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About the application status page

As you can see in the screenshot above, there have been a lot of emails coming our way this week. (Please be patient with us; we’re answering them as fast as we can.) During this process, we’ve noticed that many of you are concerned about the status of your missing materials. To help alleviate some…

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Kaitlyn Wells

Interested in a career as a U.S. diplomat?

***FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT*** The Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program awards fellowships toward tuition, room, board, books and mandatory fees for completion of a two-year master’s degree. (In 2015 the Rangel Program plans to award 30 fellowships of up to $35,000 annually.) The Fellowship welcomes applications from individuals who want to make a difference…

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Columbia SIPA

January 5 Deadline Reminder

Just a friendly reminder that the MIA/MPA applications are due today, January 5, 2015 at 11:59 p.m. EST. Please submit your completed application by tonight if you want to be considered for SIPA’s merit-based fellowships. (The final application deadlines—without fellowships consideration—is February 5, 2015.) If you have some questions regarding your application, please review last week’s…

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Columbia SIPA

A look at SIPA’s International Fellows Program

Why you should join the IFP You may have heard about the prestigious International Fellows Program (IFP). It is highly competitive, as only 30 Columbia University students (10 new SIPA students, 10 continuing SIPA students and 10 Columbia University graduate students) are selected each year to participate in the program. Once you are an international fellow,…

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Columbia SIPA

Dario Martinez, MIA ’15, reflects on 2014 and his time at SIPA

The New Year is almost here, and we can hardly wait to see where it’ll take us and our amazing applicants! Before the countdown in this part of the world begins, we thought we’d share a note from Dario Martinez, MIA ’15, who reflects on 2014 and his first days while at SIPA:

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Kaitlyn Wells