Admission
Participant Profile
The International Summer Program is open to applications from international professionals as well as graduate and undergraduate students of Social Sciences and Humanities whose work is related to Mexican and Latin American studies.
Prospective students will be chosen after a rigorous selection process taking into consideration academic achievement, social responsibility, professional experience, motivations for applying, and the importance of their participation in the Program for their future academic and professional careers.
Prospective students will be chosen after a rigorous selection process taking into consideration academic achievement, social responsibility, professional experience, motivations for applying, and the importance of their participation in the Program for their future academic and professional careers.
Admission Requirements
In order to be considered for admission to the Program, prospective students must complete the application form and send the following documents* in English, in ONE PDF file:
- Certificate or diploma of the last degree obtained, showing grade point average**;
- Brief résumé (up to 2 pages):
- Cover letter describing their motivations and the relevance of their participation in the Program for their future academic and professional career (up to 2 pages);
- One recommendation letter for enrolment on the Program in English or Spanish of this year (2025);
- Birth certificate;
- CURP (for mexicans only);
- Official ID (INE for Mexicans and Passport for foreigners or Resident Card).
*Photographs are not accepted, all documents must come in full sheet, scanned in color and with good resolution;
* *The certificate or diploma of the last degree obtained must be send with a simple translation in a Word document.
Application Process
Students must send their application forms and PDF documents in English by email at the following address:
summerprogram@colmex.mx
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
summerprogram@colmex.mx
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Successful candidates
Successful candidates will be notified by email and must confirm their participation in the Program within five days after receiving their acceptance email.
Program Fees
Students applying to enroll on the Program through a student exchange agreement between their University and El Colegio de México will be able to apply for a scholarship to pay the program fees (we only have the capacity to grant two 50% scholarships to each university). To validate the scholarship, the student must submit a letter issued by their university's Exchange Office.
Students enrolling without any such agreement must pay a fee of:
US$1000 dollars (one thousand U.S. Dollars).
However, when paying before May 18th, students will be granted a US$50 (fifty U.S Dollars) reduction on the program fee*.
If you make the payment after the established date, you will be charged an additional 20% penalty from the program fee.
Students enrolling without any such agreement must pay a fee of:
US$1000 dollars (one thousand U.S. Dollars).
However, when paying before May 18th, students will be granted a US$50 (fifty U.S Dollars) reduction on the program fee*.
If you make the payment after the established date, you will be charged an additional 20% penalty from the program fee.
We cannot issue any refund once the payment has been done.
Please take into consideration the fee when making the payment through credit card or bank transfer.
Please take into consideration the fee when making the payment through credit card or bank transfer.
* This type of students, applying without a scholarship’s agreement, will be granted a $50 USD (fifty U.S dollars) reduction on the program fee when paying before May 22th.