Education, as a social process, represents a valuable tool for the transformation of specific living conditions of mankind; to invest in it is the best strategy to promote development. For this reason, the schooling of human assets has become an essential mechanism in terms of international educational cooperation for the Mexican Government.

The Third Millennium implies different challenges, the quality of education is one of the most relevant within Mexico’s development. To follow this path, internal and external efforts have been achieved. We have signed, within international forums, cultural and educational agreements that include among other points, Scholarship Programs. Mexico receives offers from foreign governments and international organizations seeking to develop human resources in areas considered as a priority. In accordance with this ideas, Mexico offers scholarships for those foreigners that are willing to study in Mexican institutions with relevant academic prestige, and for experts and visiting professors to participate in different collaboration schemes in the academic and research fields.

Mexico holds a dual condition in the field of international cooperation, both as recipient and supplier of same; it enables our country not only to ask for aid from more developed nations, but also to offer Programs to nations of lesser development, and to work within the frame of horizontal cooperation with countries of similar development. México considers dialogue between nations as a source of enrichment of its own culture and identity. For this reason, the development of human resources and the universities exchange are of the highest importance. The Government of México opens the current Call for Applications for Scholarships for the 2002 cycle, within the frame of agreements established with other countries and with international organizations, enabling foreign students to carry out postgraduate studies or specialized research activities at Mexican academic institutions. This Call for Applications includes different programs for experts as well.

University exchange of students, teachers and researchers can lead to a better knowledge among nations and is characterized by the special interest of participants to share knowledge and experiences, not only in the field of accurate sciences, but in social sciences, humanities and arts.

The present call for Applications for Scholarship includes 79 Programs that embrace almost all areas of knowledge as well as a set of specific Programs that imply direct participation of different high level Mexican educational institutions, basically public ones, but also the partnership of relevant private institutions. A Call of this nature has also the advantage of marking off in a precise way the supply side on this matter, enabling applicants for a scholarship to identify with ease the field of study and the relevant institution involved. This will result in a better use of the studies and research supply for the applicants wishing to obtain the scholarships offered by the Mexican Government through the Ministry of Foreign Relations.

SRE This Call for Applications for year 2003 schedules special additional Programs regarding different subjects to which Mexico can respond in a valuable way. It also includes a Commemorative Program to celebrate the arrival of the New Millennium.