The Fulbright Graduate Degree Award is a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant run by COMEXUS, the Fulbright Commission in Mexico, with up to three awards.
Grantees take a master’s (up to two years) or doctorate (up to three years) at a Mexican university, in any field except medicine, veterinary medicine and dentistry. The 2027–28 round closed on 6 October 2026.
Benefits & funding
- Monthly stipend of MXN 24,000–28,000, depending on location
- Tuition up to MXN 50,000 per academic year; one US–Mexico round trip a year; US$250 for books and US$250 for relocation
- First two semesters funded; later support depends on academic performance and available funds
- Health cover, a 24/7 mental-health line and 12 months of federal non-competitive eligibility (NCE)
- No support for dependants and no help finding housing
Eligibility
- US citizens or nationals at the deadline; permanent residents are not eligible; dual US–Mexican citizens may apply
- A bachelor’s degree before the grant starts (graduating seniors may apply); no PhD by the deadline
- Not living, working or studying in Mexico while applying and during selection, nor resident there (7 months or more) in the year before the grant; holders of a valid Tarjeta de Residente (temporal or permanente) are barred
- Not resident abroad for five or more of the six years before the deadline
- Advanced Spanish, shown by a Foreign Language Evaluation
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Here's who can apply
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“Residency in host country NOT permitted in year prior to grant … Candidates with a valid Tarjeta de Residente (temporal or permanente) are not eligible to apply. … Applicants who currently hold or will hold a doctoral degree (Ph.D.) by the national application deadline. … Anyone who has resided abroad for five or more years in the six-year period preceding the national application deadline.” Eligibility
Eligible nationalities
USA
Residence required
USA · Canada · Guatemala · Costa Rica · Nicaragua · Honduras · El Salvador · Panama · Belize · Cuba · Haiti · Jamaica
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Education required
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Application process
- 1Submit the Fulbright online application under “Graduate Degree Award”, with three recommendations and a Foreign Language Evaluation, by 6 October 2026 (2027–28); campus deadlines may be earlier.
- 2Name one to three Mexican university programmes in the Statement of Grant Purpose and justify each.
- 3Win admission to a Mexican university; its acceptance letter is needed before the final grant offer.
Program timeline
6 October 2026
2027–28 deadline (closed)
recommended / not recommended notice
End of January 2027
final selections, on a rolling basis
March–June 2027
studies typically start
Early August 2027
mandatory orientation in Mexico City
Last week of August 2027