Scholarships for Developing Countries

Application opens for partial and fully funded scholarships for developing countries students every year. This includes undergraduate, masters and PhD scholarships

If you are a citizen of a developing country, there are numerous scholarship opportunities for you to take advantage of. That is if you meet the eligibility criteria.

Countries Offering Scholarship to Other Developing Countries

There are several leading countries of the world where either their government, a religious body or Philanthropists in their country, award scholarships to excellent students from developing countries to pursue university or college education at an undergraduate or postgraduate level.

  • The United States of America
  • Germany
  • United Kingdom
  • France
  • Switzerland
  • Belgium
  • Canada
  • Sweden
  • Russia
  • The Netherlands
  • Czech Republic
  • Austria
  • Ireland
  • Japan
  • New Zealand
  • Italy
  • China
  • South Korea
  • Singapore

Nationals of developing countries who have successfully completed their undergraduate studies with excellent grades and are desirous of postgraduate MSc or Ph.D. degree can go ahead to obtain them.

Below is a list of the most recent undergraduate, master or PhD scholarship for developing countries.

Wellcome Trust International Masters Fellowships 2022 for Low and Middle Income Countries – UK

The Wellcome Trust scheme offers nationals of low- and middle-income countries the opportunity to receive training at Master’s degree level. Application Deadline: 24th August 2021 17:00 BST Eligible Countries: Low and Middle Income Countries To be taken at (country): UK About Scholarship: This scheme strengthens scientific research capacity in low- and middle-income countries, by providing support for junior … Read more

Japan-WCO International Masters Scholarships 2022 for Young Customs Officials in Developing Countries

The World Custom Organization offers the WCO Masters Scholarships in Japan for custom officials from Developing Countries to Study abroad at Graduate School of Business Aoyama Gakuin University, 2022 Application Deadline: 10th August 2021 Offered annually? Yes To be taken at (country): Aoyama Gakuin University (AGU) Tokyo, Japan Accepted Subject Areas? Strategic Management and Intellectual Property … Read more

IMD Nestlé MBA Scholarships 2022/2023 for Women in Developing Countries

IMD Business School Scholarship

The Nestlé Scholarship for Women is a Need-based Scholarship program for Women from developing countries to study in Switzerland 2022. Application Deadline: 1st September 2021 Eligible Countries: Worldwide (with preference given to women from developing countries) To be taken at (country): Switzerland Eligible Field of Study: Masters in Business Admistration About Scholarship: Nestlé Scholarship helps women … Read more

RNTC Fully-funded Media & Journalism Scholarships 2022/2023 for African & Developing Countries – The Netherlands

The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs provides OKP (formerly known as NFP) and MSP scholarships for the RNTC courses for media and communications professionals from Sub-Saharan African and Developing Countries 2021. Application Deadline: 22nd June 2021 16:00 CET. Eligibility Subject Areas: As of today you can apply with a scholarship for the following courses: Investigative … Read more

Durham University Rewriting World Archaeology: Dialogues on the Archaeology of the Global South

Is your goal to become an internationally recognised archaeologist? Could your ideas help reshape world archaeology? Do you want to see your research published in international journals? Are you interested in developing an internationally significant research project? Are you committed to sharing the results of your research with the public? We warmly invite applications from … Read more

IDRC establishing research chairs on forced displacement in the Middle East and East Africa

This call for proposals is open to universities based in low- and middle-income countries in the Middle East and East Africa. Applicants must have a strong track record in research as well as community and policy outreach.  Application Deadline: 3rd August 2021 – 17:00 About the Award: The aim of the research chair positions is … Read more

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