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Category: Financing your Degree

Previously called: Paying for SIPA

Financing your Degree

Upcoming External Fellowship Deadlines

March 9, 2021 Columbia SIPA

The SIPA Financial Aid Office maintains a database of external funding opportunities, and we wanted to alert students to some…

Read More Upcoming External Fellowship Deadlines

Financing your Degree

Upcoming External Fellowship Deadlines

February 11, 2021 Columbia SIPA

The SIPA Financial Aid Office maintains a database of external funding opportunities, and we wanted to alert students to some…

Read More Upcoming External Fellowship Deadlines

Financing your Degree/Meet the SIPA Community

All About the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship

January 27, 2021January 26, 2021 Tenzin Thargay

Meet two amazing SIPA students, Sevita Rama (MPA-DP ‘21) and James Paisley (MIA ‘21), who are current and previous awardees…

Read More All About the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship

Financing your Degree

Upcoming External Fellowship Deadlines

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 Columbia SIPA

The SIPA Financial Aid Office maintains a database of external funding opportunities, and we wanted to alert students to some…

Read More Upcoming External Fellowship Deadlines

Financing your Degree

Funding Opportunities through the Weatherhead East Asian Institute

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Columbia SIPA

The Columbia Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) offers funding to supplement research, language acquisition, unpaid internships, and dissertation completion to…

Read More Funding Opportunities through the Weatherhead East Asian Institute

Academics/Application Advice/Financing your Degree/Meet the SIPA Community/Student Life

Intro to International Fellows Program Pt. 2: Meet the IFP Program Assistants, Kara and Lance

November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 Tenzin Thargay

Welcome to the final post of our two-part series introducing the International Fellows Program (IFP)! This post will provide insights…

Read More Intro to International Fellows Program Pt. 2: Meet the IFP Program Assistants, Kara and Lance

Academics/Application Advice/Financing your Degree/Meet the SIPA Community/New Students

Intro to International Fellows Program Pt. 1: Meet Prof. Sestanovich

November 23, 2020November 20, 2020 Tenzin Thargay

Welcome to the first of our two-part series introducing the International Fellows Program (IFP)! This post will provide insights from…

Read More Intro to International Fellows Program Pt. 1: Meet Prof. Sestanovich

Financing your Degree

Upcoming External Fellowship Opportunities – deadlines November ’20 – January ’21

November 2, 2020 Columbia SIPA

The SIPA Financial Aid Office maintains a database of external funding opportunities, and we wanted to alert students to some…

Read More Upcoming External Fellowship Opportunities – deadlines November ’20 – January ’21

Financing your Degree

Upcoming External Fellowship Opportunities

October 21, 2020October 16, 2020 Columbia SIPA

The SIPA Financial Aid Office maintains a database of external funding opportunities, and we wanted to alert students to some…

Read More Upcoming External Fellowship Opportunities

Financing your Degree

Upcoming External Fellowship Opportunities

September 3, 2020October 15, 2020 Columbia SIPA

The SIPA Financial Aid Office maintains a database of external funding opportunities, and we wanted to alert students to some…

Read More Upcoming External Fellowship Opportunities

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January 18, 2021: University Closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday

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APRIL 28: SIPA Graduation

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This blog is about SIPA's two-year full-time MIA and MPA degree programs, which are the largest of all our programs. For information on our specialized, boutique programs, including the one-year MPA programs, Executive MPA program, and PhD program in Sustainable Development, please click here.

 

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