We are not currently accepting applications for the Columbia University Scholarship for Displaced Students.
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The Columbia University Scholarship for Displaced Students was launched in 2019 in an effort to combat this worldwide crisis by providing displaced students with the opportunity to pursue higher education at Columbia University. In doing so, Columbia aims to shift the global dialogue surrounding displaced persons – from one that views them as a burden to one that recognizes them as vital contributors to society.
The scholarship, which is administered by Columbia Global in partnership with participating schools across Columbia University, provides accepted students with full tuition and assistance with non-tuition expenses.
Other Resources
While we are not currently selecting applications for this scholarship, here are resources that can provide assistance for displaced students and scholars:
- Columbia Global Emerging Scholars Fellowship Program: Provides opportunities for early-career scholars in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who hold refugee status or have been forcibly displaced.
- IIE’s Platform for Education in Emergencies Response: A database of educational opportunities and resources for displaced and refugee students.
- UC Davis’s Backpack: a tool that allows scholars and students to upload and secure copies of academic and professional credentials.
Video features of past winners of the Columbia University Scholarship for Displaced Students
April 29, 2023
"Amidst all the chaos and uncertainty of my life in Iraq," she said, "this scholarship was the only light I could see at the end of my tunnel."
Feb. 14, 2023
Sami Salloum describes his journey from Syria to Columbia University.
March 24, 2021
Sumar Frejat studied at Columbia’s School of General Studies and is from Aleppo, Syria and Iraq.