Fully-Funded Undergraduate Scholarships for Displaced Syrian Students at Columbia University in the US 2018

The Columbia Global Centers promote and facilitate the collaborative and impactful engagement of the University of Columbia’s faculty, students and alumni with the world to enhance understanding, and address global challenges to advance. The Centers were founded with the objective of connecting the local with the global, to create opportunities for shared learning and to deepen the nature of global dialogue. Branches include those in Amman, Beijing, Istanbul, Mumbai, Nairobi, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, and Tunis, which shows how the centers emphasize the importance of international relations. The eight centers work individually as a network to drive teaching and research across disciplinary boundaries, in partnership with experts and scholars from their regions. By exploring global ideas both on campus and through their work in these regions, Columbia reaffirms both its relevance and its commitment to creating meaningful impact and contributing a positive legacy for generations to come. It also opens up extraordinary possibilities for like-minded partners to join in achieving these transformative goals.

The Columbia University has launched an undergraduate scholarship program to support individuals who have been displaced as a result of the conflict in Syria. The academic year will begin in the fall of 2018 in the School of General Studies’ Undergraduate Degree Program. The School of General Studies is the finest liberal arts college in the United States created specifically for returning and nontraditional students seeking a rigorous, traditional, Ivy League undergraduate degree for full or part time.

Applicants must be displaced Syrians and currently residing in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, or residing under Temporary Protected Status in the United States. The scholarship also requires a minimum TOEFL score of 100 or a minimum IELTS score of 6.5.

Students will receive full tuition, housing, travel, and living assistance while pursuing their undergraduate degree for the full four years of study.