Tuition and fees are subject to approval by The Trustees of Columbia University and may change.

Tuition: The program invoice will be sent via e-bill June 1st, 2020 and will be due on June 18th, 2020. It covers covers tuition, in-country transportation, course materials, course excursions, breakfast, most lunches, and accommodations. It does NOT cover flight to Rwanda and from Nairobi, visa costs, some meals, optional weekend field tours, and personal expenses.

Housing: All students will live in a shared guest house in shared rooms in Kigali. In Nairobi, students will live in shared rooms at a hotel near the Columbia Global Center Nairobi. Accommodations for the entire program are covered by the program fee.

Document (transcript) Fee: This one-time fee of $105 is charged to new students. This fee will be included on your e-bill. Barnard students might be charged this fee if they haven’t taken a course at Columbia.

ESTIMATED OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES are not billed by Columbia. The estimated amounts in this section provide a basis for students to determine their individual budgets for expenses related to their time overseas for the duration of the program. The below estimate is an average of what students say they actually spend. These expenses are NOT paid to the program.

Meals: Breakfast will be provided every day of the program and lunch will be provided during the week. Some group dinners will be available for students. However, students should plan to pay for almost all of their dinners. The guest house and hotel will have a kitchen where students can prepare their meals. Costs can be kept down by preparing meals and only eating out occasionally. If eating out in Kigali, dinners can costs between $5-10.

Local Transportation: All students will be transported from the Kigali airport to the Guest House upon arrival. All travels to and from program and course activities will be covered while in both Kigali and Nairobi. Airfare between Kigali and Nairobi will be covered by the program fee. All students will be responsible for covering their airport transfer to the Nairobi airport at the end of the program.

Visa: U.S. citizens will be required to purchase an East African Visa online prior to the start of the program. However, if you are not a U.S. citizen, you should check the Rwandan and Kenyan Consulate websites to determine if you need a visa.

Books and course supplies: All course materials are provided by the program.

Cell Phone: All students are required to have a working cell phone capable of making and receiving both local and international calls throughout the duration of the program. This estimate is based on costs of U.S. cell phone plans.

Airfare: Estimated cost of airfare from NYC to Kigali and Nairobi to NYC. Students are responsible for making their own travel arrangements from their preferred departure city to the program.

Personal Expenses: Personal expenses are highly variable based on each person's spending habits. They may include entertainment and personal travel (which is not recommended on a Global Scholars Program). Therefore, they can be as little as $100 and as high as $500. Please plan this part of your budget based off of your own spending habits.

It is required that you maintain a health insurance policy that will also provide coverage outside the U.S. for routine, urgent and emergent care. This cost is not included in the chart above.