101 University Scholarships for Students from Developing Countries v3

In line with their commitment to development cooperation, a number of Universities  offer scholarships specifically for developing countries.  scholars4dev.com helps you find 101 University Scholarships for developing country students.

To help with their scholarship search, international students are encouraged to look up University Scholarships for International Students while  developing country students are encouraged to look into Universities which have special scholarship schemes for developing countries.

The list features Universities which offer and/or administer scholarships specific for developing regions and countries.  This is part of the scholarship list series developed by scholars4dev.com.

How to use this list: This list is not exhaustive and should not be treated as such but we intend to populate this list with all the Universities that have special scholarship programs for developing countries. Keep yourselves updated by subscribing to our scholarship newsletter.

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The list is divided into two parts:

1 Universities implementing scholarship programs of Government and Donor Agencies
2 Universities implementing their own scholarship programs

Government and donor agencies often implement their scholarship programs through Universities and academic institutions.  Using the links below,  you will find a list of host universities administering or  co-sponsoring major scholarship programs intended for developing countries.

Asian Development Bank-Japan Scholarship (ADB-JSP) Programme
Intended for Citizens of ADB’s developing member countries
Partner Universities: http://www.adb.org/JSP/institutions.asp

Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program
Intended for nationals of a World Bank member country eligible to borrow.
Partner Universities: http://go.worldbank.org/N79TDAYY81

New Zealand Development Scholarships (NZDS)
Intended for citizens of NZDS participating countries
Partner Universities: http://www.nzaid.govt.nz/scholarships/nzds/open-education-institutions.html

Australian Development Scholarships (ADS)
Intended for citizens of ADS participating countries. See main page link.
Partner Universities: Selected Universities in Australia. See main page link.

DAAD Funding Programmes for Developing Countries
Intended for citizens of developing countries (see the DAC List of the OECD)
Partner Universities: State (public) or state-recognized German higher education institution

Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme
Intended for nationals of Commonwealth developing countries
Partner Universities in 2009: http://www.cscuk.org.uk/docs/DFIDSSSBOOKLET2010-13ii.pdf

Norwegian Quota Scheme
Intended for students from selected developing countries in the South and countries of Central- and East-Europe and Central-Asia under the Quota Scheme.
Partner Universities: http://siu.no/en/Programme-overview/Quota-Scheme/Participating-institutions

A notable number of Universities have their own scholarship schemes intended for developing regions/countries aside from the ones they administer in behalf of donor institutions.   You can find a handful of these Universities in this list.

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Universities in Europe

Belgium: Ghent University
Ghent University offers a wide array of scholarships specifically for developing countries. It offers scholarships for Training, Masters, PhD, and Post Doctoral programmes for developing country students.

Ireland: Dublin Institute of Technology
The Dublin Institute of Technology currently provides  international scholarships for international students from selected agencies in Mexico, Oman, UAE, Tanzania, Kazakhstan, and Kuwait.

Netherlands: Maastricht University
Maastricht University sponsors a number of international scholarships for student from the following regions: Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and South America.

Netherlands: University of Groningen
Several scholarships are available for international students who are motivated to study Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD programmes, as well as for exchanges, short courses at the university. Besides scholarships awarded by the University of Groningen, a number of grants awarded by the Dutch government, the EU and (inter)national organizations, such as World Bank or the Ford Foundation, can be used for study or research at the University of Groningen as well.

Netherlands: University of Twente
University of Twente administers a number of international scholarships for students from Asia, South America, and Central America.

UK: Cardiff University
Cardiff University offers scholarships for international students from  Africa, Arabic Countries, Australia, Bermuda/Cayman Islands, Canada, China (P.R.), Colombia, India/Indian Subcontinent, Japan, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, USA, Vietnam.

UK: London South Bank University
London South Bank University offers full scholarships for students from commonwealth countries including African commonwealth countries. It also offers partial scholarships for students from priority countries (Bangladesh, China, Ghana, India, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, and Vietnam).

UK: Roehampton University
The University has a number of scholarships available for international students on full-time, taught undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.  Scholarships are specifically available for students from China, South Korea, India, Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, Turkey, Malaysia, USA, Norway, Singapore, US, and UK-based international students  in their first year of study.

UK: Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield Hallam University offers international scholarships for Non-EU students and specific scholarships for ASEAN member countries (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam).

UK: University of Bedforshire
University of Bedforshire offers scholarships to international Non-EU students from different countries.

UK: University of Birmingham
University of Birmingham has scholarships available for students from the following regions: Africa, Asia Pacific, Indian Subcontinent, Middle East, Russia, South America.

UK: University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge has special scholarships schemes for students from developing countries.  The schemes include Cambridge Shared Scholarships, Shell Centenary Chevening Cambridge Scholarships, Shell Centenary Cambridge Scholarships, and Developing World Education Fund Scholarships.

UK: University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh offers a number of international scholarships for students from Africa, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Middle East, Myanmar, Russia, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, and Vietnam.

UK: University of Nottingham
Through the Developing Solutions Scholarship Fund, The University of Nottingham is offering one of the largest international scholarship programmes in the world for developing countries of the Commonwealth and to non-Commonwealth Africa.  The Countries outside Africa and India also covered by the Developing Solutions international scholarship scheme are Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Kiribati, Malaysia, Maldives,Montserrat, Nauru, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn, St Helena, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tristan da Cunha, Turks and Caicos, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Western Samoa

UK: University of Salford
University of Salford offers various scholarship programs for  students from Sub-saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Middle East & North Africa, Latin America, and East Asia.

UK: University of Oxford
University of Westminster offers a variety of scholarships for students from Africa and Asia.

UK: University of Westminster
The University of Westminster offers full international scholarships and full tuition wavers for students from developing countries  in undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Aside from this, they administer various scholarships for students from selected regions (Eastern Europe, South Asia, Central America, Latin America, Carribean Region, Middle East, North Africa) and/or countries  (Gambia, Suriname, Guyana, Tanzania, China, India, East Timor, Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brazil, Mexico, Bolivia, Chile, Guatemala, Panama, Bulgaria, Croatia, Russia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Romania or Turkey, Former Soviet Union States) .

Universities in United States & Canada

USA: East-West Center
East-west Center offers international graduate degree scholarships for students from Asia, Pacific Islands,  and Russia.

USA: Harvard University
Harvard University offers specific scholarships for international students from Argentina, Brazil, China, Columbia, Indonesia, Mexico, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Pacific Islands.

USA: NYU Wagner
NYU Wagner has special scholarship programs for Africa, Kazakhstan and Soviet Union’s 15 Newly Independent State (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan)

Canada: University of Alberta
The University of Alberta International administers specific scholarship programs for students from  Chile,  China,  India, Mexico, and Vietnam.

Universities in Australia & New Zealand

Australia: Griffith University
Griffith University offers international scholarships for students from China, India, Indonesia, Iran, and Malaysia.

Australia: Macquarie University
Macquarie University implements scholarships for postgraduate coursework for students from Columbia and Mexico.

Australia: Swinburne University of Technology
Swinburne University of Technology has a number of scholarship schemes for selected developing countries: Bicentennial Scholarships (Chile), MACC Scholarships 2009 (Malaysia), FUNED Postgraduate Scholarships (Mexico), and Australian University Scholarships (Thailand).

Australia: University of Western Australia
University of Western Australia has special scholarship schemes for China and India for postgraduate research studies.

New Zealand: University of Auckland
The University of Auckland administer country-specific scholarships for students from Tonga, Chile, and Pakistan.

New Zealand: Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington offers International Undergraduate Fees Scholarships to students from Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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