• Each year, the International Amigo Scholarship is given to international students at the University of New Mexico in the United States.
• It is a sort of tuition fee waiver for students who are not residents of the United States.

• Our most prestigious scholarship, the International Amigo Scholarship, grants international students (non-immigrant visa holders) the resident, in-state tuition rate. 
• This means you will pay what a resident student from New Mexico pays. This is a value of over $15,000 per year! 
• All applicants are automatically considered for these generous scholarships – no additional application paperwork is needed!

Applicants must meet the following criteria to be considered for the International Amigo Scholarship:

• Applicants must be applying to the University of New Mexico for a Master's or Ph.D. degree.
• A minimum of 3.0 in previous university courses is required.
• The applicant's graduate programme nomination
• Students enrolled in a full-time graduate degree programme in person are eligible.
• A student must have a non-immigrant student visa to enter the United States (Preferably visa holders- F1, J1)
• A student should be involved in University of New Mexico research, project assistantships, or teaching.
• There has been no previous attendance at UNM at the present application degree level.

• As soon as they accept a position in a UNM graduate programme, all graduate students will be considered for the International Amigo scholarship, and the nomination will be done by the corresponding department.
• The International Amigo Scholarship does not require a separate application; 
• Applicants are chosen by the university's academic departments. It will be given out in a manner that is representative of the department.
• Once the nomination priority deadline has passed, a department can only receive a total of 10 Amigo offers.