The University organizes annual competitions for specific areas of study at USFQ. Winners are awarded partial or full scholarships on the value of the tuition fee to study a career.
Aimed at
Students who meet the application requirements established in each competition for entry in August 2022.
What are the Contest Scholarships?
Detailed information including registration dates, competition rules, scholarship percentages awarded and the academic areas that offer competitions are listed below:
| Academic College | Career | Scholarship |
|---|---|---|
| Colegio de Administración y Economía (CADE) | Economics | David Ricardo |
| All CADE Careers | Humboldt | |
| Colegio de Arquitectura y Diseño Interior (CADI) | Architecture and Interior Design | Humboldt |
| Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades (COCISOH) | Anthropology | Betty Meggers |
| Education | John Dewey | |
| All COCISOH careers | Interpretatio | |
| Humboldt | ||
| Ciencias e Ingenierías (POLI) | Chemical Engineering | Dimitri Mendeleyev |
| Physics | Enrico Fermi | |
| Agronomy Engineering | Norman Borlaug | |
| Environmental Engineering | Terra Mater | |
| Mathematics | Euclides | |
| Industrial Engineering | Frederick Taylor | |
| Electronics and Automation Engineering | Nikola Tesla | |
| Computer Engineering | Ada Lovelace | |
| Civil Engineering | Construye Futuro | |
| Mechanical Engineering | James Watt | |
| Food Engineering | Nicolás Appert | |
| All Polytechnic careers | WISE | |
| Marie Curie* | ||
| J.C. Maxwell* | ||
| Humboldt | ||
| Colegio de Jurisprudencia (JUR) | Law | Humboldt |
| Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales (COCIBA) | Biology and Biotechnology Engineering | Charles Darwin |
| Humboldt | ||
| Ciencias de la Salud (COCSA) | Veterinary Medicine | Claude Bourgelat |
| Humboldt | ||
| Nutrition and Dietetics | Humboldt | |
| Dentistry | ||
| Hospitalidad, Arte Culinario y Turismo (CHAT) | Gastronomy | Culinary Challenge / Junior Chef |
| Hospitality and Hotel Management | Excellence in Service | |
| All CHAT careers | Humboldt | |
| Comunicación y Artes Contemporáneas (COCOA) | Journalism | María Albán |
| Visual Arts: Fashion Design | Next Gen | |
| Film | Punto de Giro | |
| Interactive Media | Voxel | |
| All COCOA Careers | Humboldt |
* The bases of the J.C. Maxwell and Marie Curie Competitions will be updated in the first quarter of next year, 2022.
Information
Requirements
- Those interested in participating in a scholarship contest must access the contest rules and complete the specific requirements of the contest.
- Take the university entrance exam for admission in August 2022 on the following dates:
- October 02
October 23rd
November 13th
December 11
December 18th
January 22nd
February 5th
- October 02
- Students who have taken a remedial exam to improve their exam grade will not be able to participate. *
* The student may repeat the admission test only if he/she is in the second year of high school and thus improve his/her grade to apply to any program.
Terms and Conditions
| What is the scholarship percentage? | Review the rules of the contest of interest |
| Does the scholarship apply to the tuition fee? | No |
| Does the scholarship cover a career? | Yes |
| What is the required semester and cumulative GPA? | 3.5/4.0 |
| Is the scholarship renewable? | Yes |
| Can you apply for summer? | Yes |
| Can the scholarship be reserved? | No |
| Is it possible to apply retroactively? | No |
| Is it possible to combine with other scholarships? | No |
| Is it possible to lose the scholarship? | Yes |
Proceso de obtención de becas
Seguir los lineamientos expuestos por cada concurso. Los ganadores de cada concurso serán becarios.
