Colciencias Scholarships

Colciencias is the Colombian body for science, innovation and technology. It supports Colombian students who want to study a research degree in the UK. 

We have a partnership with Colciencias that offers unlimited PhD scholarships.

Level of study

This scholarship is for postgraduate PhD study.

Subject areas

This scholarship is for study across a range of subject areas. We offer priority to students who are studying:

• engineering
• nanotechnology
• social sciences and humanities, with an explicit focus on important social and cultural issues
• biodiversity, climate change, biotechnology, natural products and sustainability
• earth sciences and geographic information systems (GIS)
• medicine, life sciences and health

What is covered

This scholarship covers:

• 20% of your tuition fees for each year of full-time study
• extra costs for equipment, field trips or laboratory work (‘bench fees’)

How to apply

Find out if you’re eligible and apply using the Colciencias website.