Scholarships in Belgium / Call 2026-2027

Are you a permanent resident working in one of the 31 ARES partner countries? Our bachelor's, master's and continuing education scholarships in Belgium, which focus on training in development-related issues, may be of interest to you.

For the 2026-2027 academic year, 200 scholarships await applicants. One specialized bachelor’s degree programmes, ten specialised master’s degree programmes and six continuing education courses will be provided by Belgian higher education institutions in Belgium (EPHEC, ESA Saint-Luc Bruxelles, HE Vinci, ULB, UCLouvain (Bruxelles Woluwe, Louvain-la-Neuve et Saint-Louis – Bruxelles), ULiège, et UNamur).

Applications can be submitted and will be accepted through 19 September 2025 at 12pm (Belgian time, UTC+1).
 

Admission criteria

To apply, candidates must have earned a higher education degree and demonstrate at least two years of work experience.
 

Duration of training

ARES scholarships offer the chance to pursue a specialised bachelor’s or master’s degree programme lasting one year, or a 2-to-6-month continuing education course within a higher education institution of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, in Belgium.

MORE INFORMATION? : The exact details, list of eligible countries, information on admission criteria and scholarships amounts are available on the page dedicated to the call on the ARES website.