In recent months, student claims for having zero enrollment for this second semester of 2020 have taken on relevance. Demonstrations, sit-ins and hunger strikes have been some of the means used to ask the authorities for these financial relief.
Given this, 15 of the 32 public universities in the country have guaranteed free tuition for their undergraduate students, although one of them (the District) is just a few steps away from making this wish fully come true.
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All this has been achieved thanks to contributions from the Ministry of Education through the Solidarity Fund for Education, as well as resources provided by governments, mayors and the universities themselves.
In the case of the other 17 remaining institutions, the process has been more complicated. Some because they depend economically only on the National Government and not on territorial entities, which has made it difficult to obtain the necessary money, as in the case of the National University or the Pedagogical University.
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Despite this, significant discounts have been given, most of which consist of free admission for low-income students in strata 1 and 2, as well as a reduction in the value to pay for other socioeconomic levels.
With all this, there is still a university (the Pedagogical and Technological of Colombia – Uptc) that still does not apply a discount in undergraduate degrees, although a recent communication expresses that the procedures to manage relief are advanced.
Another institution, the University of the Amazon, is the only one that currently has no information available in this regard.
Zero tuition and discounts at public universities:
– U. of Córdoba
Total free to all your undergraduate students. 20 percent discount for graduate students.
– U. Tecnológica del Chocó
Free to all undergraduate students of the institution.
– U. National Pedagogical University
Zero enrollment for students from strata 1 and 2. 50 percent discount on strata 3, 4 and 5.
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– U. del Cauca
Free to all undergraduate students.
– U. of Antioquia
Free to all undergraduate students.
– U. de Nariño
Free to all undergraduate students.
– U. de Cartagena
Free to all undergraduate students.
– U. del Pacífico
Free tuition to all students.
– U. de Cundinamarca
Free for all students of the university in all its venues.
– U. de Tolima
Free to all undergraduate students.
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– U. de los Llanos
Free tuition to 100 percent of students.
– U. de Magdalena
free enrollment of students from strata 0 and 1 of Santa Marta and from all strata in the rest of the municipalities of the department, that is, at least 64.5 percent of the entire institution.
– U. de Sucre
Zero enrollment to 98.5 percent of undergraduate students, all belonging to strata 1 and 2.
– U. Francisco de Paula Santander – Cúcuta
Zero enrollment for all students.
– U. de Pamplona
Zero enrollment for all students.
– U. Francisco de Paula Santander – Ocaña
Zero enrollment for all students.
– National University of Colombia
Zero enrollment to 63 percent of all students. The benefit applies to students in strata 1 and 2 with up to PBM 50 and stratum 3 with up to PBM 25. Up to 20 percent discount on postgraduate degrees.
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– U. District Francisco José de Caldas
Zero tuition to all of your students. Process still subject to approval of a financing proposal sent by the institution to the Superior Council.
– U. del Atlántico
100 percent coverage in the value of tuition for students in strata 1 and 2, discounts of 50 percent for strata 3 and 4, and 25 percent for those in strata 5 and 6.
– U. del Valle
Zero enrollment for all students in strata 1 and 2. Discounts of 40 percent to stratum 3 and 30 percent to stratum 4.
– U. Popular del Cesar
Zero enrollment for students in strata 1 and 2, and a 30 percent discount for strata 3 and 4.
– U. del Quindío
Gratuity for strata 1 and 2. Several municipalities have contributed more resources and at the moment the university is studying how many young people will benefit from all these contributions.
– U. Industrial de Santander
Gratuity in strata 1 and 2, as well as relief for strata 3 and 4.
– U. de la Guajira
Free registration in strata 1 and 2.
– Surcolombiana
Zero tuition for all students.
– Tecnológica de Pereira
Free for strata 1 of Pereira, 1 and 2 of Dosquebradas and 1, 2 and 3 of the rest of the municipalities. Discounts of between 20 and 50 percent for other students.
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– U. de Caldas
Zero enrollment in stratum 1, 42 percent discount in stratum 2, 35 percent in stratum 3 and 15 percent in stratum 4.
– College of Cundinamarca
Discounts of 30 percent in stratum 1, 25 percent in strata 2 and 3, and 20 percent in the rest of strata. For postgraduates, the discount will be 10 percent.
– U. Militar Nueva Granada
10 percent discount on tuition for new students and 15 percent for old ones.
– National Open and Distance University -UNAD
He launched an academic solidarity plan that includes financing plans and discounts for special cases.
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– U. of the Amazon
No information available.
– U. Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia
Still not defining discounts for students. However, a recent statement from the institution reported that they are working on strategies to provide relief to the student population.
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