Bogotá opens Jóvenes a la E scholarship applications for 2027

The Bogotá Mayor's Office, through the Atenea District Agency for Higher Education, Science, and Technology, has opened the call for the Jóvenes a la E program. The initiative aims to provide 1,490 economic support benefits to students entering public higher education institutions in the first semester of 2027.

Selected beneficiaries can receive a monthly maintenance allowance of up to one minimum wage per academic period. The program also offers complementary benefits, including food, transportation, tutoring, second language training, and psychosocial support.

Participating institutions include the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Escuela Tecnológica Instituto Técnico Central, and SENA Bogotá Regional. Applications are open from November 7 to November 13, 2026, with results scheduled for release on December 29, 2026.

To qualify, applicants must be eleventh-grade students or graduates from Bogotá-based schools, aged 28 or younger, and must have taken the Saber 11 exams. For SENA technical programs, participation is open from age 14, and ICFES results are not mandatory.