ARES Scholarships 2025-2026: International Training in Belgium

Are you interested in pursuing an Advanced Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program in enseignement [Higher education] It sounds exciting, doesn’t it? The ARES Scholarships 2025-2026 Belgium offers a one-year advanced bachelor’s or master’s degree program within a higher education institution of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (FWB), which is renowned for its exceptional enseignement and research opportunities. 

As a cherry on top, ARES is also offering 2 to 6 month continuing education programs for working professionals, career changers, students, and entrepreneurs to help them stay updated and boost career prospects.

The call for applications [appel bourse] for the academic year 2025-2026 is now open. The program’s objective is to help scholarship recipients become agents of change in their home institutions and society through development. For the school year 2025-2026, qualified individuals from 31 ARES partner countries can apply for ARES scholarships in Belgium.

Nationals of ARES partner countries with a higher education diploma and a minimum of two years of professional work experience are eligible to apply for the international training Belgium scholarship. The applicants can select their training courses and degree-specialized programs classified by subjects and the respective universities that are offering the courses. ARES funds all training programs, providing the applicants with tuition fees, subsistence allowances, international travel expenses, health insurance, visa application fees, and other miscellaneous costs.

The application process is quite simple, with each course providing the institution and point of contact. The jury evaluates the applicants based on their academic background, professional experience, potential for change, membership in an ARES-affiliated institution, nationality, gender, and their ability to apply acquired knowledge to make an impact where necessary.

Apply before October 18, 2024, and get used to the fast-paced education, especially the Belgium Master’s programs!

Learn more about ARES Scholarships 2025-2026

• Location: Belgium
• Teaching Institutes: ARES partner universities across Belgium
• Host organization: The Academy for Research and Higher Education (ARES)
• Deadline: 18th October 2024.

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Degree Duration:

• Bachelor’s and specialized master’s degrees: 12 months maximum.
• Continued training: 2 to 6 months maximum.

Scholarship Benefits:

Free application and selection process: At any stage of the application or selection process, ARES does not charge any fees.

Gender Equality in Selection: The proportion of women selected must be greater than or equal to the proportion of female applications.

Financial support: This includes international travel expenses.

• For the duration, the course will provide a subsistence allowance.
• insurance costs,
• A visa application fee
• The tuition fee is only applicable for bachelor’s degrees and specialized master’s degrees.
• Indirect expenses and other miscellaneous costs associated with continuing training courses

Eligibility Criteria:

Nationality, residency, and work location:

• You are a citizen who lives and works in one of the 31 ARES partner countries.

Academic background:

• For a specialized bachelor’s program, you need a degree or diploma comparable to a Belgian 1st cycle diploma (180 ECTS credits).
• For specialized master’s and continuing education courses, you need a diploma or degree comparable to a Belgian 2nd cycle diploma (300 ECTS credits).

Professional work experience:

• You must have a minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience in one of the ARES partner countries.

Language proficiency: 

• You have a strong grasp of both written and spoken English or French.

Eligible countries

ARES partner countries include;

• In Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, DR Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
• In South America and the Caribbean: Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Haiti, Peru.
• Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines, Vietnam.
• In Asia: Palestinian territory.

Training courses:

The following courses are available in each category:

Specialized bachelor’s degree:

• Business data analysis.

Specialized Master’s degree: 

• International and development
• Human rights
• Specialization in risk management
• Integrated health risk management
• Public health methodology
• Microfinance
• Public health services
• Transportation and logistics [logistique et transport]
• Social innovation design
• Water-energy Food Nexus
• Analysis and evaluation of international health policies, programs, and systems

Continuing training courses:

• Data science for global health
• Digital university pedagogy
• Transitional justice
• Dimensions of sustainable development change projects
• Quality assurance and quality control of medicines and health products
• Free geographic information systems.

Documents required:

• Proof of nationality: A certificate of nationality or copy of passport.
• Proof of occupancy: Documents showing that you have lived in your country for the past 5 years (official government documents, bank statements, utility bills, proof of employment, etc.)
• Diplomas and transcripts: Official copies of diplomas and transcripts from all years, certified by the issuing institution.
• Recommendations: Two academic and/or professional recommendation letters.
• Preliminary project/proposal: Outlining your intended research or project goals (for certain courses, see course-specific admission conditions )

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Application process: 

Follow these simple steps to apply:

• Register yourself and login to your GIRAF account.
• To access the application form, click on “Application for international training,” then select “My tasks” and “Competitive calls.”
• Complete the form and save it.
• Submit your application, then view it in “My submitted files.”

Note: After submission, no modifications are possible.

ARES SCHOLARSHIP IN BELGIUM OFFICIAL LINK

Application Deadline:

The latest deadline for submitting applications is October 18, 2024, at noon (Belgian time, UTC+1). Applications submitted after this date will not be considered.