Dominican Government International Scholarships 2023

[NALs]

From January 31 to February 21, 2023 is the inscription for Dominican government international scholarships to study in accredited universities outside the DR such as any in the USA, Canada, Spain; Mexico, Argentina, etc and this include any of those countries top universities such as the Ivy Leagues of the United States.

The application is entirely free.

A QR code is included below to access via a smartphone or direct from a computer at becas.gob.do.

Those not approved for a Dominican government international scholarships can re-apply the following year.


Basic Requirements
- Dominican Nationality
- Grades of at least 80 in a scale of 100 or 3 in a scale of 4 (the same grades requirements for masters and/or PhD degrees). Not specified, but can be from public or private schools.


Additional Requirements for Masters Degrees
- Copy of the cédula (front and back)
- Official grades legalized by MESCyT.
- Copy of the diploma legalized by MESCyT.
- Resume (2 pages at most)


Additional Requirements for Doctorates/PhD Degrees
- Copy of the cédula (front and back)
- Copy of the diploma legalized by MESCyT.
- Official grades legalized by MESCyT.
- Copy of the Masters degree legalized by MESCyT.
- Official grades of the Masters degree legalized by MESCyT.
- Resume (2 pages at most)


Additional Important Information
- Candidates are not excempt from the admission processes of the universities they apply to.
- All admission prerequisite of the university the apply to must be met by the candidate. The Dominican government will not do anything on your behalf regarding this. This also includes being fluent in the language taught in the university outside Spain and Spanish speaking countries.
- To start the study depends on the universities applied to.
- Changes of university or major will not be allowed once the scholarship is granted by the Dominican government.


Procedure to Adquiring a Dominican Government International Scholarship
- The document in becas.gob.do must be entirely completed by the candidate.
- The first step to filling the document is the obligation of entering the cédula number. Without this the document can't be filled.
- As soon the personal information of the candidate are in, he/she will receive an email with a user name and password with which they can enter the system and give following to their approval process for a Dominican government international scholarships.

 

[Lucifer]

These instructions are missing the most important part: connection to a member of the upper echelon of govt.

Most applicants will get their hopes up, and waste their time in the process, since the scholarships will be distributed among the big shots' family members.

Then they'll return with a master's from an Ivy League school, and the press will eat it up: "So and so is brilliant: he went to Harvard."

 

[aarhus]

These instructions are missing the most important part: connection to a member of the upper echelon of govt.

Most applicants will get their hopes up, and waste their time in the process, since the scholarships will be distributed among the big shots' family members.

Then they'll return with a master's from an Ivy League school, and the press will eat it up: "So and so is brilliant: he went to Harvard."

Is that really how it works?

 

[CristoRey]

Is that really how it works?

Unfortunately.
Same applies to some of these business loan programs as well.

 

[Kipling333]

A major problem is acceptance of the student by the foreign University because degrees from Dominican Universities are not highly regarded abroad.So,if a person has finished his bachelor degree in the DR in say Medicine or Law, it counts for little outside the DR. It seems that it is far easier if the applicant is a top rate tennis or golf player, swimmer or athlete so he can enter an American University with a sports scholarship. In addition, there are entry exams for some of the top Universities in Colombia and Argentina which are conducted in Santo Domingo at the consular offices but these have a large amount of questions that do not specifically relate to the desired course. Even if a student does succeed in obtaining a position in a Masters or Doctorate course, why would the student wish to return to the DR where he or she could only earn a small percentage of that to be earned in a developed country. Still, free application and worth giving it a go !!

 

[NALs]

This was the last event from about August 2022 where over 10,000 scholarships were granted by the Dominican government with many of the beneficiaries in the audience.

Some of the beneficiaries, all required to dress in white and black. Quite noticeable is that women are much more than men.

Notice the wheelchair. Being handicap doesn't disqualify from getting a Dominican government scholarship.

 

[NALs]

This one is also from August 2022 concerning the Dominican government granting scholarships to study abroad only.

 

[aarhus]

I am going to give Nals the benefit of doubt here. That maybe there are some who legitimately get to study Internationally who didn’t have connections. And came from poverty.