During the VII Scholarships and International Opportunities Fair of the Technological University of Panama (UTP), together with other public entities and international cooperation partners, the Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs and International Cooperation, Yill del Carmen Otero, announced the new Information platform for International Scholarships called “Scholarship and Academic Mobility Information System”, so that those interested in studying internationally can find the educational offers of their interest in a completely friendly and simple way.
The platform, as part of its advantages, will allow you to learn about the different study opportunities obtained through the diplomatic management of international cooperation, facilitating operations in terms of: creation of scholarship holder profiles, consultation of information on short courses , international scholarships promoted by the Foreign Ministry and the provision of information to Panamanian students. Other novelties implemented in this system is that it will allow Panamanian students abroad to register directly, entering the Students Abroad section.
Also, it contains different spaces of viable search criteria to find the educational offer with greater ease, speed and precision, exemplified as follows:
Scholarship Name
Modality: Face-to-face, blended, virtual, hybrid
Place of the course: With this button the interested party will be able to identify the country where the educational offer will take place.
Type of scholarship: The user will be able to search for the options offered by the scholarship, such as whether it is fully covered (Full or partial).
Educational Offer: Here you can see the level of study, whether it is a Bachelor’s, postgraduate, master’s, doctoral, course or diploma.
Country/Cooperating Organization: is the country or organization that offers the scholarship
Study areas: It is the academic specialty for the user to choose according to their interest.
Study opportunities can be face-to-face, virtual and semi-face-to-face. In the face-to-face modality, people must physically travel to the place of study. In the virtual, they will be able to train remotely and in the blended learning, the teaching-learning format will be used; In this last modality, half of the course or subject will take place in the traditional way (face-to-face contact) on campus, and the other half will take place online.
Regarding their coverage, these scholarships can be: complete or partial. Full scholarships are those that cover study costs, round-trip airfare, lodging, food, local transportation, tuition, tuition, monthly stipend, and medical insurance. While the partial scholarships will depend on what each of them offers on time.
The Scholarships and Academic Mobility Information System has as its main purpose the dissemination of information on international scholarships such as: Courses, Diplomas, Bachelors, Masters, Doctorates, Post – Doctorates, Research, Postgraduates and Internships.
Through this content, the user will be able to immediately identify if the offer is for the general public or officials; as well as data related to the training area, type of scholarship, requirements, deadlines to apply, duration, expiration, among others.
To learn more about the scholarships, you can access the web link of www.mire.gob.pa, scholarship section; write to the email [email protected] or call the telephone numbers 504-9323, 504-9320 and 504-8940.
