the Mexican
Social Security Institute (IMSS), effective as of the
third month of the scholarship.
 At the beginning of the scholarship, transportation
from Mexico City to the city of the academic
institution where the recipient is to study, and
transportation from there back to Mexico City upon
termination of the scholarship.
 International air travel, but only in the cases
indicated in this Call.
(*) Any expenses not stipulated in the foregoing shall be
payable by the scholarship grantee, including: costs involving
printing of the thesis; tutorials, graduation and degreeprocurement processing fees; study incorporation and validation
fees; costs of registration in the National Register of Foreigners;
visa renewal fees.
SCHOLARSHIP/GRANT BENEFITS
 FIRST ALLOWANCE
The first allowance will be paid to scholarship
grantees at the end of the month of their arrival and in
accordance with the annual schedule they will receive
from their local Mexican Embassy before traveling to
Mexico. Consequently, it is essential that recipients
bring enough funds for living expenses for at least the
first 30 days.
 PAYMENT OF ALLOWANCE
The monthly-allowance payment day is stipulated in
the annual schedule. In accordance with said
schedule, all scholarship grantees accredited with
institutions in the metropolitan area (Mexico City)
must go to sign the corresponding payroll list at the
offices of the Directorate for Academic Exchange.
Scholarship grantees studying in the interior of the
Republic must send – via fax or e-mail – confirmation
of receipt of their allowance payment. For said
purpose and at the moment of being documented,
they will be given a simple form prepared by the
Directorate for Academic Exchange.
SELECTION PROCESS
Is divided into two stages:
 Preselection in the candidate’s country.
 Definitive selection by the related competent
authorities in Mexico.
AWARDING OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS
Scholarships for the year 2008 will be granted by the
SRE (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) through its General
Directorate for Cultural Affairs and the grantees of
said scholarships will be notified between November
15, 2007, and February 29, 2008. The results shall be
delivered in writing at the corresponding Mexican
Embassy.
FORMALITIES
 IMMIGRATION
Once candidates have received official written
notification of the scholarship award, they must then
proceed to process all the formalities stipulated
before the corresponding Mexican Embassy or
Consulate. Grantees must be documented as
scholarship students with Immigration Form 3
(FM3 Subsection VII) – not as tourists. Scholarship
grantees may not travel on diplomatic or official
passports.
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 TRAVEL TO MEXICO
If international air travel forms part of the scholarship
benefits, the airline ticket will be arranged by the
General Subdirectorate for Program Planning and
Control of the General Directorate for Cultural Affairs
and sent to the grantee’s country. The Mexican
Embassy will inform the grantee of the ticket details.
In the event international air travel is not included in
the scholarship benefits, grantees must travel to
Mexico at their own expense.
 ARRIVAL IN MEXICO
Upon arrival in Mexico City, scholarship grantees
must report in person to the offices of the General
Directorate for Cultural Affairs located at: Plaza
Juárez N°20, Piso 4 (Fourth Floor), Col. Centro,
06010, México, D.F. between 09:00 and 13:30 hours
to arrange the necessary formalities for their
registration as SRE scholarship grantees.
 FINAL FORMALITIES
Upon completion of their studies, scholarship
grantees must hand in to the Directorate for
Academic Exchange of the General Directorate for
Cultural Affairs a scanned copy of the cover sheet
and an electronic version of their thesis – in the case
of formal school studies and research students must
hand in their final work. If applicable, they must also
request the airline ticket to return to their native
countries and must personally close out their account
with the HSBC bank.
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Respect Mexican laws.
Maintain a minimum grade point average of 8.5
in their studies.
Provide the Directorate for Academic Exchange
with periodic reports on their academic activities
and/or research.
Reside in Mexico for the duration of the
scholarship.
Mexican Government scholarships are intended for
nationals of other countries to benefit from the
experience and knowledge acquired in our country.
Nonetheless, they are also conceived as multiplying
mechanisms insofar as scholarship grantees return to
their native countries and pass on their experience.
Hence, it is an essential requirement that grantees
return to their homeland upon termination of their
studies in Mexico.
APPLICATION FORMS
There are three types of application forms:
Application Form “A”, which is used for all
postgraduate and multilateral programs; Application
Form “B”, used exclusively for Special Programs, with
the exception of Professional Practice programs and
the program for Asia, Pacific, Africa, and the Middle
East; and Application Form “C”, which is used for
Bachelor’s studies.
RECEPTION OF DOCUMENTS
Candidates’ documentation must be presented in
dossier form before the Mexican Embassy located in
the candidates’ country of origin or before the
concurrent corresponding Embassy through the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and/or the local
government Institution designated for said purpose
(between February 15 and July 31, 2007).
If candidates have not yet received academic
OBLIGATIONS OF SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
These can be found in the document entitled “Rules Applicable acceptance at the time of submitting their dossiers,
to Grantees of SRE Scholarships for Foreigners”, which their candidature shall be received conditionally.
grantees must sign at the moment of receiving the scholarship Priority will be given to candidates whose dossiers
award and thereby promise to abide by the contents. Of the are complete upon submission.
latter, the most important are to:
Scholarship grantees may contact the persons
responsible for their monitoring at the following
telephone numbers and e-mail addresses:
Scholarship Grantees from South and Central
America:
Tels. 5063 3000 exts. 5291 and 6320
E-mails:
ecolin@sre.gob.mx
or
acamacho@sre.gob.mx or cxolalpa@sre.gob.mx
Scholarship Grantees from the Caribbean:
Tel. 5063 3000 exts. 5294 and 6303
E-mails:
carmenta@sre.gob.mx
vestrada@sre.gob.mx.
or
Scholarship Grantees from Europe and North
America:
Tel. 5063 3000 exts. 5278, 6302 and 6305
E-mails:
melizondo@sre.gob.mx
or
ehernandezd@sre.gob.mx
or
hhernandez@sre.gob.mx
Scholarship Grantees from APAMO
Tel. 5063 3000 exts. 5103 and 6312
E-mails: fgarciar@sre.gob.mx or sbaron@sre.gob.mx
Offices of the Directorate for Academic
Exchange:
Plaza Juárez N°20, Piso 4 (Fourth Floor), Col. Centro
06010, México, D.F., Tel: 9159 5274/75/76. Fax:
9159 5298
Internet webpage: http://www.becas.sre.gob.mx