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OAS and Universidad Regiomontana Launch Scholarship Program for Online Master’s Degrees

  September 16, 2010

The Organization of American States (OAS), through its Department of Human Development, Education and Culture, and the Universidad Regiomontana (UR) of Mexico, launched a scholarship program for online Master’s degrees for citizens of the Member States of the hemispheric organization interested in the area of Administration and Management of Tourism Enterprises in their home countries.

The program will offer 40 scholarships covering 50 percent of the total cost of the Master’s program in International Administration, Finance, Global Management and Organizational Development, and 20 scholarships covering 50 per cent of the total cost of a Master’s degree in Management of Tourism Enterprises.

The programs begin January 10, 2011, are taught in Spanish and online, and last two years.

All applicants must have been previously admitted in the program and only those will be eligible who are citizens and/or residents of any of the OAS Member States.

Candidates who have not yet been admitted must begin the process of applying to the program they are interested in. All the information on the process of admission may be found here, in Spanish


The application deadline is November 30, 2010, and those admitted will be notified beginning December 10, 2010.

Universidad Regiomontana is a private educational institution that since 1969 has been working in Monterrey for the purpose of teaching its students holistically, and it directs its efforts and resources towards continued improvement and excellence.

The OAS, through its Department of Human Development, Education and Culture, has as its fundamental mission to promote and strengthen the formation of human capital by offering educational opportunities to citizens of the Americas. The organization annually grants scholarships and financial aid towards research and higher studies and professional development both in-class and at a distance.

For more information on the program, “Master’s in Administration with Concentrations in: Marketing, Finance, Global Management, Organizational Development,” is available, here, in Spanish

Information on the program, “Master’s in Management of Tourism Enterprises,” is available, in Spanish,here



Reference: E-334/10