Get funded to achieve higher education and training in Belgium. This scholarship is funded by ARES (Academy of Research and Higher Education). The organization is a cooperation of French speaking higher education institutions in Belgium. Scholarships are both available for applicants who wish to pursue their Master’s degree and for applicants seeking internships and training for the programmes they studied. The scholarship is for applicants from developing nations and the list of eligible countries can be found below.

Programme Benefits

Recipients of the masters scholarship will receive the following benefits

  • A living allowance of 1150 €/month for the 12 months the programme will last
  • Travel costs will be provided
  • Insurance fees will also be provided

For training course grant recipients

  • International travel cost will be provided
  • Living allowance will also be paid to the recipients
  • Insurance fees will also e covered

Institution 

Any of the Francophone Universities in Belgium

Available Programmes

Masters programmes

  • Specialized master in development, environment and societies
  • Specialized Master in Human Rights
  • Specialized Master in Aquatic Resources Management and Aquaculture
  • Specialized Master in Risk and Disaster Management
  • Specialized Master in Integrated Health Risk Management in Southern Countries (GIRISS)
  • Specialized Master in International and Development Economics
  • Specialized master in transfusion medicine
  • Specialized Master in Microfinance
  • Master of specialization in integrated production and preservation of natural resources in urban and peri-urban environment
  • Specialized Master in Public Health Meth
  • Dology
  • Specialized Master in Public Health Sciences – Research Methods Applied to Global Health
  • Specialized Master in Environmental Science and Management in Developing Countries
  • Specialized Master in Transport and Logistics

For Internship and training programmes

  • Internship in quality control and assurance of drugs and health products
  • Geographic information system internship
  • Methodological internship in support of innovation in family farming
  • Introductory course in research for strengthening health systems

Legnth of Programme

One year for a masters degree and 4-to-6-month for applicants that choose to settle for an advanced training course at the university with the scholarship.

Number of Awards

150 scholarships positions for masters’ applicants and 70 positions for training courses.

Eligibility

Applicants need to meet the following entry requirements to be eligible for the scholarship

  • They must be residing and working in her/his country of origin when she/he applys;
  • They have to be nationals of the following countries: Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cuba, Ecuador, Ethiopia (only for training courses in English), Haiti, Madagascar, Morocco, Niger, Peru, the Philippines, the DR Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, and Vietnam
  • Also, they must be under the age of 40 for degree programs, and under 45 for training courses prior to applying
  • Interested applicants must have earned a diploma comparable to a graduate-level diploma from Belgian university studies. Nonetheless, for certain training courses in the programme, different requirements may be requested, which will be specified below;
  • Applicants have to possess relevant professional experience in their developing country of at least two years after graduate studies.
  • Interested applicants must have good skills in writing and speaking french. For training courses held in another language, it is essential to have a proper level in the course’s language, both written and spoken. We shall insist that the applicant commit to learning French in order to take part in daily life in Belgium;
  • Applicants should only apply for one training course.

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How To Apply

For application and further information for the scholarship, check out the official page.

Application Deadline

15 January and 5 February 2021

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