Grants & Scholarships

CIFF, together with our Collaborating Partners provide the possibility of further education to those students within Spain, Europe, Latin America, or countries recently incorporated (or currently being incorporated) into the European Union, who through their own means would not be able to access such high quality education despite possessing a shining academic and professional profile.

CIFF together with our Collaborating Partners, offer Grants & Scholarships to students excelling in their given professional or personnel field. Candidates are assessed on criteria of Academic Excellence as deemed by our Collaborating Partners. All applications for Grants or Scholarships should be made through the Admissions department at CIFF.

The following Grants & Scholarships are currently offered:

• Fundación Carolina
• Universidad de Alcalá
• Santander Group
• Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
• SEESCyT
• Cajasol

Fundación Carolina Scholarships
      
Through the Fundación Carolina, CIFF offers Scholarships to Latin American candidates, which include a partial reduction of the Course Fee, a plane ticket and accommodation and maintenance costs.

For more information regarding the Scholarship requirements, conditions and to apply for the Scholarship, please visit: www.fundacioncarolina.es
  
Directed at: Latin America
      
Programmes Included:

• Master en Finanzas (4 places)
• Master en Derecho de la Empresa (3 places)
• Master en Estadística Aplicada y Estadística para el Sector Público (3 places)
• Master en Finanzas Cuantitativas (Part-Time) (2 places)
• Master en Microfinanzas y Desarrollo Social (11 places)
• Master en Responsabilidad Social Empresarial (RSE) (5 places)

Accommodation Grants from the Universidad de Alcalá
      
CIFF offers Accommodation Grants through the Universidad de Alcalá. Complete Grants are available for those enrolled in full and part-time programmes taught on-site. Partial Grants are available for those enrolled in courses of “Blended Learning”, in which the programmes begin off-site and finish on-site at the CIFF premises in Madrid.
      
Directed at: Latin America, Europe and Asia
      
For more information regarding Residence on the Universidad de Alcalá Campus, please go to the section entitled Accommodation.

Scholarships of Excellence from The Santander Group
      
Through The Santander Group, CIFF provides Scholarships of Excellence to professionals with high level performance, assessing applicants though a selection of specifically defined criteria.

Directed at: Latin America, Europe and Asia

Students on any programme can apply for this Scholarship

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) Scholarships of Excellence

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) provides Scholarships of Excellence to candidates interested in a career in Statistics in the Public Sector. Last year, Instituto Nacional de Estadística offered €36,000 in Scholarships.

Instituto Nacional de Estadística awards Scholarships to those candidates who cover the pre-requisites, pass the criteria of academic excellence and have geographic mobility.
      
Directed at: Latin America, Europe and Asia
      
Included Programmes:

• Master en Estadística Aplicada y Estadística para el Sector Público

Secretaría de Estado de Educación Superior, Ciencia y Tecnología (Dominican Republic)
      
CIFF provides Scholarships through SEESCyT, in accordance with the current agreement between SEESCyT and the Universidad de Alcalá.

For more information regarding the Scholarship requirements, conditions and to apply for the Scholarship, please visit: www.seescyt.gov.do
      
Directed at: Dominican Republic (exclusively)
      
Included Programmes: Subject to the official notification of SEESCyT. The following programmes are generally included:

• Master en Finanzas Internacionales
• Master en Derecho de la Empresa
• Master en Estadística Aplicada y Estadística para el Sector Público
• Master en Finanzas Cuantitativas
  

Caja de Ahorro “Cajasol” (Andalucía) Scholarships
      
CIFF and Cajasol provide Scholarships of Academic Excellence, awarded through the Fundación Carolina to Latin American candidates. Scholarships can include a partial reduction of the Course Fee, a plane ticket and accommodation and maintenance costs during the taught part of the programme.

For more information regarding the Scholarship requirements, conditions, and to apply for the Scholarship, please visit: www.fundacioncarolina.es
      
Directed at: Latin America
     
Included Programmes: Subject to the official notification of SEESCyT. The following programmes are generally included:

• Master en Microfinanzas y Desarrollo Social (11 places)

In addition, CIFF has various Collaborative Agreements with institutions from Latin America, the United States of America and Europe. These agreements follow particular objectives which among others facilitate the exchange of students, professors and investigators from one institution to another.

Financing

Committing yourself to a Postgraduate Programme involves sound financial planning from the start. It is possible that prices may change from year-to-year and as such, students must allow for possible increases to the Course Fee, Accommodation Costs and Living Costs.

Candidates residing in Spain can take advantage of special financing loans offered by the Banco Santander in collaboration with CIFF.

For more information or to take out a loan, please visit one of the following Santander Branches:

Calle Génova 25, 28004 (Madrid)
Tel.: + 34 91 - 310 23 65, Fax: + 34 91 – 319 04 46

Ciudad Residencial Universitaria, Loc. 3, 28805 (Alcalá de Henares)
Tel.: (+34) 91 - 883 71 02 / 04, Fax: (+34) 91 - 883 73 74

For more information, please visit: http://www.gruposantander.com/universidades

Course Fee instalments and discounts for early payments

The student may make the Course Fee payment in two modalities:

Up until one month before the start of their registered CIFF programme:

• 50% payment: This modality will result in an addition 2% discount of the remaining Course Fee (i.e. after the reduction of the deposit and any applicable Scholarship from the Full Course Fee).
• 100% payment: This modality will result in an addition 5% discount of the remaining Course Fee (i.e. after the reduction of the deposit and any applicable Scholarship from the Full Course Fee).

In three payments:

• First Payment: “Place Reservation Deposit”.
• Second Payment: upon beginning the programme of study.
• Third Payment: before the 30 of January.

Please bear in mind that the incompletion to pay the full Course Fee before the 30th of January will result in the possible exclusion of the student from the programme of study.

The information regarding Course Fees on the CIFF web page, as well as other web pages is accurate at the date of publication.

CIFF reserves the right to modify or cancel any information displayed on the internet and as such is not liable for possible consequences arising from inaccurate information.