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Colfuturo

Colfuturo

Colfuturo is a scholarship-loan made available to Colombian students intending to study overseas at postgraduate level.

Colfuturo will grant a loan equivalent of up to 25,000 USD per year for a maximum of two years' study to successful applicants, to aid in the cost of their tuition fees.

Please refer to Colfuturo's website for more information:

The University of Aberdeen offers a 20% discount on tuition fees for programmes in the following Schools:

  • Engineering
  • Geosciences
  • Natural & Computer Sciences
  • Business
  • Social Sciences
  • All schools in the College of Life Sciences & Medicine

Eligibility

All applicants for Colfuturo should already hold a conditional or unconditional offer from the University of Aberdeen before applying:

If you are successful in obtaining Colfuturo, you should notify our Postgraduate Admissions team at the earliest opportunity so that the appropriate information can be reflected in your CAS document for Student Visa purposes. Please contact pgadmissions@abdn.ac.uk, providing a copy of your funding confirmation letter.


Available Funding - Colombia

Undergraduate

Aberdeen Global Scholarship - Undergraduate (For Academic Year 2025/26)

The University of Aberdeen is delighted to offer self-funded international on-campus undergraduate students a £6,000 scholarship for every year of their programme.


Postgraduate Taught

Aberdeen Alumni Discount

20% discount is available for University of Aberdeen graduates on the full cost of a taught graduate programme and one year of a full-time research programme (two years for part time). Applies to a number of taught postgraduate programmes or first year of a full time research programme.


Aberdeen Formation Evaluation Society (AFES) Bursaries

AFES offers bursaries to MSc students and partial PhD funding to support education in the areas of petrophysics and formation evaluation.


Aberdeen Global Scholarship - Postgraduate (For Academic Year 2025/26)

The University of Aberdeen is delighted to offer self-funded international on campus postgraduate Masters students a £8,000 tuition fee waiver.


CB Davidson Fund

The CB Davidson fund provides limited financial support for Postgraduate students within the School of Law.


Colfuturo

Colfuturo is a scholarship-loan made available to Colombian students intending to study overseas at postgraduate level.


ICETEX

THE ICETEX is a state agency that promotes higher education through the provision of educational credit and collection, with themselves or others, the population with fewer economic opportunities and good academic resources. It also facilitates access to educational opportunities offered by the international community to improve the quality of life of Colombians and thus contribute to economic and social development.


University of Aberdeen staff discount for online short courses

The University of Aberdeen is pleased to offer a 10% discount on the full cost of an online short course for University of Aberdeen staff.

Deadline: 31st of July 2025


Aberdeen Global Scholarship (General)

This £3,000 scholarship towards your tuition fee is available to eligible self-funded post graduate taught (PGT) students who are classed as international fee status and domiciled in any of the 198 countries and territories not covered under other Aberdeen Global Scholarship options. Full list of eligible countries is on the Aberdeen Global Scholarship (General) page.


NHS Staff Discount

The University of Aberdeen NHS discount is a 10% discount offered to all NHS staff. It applies to:

  • postgraduate degrees and short courses offered by our School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition (online and on-campus)
  • postgraduate degrees and short courses offered by our School of Psychology (online and on-campus)
  • our online ILM leadership short courses


SAIC scholarships

MSc Sustainability Transitions is one of the programmes approved by the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) who offers funding opportunities for students interested in the sustainability of Scottish aquaculture.


Postgraduate Research

Aberdeen Global Scholarship - Postgraduate (For Academic Year 2025/26)

The University of Aberdeen is delighted to offer self-funded international on campus postgraduate Masters students a £8,000 tuition fee waiver.


Margaret E.S. Merchant Memorial Scholarship

Applications are invited for the Margaret E.S. Merchant Memorial Scholarship

Deadline: 31st of January 2025


Catherine McConnachie Studentship

Applications are invited for the Catherine McConnachie Studentship for Women in Divinity.

Deadline: 28th of February 2025


University of Aberdeen staff discount for online short courses

The University of Aberdeen is pleased to offer a 10% discount on the full cost of an online short course for University of Aberdeen staff.

Deadline: 31st of July 2025


Divinity Affiliated Institutions Scholarships

The Divinity department at the University of Aberdeen offers a 10% tuition fee discount for students of our affiliated institutions.


Aberdeen Formation Evaluation Society (AFES) Bursaries

AFES offers bursaries to MSc students and partial PhD funding to support education in the areas of petrophysics and formation evaluation.


ICETEX

THE ICETEX is a state agency that promotes higher education through the provision of educational credit and collection, with themselves or others, the population with fewer economic opportunities and good academic resources. It also facilitates access to educational opportunities offered by the international community to improve the quality of life of Colombians and thus contribute to economic and social development.


Colfuturo

Colfuturo is a scholarship-loan made available to Colombian students intending to study overseas at postgraduate level.


Aberdeen Alumni Discount

20% discount is available for University of Aberdeen graduates on the full cost of a taught graduate programme and one year of a full-time research programme (two years for part time). Applies to a number of taught postgraduate programmes or first year of a full time research programme.


Boehringer Ingelheim PhD Scholarships

Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Foundation for Basic Research in Medicine offers studentships to outstanding young scientists who wish to pursue an ambitious PhD project of approximately three years in basic biomedical research in an internationally leading laboratory.


CB Davidson Fund

The CB Davidson fund provides limited financial support for Postgraduate students within the School of Law.


The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBSRC - Research Council Awards

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is the UK's principal funder of basic and strategic biological research.


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