Women are underrepresented throughout postgraduate programs in economics, both in Chile and abroad, which translates into a lower female presence in both academia and in positions of decision-making and influence in economics and public policy. As a consequence, neither the profession, nor the country benefit from the talent and skillsets of women that can significantly improve people’s quality of life.
The Women in Economics and Sciences Scholarship seeks to promote female participation in economics, by awarding two scholarships to students who apply to the Masters in Applied Economics program at the University of Chile.
The scholarship consists of a 100% discount of the tuition fee, subject to academic performance.
Eligibility: All students accepted in the Magcea program for one academic semester are eligible to apply.
The Academic Committee will make its decision based on the background information provided in the application to the Magcea program.
The tuition discount will be awarded to the female students with the best academic performance and relative ranking, as per the evaluation criteria of the Academic Committee, and its renewal will be semiannual, subject to academic performance, that is, subject to a successful completion of all the courses.
If a student already has a CONICYT scholarship, the Women in Economics and Science scholarship will cover the remainder of the tuition.
The application to the Program is submitted online, under the admissions section of the program’s website www.magcea-uchile.cl.
The next round of applications opens in April.
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