2022 Columbia University Scholarship for Displaced Students

Deadline: Unspecified.

The United Nations (UN) estimates that more than 82 million people are currently living as refugees or asylum-seekers, or have been internally displaced due to wars and natural calamity – the largest such population in human history. A significant number of these individuals have had their education interrupted, severely impacting their potential for future success. The Columbia University Scholarship for Displaced Students (CUSDS) is an effort to combat this unprecedented humanitarian and economic loss by providing displaced students with the opportunity to pursue higher education at Columbia University, one of the leading educational institutions in the world.

The Scholarship supports displaced students from anywhere in the world who are unable to complete their higher education. These students will receive up to full tuition, housing, and living assistance while pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees across all 19 Columbia schools and affiliates, reflecting Columbia’s full institutional commitment to addressing this global crisis. As the first-ever Columbia-wide scholarship, and the world’s first scholarship of its kind, this program will commit up to $6 million in support, per cohort, for up to 30 students each year. Mentoring and support will be provided by the Scholarship, as well as by schools and student groups at Columbia.

ELIGIBILITY

  1. This scholarship program is for foreign nationals who: have refugee status living anywhere in the world; have received US asylum or submitted a US asylum application; are in the US under Temporary Protected Status; are Internally Displaced Persons.
  2. Displaced Afghan students on Humanitarian Parole or with Special Immigrant Visas are also now eligible for the Scholarship.
  3. US permanent residents (green card holders, citizens, etc.) are not eligible for the scholarship.
  4. There are no age restrictions on the scholarship.

SCHOLARSHIP

Depending on the school and degree program, the scholarship may cover up to full tuition, plus the student’s housing and living expenses, for the number of terms necessary to complete the respective degree.

APPLICATION

  1. Applicants must apply to and be accepted by one of the degree programs listed on their website to be eligible for the scholarship. (The application requirements and criteria for scholarship applicants are the same as for normal admissions, and students cannot receive the scholarship if they are not accepted to a Columbia degree program.) 
  2. Each school and degree program maintains their own acceptance requirements and specific application deadlines.
  3. A full list of eligible degree programs and their respective scholarship deadlines can be found on their website.
  4. Only degree programs listed on their website are eligible for the scholarship.
  5. Students will only be eligible for the scholarship if they are admitted to the degree program for which they have applied.
  6. Students will be informed regarding the scholarship only after degree admissions decisions are made.

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