High schools with free tuition

The Ministry of Education has implemented a policy of free higher education in Colombia since the first semester of 2024. The initiative aims to offer free tuition to students who meet certain conditions, guaranteeing their access to university.

“The Free Tuition Policy is the way in which the National Government assumes the payment of the net ordinary tuition of undergraduate students in any of the 64 Public Higher Education Institutions that have a budgetary link with the Ministry of National Education and that meet the access requirements indicated in article 9 of the 2023 Free Tuition Operational Regulations,” the Ministry of Education explained in a statement at the beginning of this year.

One of the fundamental requirements to be able to access the policy of free higher education is to be registered in the Sisbén IV system, in one of its three categories (A, B or C) and subgroups.

Without that registration, it is not possible to access zero tuition, unless the student belongs to an indigenous community and is registered in the census database of the Ministry of the Interior; or is a person who is a victim of the armed conflict and is in the Single Registry of Victims of the Special Administrative Unit for Comprehensive Attention and Reparation to Victims UARIV.

In addition, the person must be enrolled in an undergraduate academic program (professional technical, technological or university) in one of the higher education institutions that are part of the policy.

In total, 64 public institutions have agreements with the Ministry of Education regarding the free tuition policy. Among these are the National University, the National Pedagogical University, the Francisco José de Caldas District University, and the National Open and Distance University.

Below you can find the complete list of universities that have this agreement with the Ministry of Education.

Source: The Spectator

See list: Universities with Zero Tuition

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