Top 75 International Scholarships to Watch in 2026

If you plan to study abroad in 2026 or 2027, this list gathers 75 international scholarship programmes worth tracking. They cover distance learning courses, training and short courses, Bachelors degrees, Masters degrees and PhD degrees. Each entry below names what the award pays for and who it is open to, so you can shortlist the ones that fit your level and nationality.

Distance Learning Scholarships for International Students

Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships
This scheme lets candidates take Master’s courses that are either run with universities in developing countries or delivered directly by UK institutions.

University of the People Tuition Free Degrees
University of the People (UoPeople) lets anyone with internet access study Associate and Bachelor Degree Programs in Business Administration and Computer Science online. Tuition is free, but students pay an application Processing Fee (up to $50) and an Exam Processing Fee ($100) per end-of-course exam. Scholarships exist to cover these fees.

Short Courses and Training Scholarships for International Students

Hubert Humphrey Fellowships (USA)
This US programme gives experienced professionals from designated countries a year of professional enrichment. Fellows receive ten months of non-degree academic study and related professional experience in the United States. Funding includes tuition fees, a maintenance allowance, insurance, travel costs and English language training.

Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (UGRAD) (USA)
Global UGRAD funds one semester of non-degree full-time study for outstanding undergraduates from around the world, combined with community service, professional development and cultural enrichment. The award covers international travel, tuition, room and board, accident and sickness insurance, a small monthly stipend and funding for books.

Bachelors Scholarships for International Students

American University Emerging Global Leader Scholarship (USA)
Aimed at high-achieving international students who want a Bachelor’s Degree at the university and are committed to positive civic and social change. The AU EGL scholarship covers all billable AU expenses, meaning full tuition plus room and board.

International Scholars Program at University of British Columbia (Canada)
UBC offers need-and-merit based Bachelors scholarships to talented secondary and post-secondary international students from around the world. Award value matches demonstrated financial need, up to full tuition costs for the relevant programme plus living expenses.

Reach Oxford Scholarships (UK)
Several Oxford colleges offer these to students from developing countries who cannot study for a degree at home for political or financial reasons, or because equivalent educational facilities do not exist. The award covers university fees and college fees, a grant for living expenses and one return air fare per year.

UCL Global Undergraduate Scholarships (UK)
This scheme helps international students from low income backgrounds take full-time Undergraduate degrees at UCL. There are 10 awards of full tuition fees and maintenance, and 20 awards of full tuition fees.

Warwick Undergraduate Global Excellence Scholarships (UK)
These support gifted, ambitious international students at Warwick. About 20 full-fee scholarships, 160 half-fee scholarships and 70 £2,000 awards are offered.

Wells Mountain Foundation Scholarships for Developing Country Students (Any developing country)
The foundation funds individuals in developing nations or other situations of extreme poverty. Awards range from $300 USD to $3000 USD annually and can go towards tuition and fees, books and materials, and other approved costs.

York University International Student Scholarships (Canada)
York offers various scholarships specifically for international students taking a full-time undergraduate degree. Awards range from $80,000 to $180,000 for 4 years of study.

Bachelors and Masters Scholarships for International Students

Macquarie University Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarships (Australia)
This is a partial tuition fee scholarship for outstanding students from a country other than ASEAN, a European country, Mongolia, Australia or New Zealand, studying an undergraduate or postgraduate degree at the North Ryde campus. The amount varies up to AUD$10,000 and is applied to the tuition fee.

Bristol University Think Big Scholarships (UK)
Bristol is investing £500,000 to bring the brightest international students to the university. Think Big Undergraduate and Think Big Postgraduate scholarships are available for courses starting in 2020. Awards are tuition fee waivers worth £5,000 to £20,000.

Lund University Global Scholarships (Sweden)
Targeted at top academic students who are citizens of countries outside the European Union/European Economic Area (and Switzerland) and want a Bachelors or Masters degree at Lund. Awards may cover 25%, 50%, 75% or 100% of the tuition fee.

Emily Boutmy Scholarships for International Students (France)
The Emile Boutmy Scholarship goes to top international students from outside the EU applying for an eligible Bachelor’s or Master’s programme. Awards take different forms, from €12,200 per year for 2 years of postgraduate study to €3,000 to €13,190 per year for 3 years of undergraduate study.

Masters Degree Scholarships for International Students

Joint Japan World Bank Scholarships (various countries)
The Joint Japan World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP) sponsors students from developing countries for preferred and partner masters programmes at participating universities worldwide. It covers tuition fees, travel costs and a living allowance.

ADB Japan Scholarship Program (Asian countries)
The Asian Development Bank-Japan Scholarship Program (ADB-JSP) lets well-qualified citizens of ADB’s developing member countries take postgraduate studies at participating institutions in the Asian and Pacific Region. It provides full tuition fees, a monthly subsistence and housing allowance, an allowance for books and instructional materials, medical insurance and travel expenses.

Aga Khan Foundation Scholarships (any country)
The foundation gives a limited number of scholarships each year for postgraduate study to outstanding students from developing countries who have no other means of financing their studies. Awards are on a 50% grant : 50% loan basis.

Rotary Foundation Global Study Grants (various countries)
Global Grants can fund graduate-level coursework or research, or its equivalent, in one of Rotary’s six areas of focus for a term of one to four academic years. Study grants are valued at least $30,000.

British Chevening Scholarships (UK)
Chevening is the UK government’s global scholarship programme, awarding outstanding scholars with leadership potential from around the world postgraduate study at UK universities. Most awards cover tuition fees, a living allowance at a set rate for one individual, an economy class return airfare to the UK and additional grants for essential expenditure. Some cover only part of the cost, for example tuition fees only or allowances only.

Commonwealth Shared Scholarships Scheme at UK Universities (UK)
Intended for students from developing Commonwealth countries who could not otherwise afford Master’s study in the UK, so they can gain skills and knowledge to contribute to development at home. Each award provides approved tuition and examination fees, approved airfare from the home country to the UK and return at the end of the award, a stipend, thesis grant, warm clothing allowance, study travel grant and excess baggage allowance.

Developing Solutions Scholarships at University of Nottingham (UK)
Designed for international students from Africa, India or one of the developing countries of the Commonwealth who want a Masters degree at Nottingham and plan to make a difference to development in their home country. Each year 105 scholarships are awarded: 30 cover the full tuition fee while 75 cover 50% of the tuition fee.

UAL/ISH International Postgraduate Scholarships (UK)
These provide full scholarships to students from developing countries pursuing a full-time taught Masters course at one of UAL’s six Colleges. The award is a £10,000 tuition fee waiver for a full-time or part-time taught master’s course at 1 of UAL’s Colleges and Institutes.

Leiden University Excellence Scholarships (Netherlands)
The Leiden University Excellence Scholarship Programme (LExS) is open to outstanding non-EEA/non-EFTA students enrolling in a master’s programme at Leiden. Awards take the form of €10,000 of the tuition fee, €15,000 of the tuition fee, or the total tuition fee minus the home fee.

Utrecht University Excellence Scholarships (Netherlands)
Outstanding prospective students can pursue a Master’s degree in selected fields at Utrecht. The award is either tuition fees or tuition fees plus 11,000 euro living expenses.

University of Maastricht Holland High Potential Scholarships (Netherlands)
Available to talented students from outside the EU/EEA following a Master’s programme at Maastricht. The award covers tuition fee, living expenses per month, insurance and visa costs.

Radboud University Scholarship Programme (Netherlands)
Selected talented prospective non-EEA students can receive a scholarship for a complete English-taught Master’s degree at Radboud University Nijmegen. It is not cash paid into your bank account but a partial tuition waiver: the fee is reduced to the level an EEA student pays. It also covers costs such as visa, residence permit, health insurance and liability insurance.

University of Twente Scholarships (Netherlands)
University Twente Scholarships (UTS) are for excellent students from non-EEA countries applying for a graduate programme (MSc) at Twente. The amount is from € 6,000 to € 25,000 for one year.

VU University Amsterdam Fellowship Programme (Netherlands)
The VU Fellowship Programme (VUFP) lets talented prospective students from outside the EU/EEA pursue a degree in selected Master’s programmes at VU University. The award is a tuition fee waiver and does not provide any additional allowance towards study or living costs.

TU Delft Excellence Scholarships (Netherlands)
Delft University of Technology offers the Justus & Louise van Effen scholarship to support excellent international MSc students at TU Delft. It covers tuition fees and a monthly allowance for living expenses.

Swedish Institute Scholarships for Global Professionals (Sweden)
The Swedish Institute offers scholarships to highly-qualified international students from several countries for full-time master’s level studies in Sweden. The award covers tuition fee, living expenses, some travel grant and insurance.

Chalmers IPOET Scholarships (Sweden)
Chalmers offers around 50 IPOET scholarships to prospective fee-paying students from outside the EU/EEA for any Masters Degree Programme at the university. The award is a 75% reduction of tuition fees for 4 semesters (2 year programme).

Uppsala IPK Scholarships (Sweden)
Uppsala University awards IPK scholarships to outstanding non-EU/EEA students applying for Master’s programmes. They cover the cost of tuition but not living expenses.

Umea University Scholarships for International Students (Sweden)
Umeå University offers scholarships to talented, high-achieving non-EU/EEA citizens for one of its English-taught Master’s programmes. Awards are a full or partial reduction of the tuition fee.

ETH Zurich Excellence Scholarship Programme (Switzerland)
ETH Zurich supports excellent students pursuing a Master’s degree through the Excellence Scholarship & Opportunity Programme (ESOP). It consists of a grant covering living and study expenses (CHF 12,000 per semester) plus a tuition fee waiver.

University of Lausanne Master’s Grant for Foreign Students (Switzerland)
UNIL Master’s Grants go to international students pursuing a Masters degree at the university. The grant is CHF 1,600 per month from 15 September to 15 July, for a duration not exceeding the regulation minimum period of the programme.

University of Geneva Excellence Master Fellowships (Switzerland)
The Faculty of Science offers these to outstanding students from any university who want a Masters of Science Programme in the Faculty. The fellowship is a grant amounting to CHF 10,000 to CHF 15,000 per year.

ENS International Selection Scholarships (France)
Each year ENS runs an international selection allowing about twenty of the most promising international students, in Science or in Arts & Humanities, to follow a three-year Master’s Degree and Diploma at ENS. Scholars receive a monthly grant of approximately 1,000 Euros.

Ampere Excellence Scholarships for International Students (France)
The Ampère Scholarships of Excellence let excellent international students pursue one of the eligible Masters programs at ENS de Lyon. The award is worth €1000/month for a duration of 12 months and is renewable.

VLIR-UOS Masters Scholarships (Belgium)
VLIR-UOS awards scholarships to students from 54 eligible countries in Africa, Asia and Latin-America for an English-taught Masters programme at a Flemish university or university college. The award covers allowance, travel costs, accommodation, insurance, tuition fees and other program related costs.

Science@Leuven Scholarships for International Students (Belgium)
For motivated, talented international students joining an international master programme in the Faculty of Science at K.U.Leuven. The amount can be up to 10,000 Euro for 1 year. The scholarship always covers the tuition fee for 1 year, insurance and basic health insurance coverage; the amount for living expenses can vary.

DAAD Scholarships with Relevance to Developing Countries (Germany)
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) provides scholarships for a range of postgraduate courses at German universities, aimed at academically educated young professionals from developing countries seeking further specialised studies. Full and partial scholarships are available.

Danish State Tuition Fee Waivers and Scholarships at Roskilde University (Denmark)
A limited number of Danish state tuition fee waivers and scholarships go to highly talented graduate-level students from outside the EU/EEA who need a residence permit to study at Roskilde. They include a tuition fee waiver and approximately DKK 7,800 per month to cover living expenses in Denmark.

Masters and PhD Scholarships for International Students

Fulbright Foreign Student Progam (USA)
The Fulbright Foreign Student Program lets graduate students, young professionals and artists from abroad research and study in the United States for one year or longer at U.S. universities or other appropriate institutions. Funding runs for the duration of the study and includes tuition, textbooks, airfare, a living stipend and health insurance.

Australia Awards Scholarships (Australia)
These give people from developing countries, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region, the chance to take full time undergraduate or postgraduate study at participating Australian universities and Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institutions. Benefits generally include full tuition fees, return air travel, establishment allowance, contribution to living expenses and health insurance.

UK Commonwealth Scholarships for Developing Commonwealth Countries (UK)
Intended for students from developing Commonwealth countries pursuing Master’s and PhD study in the UK. Each scholarship provides airfare to and from the United Kingdom, tuition and examination fees, a personal maintaining allowance, a thesis grant (if applicable) and an initial arrival allowance, among others.

Gates Cambridge Scholarships (UK)
Awarded to outstanding applicants from countries outside the UK for a full-time postgraduate degree in any subject available at Cambridge. The award covers the full cost of studying at Cambridge and also provides additional, discretionary funding.

Clarendon Scholarships at University of Oxford (UK)
The Clarendon Fund is a major graduate scholarship scheme at Oxford, awarded on academic excellence and potential across all degree-bearing subjects at graduate level. Awards cover tuition and college fees in full plus a generous grant for living expenses.

See also Louis Dreyfus-Weidenfeld and Hoffman Scholarship and Leadership Programme at Oxford University

Eiffel Excellence Scholarship Programme (France)
Developed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Eiffel helps French higher education institutions attract the best foreign students for Master’s and PhD degree programs. Holders receive a monthly allowance and other expenses such as return trip, social security cover and cultural activities. It does not cover tuition fees.

Erik Bleumink Scholarships at University of Groningen (Netherlands)
The Eric Bleumink Fund awards scholarships to talented students and young researchers from developing countries pursuing a 1 year or 2 years Master’s degree at Groningen. The grant covers tuition fee, costs of international travel, subsistence, books and health insurance.

Heinrich Boll Foundation Scholarships (Germany)
The Heinrich Böll Foundation awards scholarships to international students who gained their university entrance qualification from a school outside Germany and want a Masters or PhD Degree in Germany. Value is € 812-934 per month for Masters students or €1200-1350 per month for PhD students plus various individual allowances. Tuition fees are not funded.

Research and PhD Scholarships for International Students

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Canada)
Vanier CGS was created to attract and retain world-class doctoral students and to establish Canada as a global centre of excellence in research and higher learning. Awards support a doctoral degree (or combined MA/PhD or MD/PhD) and are worth $50,000 per year for three years.

University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowships (Canada)
UMGF are merit-based awards open to students of any nationality who will be registered as full-time graduate students (Masters or PhD) at the University of Manitoba. Value is $18,000 (Ph.D.) and $14,000 (Master’s) for a 12 month period.

Cambridge International Scholarship Scheme (UK)
Through the Cambridge Trusts, the University of Cambridge offers these to international students undertaking PhD studies. They pay the University Composition Fee and a maintenance allowance sufficient for a single person.

Warwick Chancellor’s International Scholarships (UK)
The Warwick Graduate School awards around 25 Chancellor’s International Scholarships yearly to the most outstanding international PhD applicants. Open to students of any nationality and to any discipline offered at Warwick, they include full payment of overseas tuition fee and a maintenance stipend.

Australia Research Training Program (RPT) (Australia)
The Australia Research Training Program (RPT) lets international students undertake a postgraduate research qualification in Australia and gain experience with leading Australian researchers. Awards run for two years for a Masters by research degree or three years for a Doctorate by research degree, and cover tuition fees and health cover costs.

Melbourne Research Scholarships (Australia)
The Melbourne Research Scholarships (MRS) go to international students undertaking graduate research degree studies at the University of Melbourne. Benefits include living allowance, relocation allowance, paid sick, maternity and parenting leave, full fee remission and Overseas Student Health Cover.

Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships (Switzerland)
These let graduates from all fields pursue doctoral or postdoctoral research at one of the publicly funded universities or recognised institutions in Switzerland. The award covers a monthly allowance, tuition fees, health insurance, lodging allowance.

Global Minds Doctoral Scholarships Programme at KU Leuven (Belgium)
As part of its development cooperation, KU Leuven selects exceptional students from developing countries each academic year as scholarship candidates to obtain their PhD from the largest university in Belgium. The award covers tuition fee, monthly allowance, insurance, travel costs and research allowance.