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Fully-Funded Government Scholarships
Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship (Switzerland)
The Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship is a fully funded scholarship that provides graduates from all disciplines with the opportunity to pursue doctoral or postdoctoral studies at one of the publicly funded universities or designated research institutes in Switzerland. The scholarship covers a monthly stipend, tuition fees, health insurance, and accommodation. Applicants must have a strong academic record and research potential to be considered for it.
Swedish Scholarship For International Students (Sweden)
International students willing to study in any part of Sweden are encouraged to apply for this scholarship. This program is offered to exceptional students from developing countries pursuing full-time master’s studies at Swedish universities. The scholarship covers tuition fees, living expenses, travel grants, and insurance.
Fulbright Foreign Student Program (USA)
The Fulbright Foreign Student Program is a scholarship that provides financial support for international graduate students and young professionals to study and conduct research in the United States. The program covers tuition, living expenses, airfare, health insurance, and other costs associated with studying in the United States.
British Chevening Scholarships (UK)
A popular scholarship program, Chevening Scholarships are scholarships offered by the UK government to outstanding students with leadership potential from around the world. Chevening scholarships cover tuition fees, a living stipend, economy class round-trip airfare to the UK, and additional funding to cover essential expenses. Scholarships are mostly awarded for one-year master’s programs in the UK.
VLIR-UOS Training and Masters Scholarship (Belgium)
The VLIR-UOS Scholarship Programme is a fully funded scholarship for one to two years of Masters programs. The scholarship covers tuition fees, accommodation, stipends, travel expenses, and other course-related expenses. It offers scholarships to students from selected developing countries in Asia, Latin America, and Africa to pursue a Master’s or Training program in development-related fields at universities in Belgium.
Clarendon Scholarship at the University of Oxford (UK)
The Clarendon Scholarship Fund is a scholarship program that offers fully funded scholarships to graduate students at the University of Oxford. The scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic merit and potential and are open to international students. Clarendon scholars receive an annual grant to cover tuition and living expenses. For full-time students, this grant is at least £15,609 per year. Part-time students receive a study support grant to help with non-fee costs.
Warwick Chancellor’s International Scholarship (UK)
The University of Warwick’s graduate school offers fully-funded scholarships to the most outstanding international PhD candidates each year. These scholarships are available to students from any country and any discipline offered at Warwick. They cover the full cost of overseas tuition fees and maintenance stipends.
University of Sydney International Scholarship (Australia)
The University of Sydney International Research Scholarship (USydIS) is a fully funded scholarship that provides up to $129,000 to outstanding international research students. The scholarship is available to students who are enrolled in a postgraduate research degree or master’s by research program at the University of Sydney.
The USydIS will cover the full cost of tuition fees and living stipends for up to three years.
Gates Cambridge Scholarship (UK)
The Gates Cambridge Scholarship is a fully-funded scholarship that allows international students to pursue graduate studies at the University of Cambridge in any subject. The scholarship covers the full cost of tuition, living expenses, airfare, and dependent stipends. It also provides funds to cover a scholar’s non-controllable study costs, which typically range from £30,000 to £45,000 per year. The exact amount of funding will depend on the specific course fee, course length, and whether the student receives any other funding awards.
University of Maastricht High Potential Scholarship (Netherlands)
The Maastricht University NL Scholarship is a fully funded scholarship that offers €30,000 each academic year to highly talented students from outside the European Union (EU) who have been admitted to a master’s program at Maastricht University. The scholarship covers the full cost of tuition fees, living expenses, visa expenses, and insurance.
TU Delft Excellence Scholarship (Netherlands)
The Justus and Louise Van Effen Scholarship is a fully funded scholarship that is offered to outstanding students who are willing to study at TU Delft. The scholarship covers the full cost of tuition fees and a monthly stipend for living costs for two years, the duration of an MSc degree at TU Delft. All TU Delft degree programs are taught in English.
ETH Zurich Excellence Masters Scholarship Program (Switzerland)
The Excellence Scholarship & Opportunity Programme (ESOP) is a scholarship program offered by ETH Zurich to outstanding international students who are seeking a master’s degree at ETH. The scholarship covers the full cost of living and study expenses (CHF 12,000 per semester), as well as a tuition fee waiver. One key criterion is that candidates must hold a bachelor’s degree with a grade of A.
International Leader of Tomorrow Award at the University of British Columbia (Canada)
The Karen McKellin International Leader of Tomorrow Award is offered to undergraduate students embarking on their educational journey at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Open to all UBC undergraduate degree programs, this scholarship covers both tuition fees and living expenses. This scholarship opportunity is extended to exceptional international students from both secondary and post-secondary levels.
Erik Bleumink Scholarships at the University of Groningen (Netherlands)
The Erik Bleumink Fund Scholarships typically support master’s degree programs at the University of Groningen for a duration of 1 to 2 years. Recipients receive coverage for tuition fees, along with support for international travel, books, living expenses, and health insurance. Eligibility criteria include maintaining outstanding academic performance during their previous bachelor/undergraduate studies.
Amsterdam Excellence Scholarship (Netherlands)
The Amsterdam Excellence Scholarship (AES) is a fully funded scholarship that provides €25,000 to outstanding students outside the European Union (EU) to study for a master’s degree at the University of Amsterdam. The scholarship covers the full cost of tuition fees and living expenses for one academic year, with the possibility of an extension for a second year for two-year master’s programs.
Lester B. Pearson International Scholarship Program at the University of Toronto (Canada)
The Lester B. Pearson International Scholarship Program at the University of Toronto is a scholarship program that recognises outstanding international students who have demonstrated exceptional academic achievement, creativity, and leadership. The scholarship covers the full cost of tuition, books, incidental fees, and on-campus housing for four years.
Fully-Funded Institute Scholarship
OFID Scholarship Award
The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) Scholarship Award is an excellent opportunity for international students to pursue their master’s degrees overseas.
The OFID offers a fully funded scholarship to eligible candidates who wish to pursue a master’s degree in an accredited institution worldwide. The scholarship is valued at up to $50,000, which covers tuition payments, monthly stipends and living costs, housing, books, etc.
Joint Japan World Bank Scholarship
The Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP) is a fully funded scholarship program that offers master’s degrees in development-related fields to students from developing countries who are citizens of World Bank member countries. The program was established by the government of Japan and the World Bank to strengthen human resources in developing countries.
The JJ/WBGSP covers the full tuition, living expenses, and travel expenses for the duration of the master’s degree program. Scholarship recipients also receive a monthly stipend to cover their living expenses.
Rotary Foundation Global Study Grants
This scholarship by the Rotary Foundation provides financial assistance to students worldwide to pursue graduate-level coursework or research for one to four academic years. The scholarship covers tuition, fees, books, and living expenses.
Another scholarship opportunity for international students is the Asian Development Bank-Japan Scholarship Program (ADB-JSP). It is a fully funded scholarship program that offers 135 postgraduate scholarships each year to well-qualified citizens of ADB developing member countries to pursue postgraduate studies in economics, science and technology, management, and other development-related fields at participating universities in the Asia and Pacific region.
