Instituto Colombiano de Crédito Educativo y Estudios Técnicos en el Exterior (ICETEX) is a Colombian public entity that promotes higher education through the granting of educational loans and its collection, with own resources or from third parties, populations with few economic resources and good academic performance. Since its creation, it has been the leading entity in the promotion of the internationalization of the higher education system. Through its Cooperation Policy, ICETEX has generated opportunities for Colombians abroad through offering scholarships, and for foreigners in Colombia through different international mobility programs, such as the Pacific Alliance mobility platform, the Beca Colombia (Grad School Scholarships for foreigners in Colombia) or Fellows Colombia (Expert and Academic Staff incoming mobility). 

Today, ICETEX leads this educational cooperation policy, through which it has enabled outstanding national cooperation through programs such as Colombia Científica and has co-financed projects aimed to strengthen Colombia’s higher education system with national and international partners.

For more information, visit ICETEX’s website.

ICETEX partnered with the Innovation Fund to foster higher education partnerships and student academic training & exchanges for the following grant competitions: