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ARES Scholarship 2025 – 2026 | By Belgium Government | Fully Funded; August 18 2024

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Introduction

 

Are you a national of an ARES partner country? Do you have a higher education degree? Do you have professional experience and would you like to deepen your skills in a development-related topic?

The ARES scholarships offer you the opportunity to follow a one-year advanced bachelor’s or master’s degree program or a 2-to-6-month continuing education program within a higher education institution of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation in Belgium.

 

The call for applications for the academic year 2025-2026 is  now open.

Deadline:  October 18, 2024 at 12pm .

 

Objectives of International Training

• Increase the level of qualifications of participants;
• Empower people in their countries of origin;
• Strengthen interpersonal and professional networks;
• Improve the capacity of the home institutions of scholars;
• Highlightinternational themes;
• Promote the expertise and experience of participants of training courses;
• Enable scholarship holders to become agents of change in their home institutions and in society, in favor of development.

 

Available Courses

 

Specialized bachelor’s degree

– Bachelor’s degree in business data analysis

 

Specialized Masters

• Master’s degree in human rights
• Master of Specialization in Risk and Disaster Management in the Anthropocene Era
• Master’s degree in integrated health risk management
• Specialized Master in International and Development Economics
• European Microfinance Program
• Specialized Master in Public Health Methodology
• Master of Specialization in Public Health Sciences – Analysis and Evaluation of International Health Policies, Programs and Systems
• Master’s degree in transport and logistics
• Specialized Master’s Degree – Social Innovation Design
• Master of specialization in Water-Energy-Food Nexus

 

Continuing training courses

• University Certificate in Data Science for Global Health
• International training in digital university pedagogy
• Interuniversity and interdisciplinary certificate in transitional justice
• Continuing education – Understanding and managing the human dimensions of sustainable development change projects
• Continuing training in quality assurance and quality control of medicines and health products
• Continuing education in free geographic information systems

 

Eligibility Criteria for ARES Scholarship 2025/26

 

The candidate must:

 

• Be a national of, reside in and work in one of the 31 eligible countries (list below);

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.

• Be a holder of: a diploma comparable to a 2 nd cycle diploma (300 ECTS credits) from a Belgian university for specialized masters and continuing education courses;
• a diploma comparable to a 1 st cycle diploma (180 ECTS credits) from Belgian higher education for specialization baccalaureates .
• Demonstrate at least two years’ relevant professional experience in an ARES partner country.

 

Duration?

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

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Financial support?

The scholarship includes:

 

• International travel expenses;
• Subsistence allowance;
• Exceptional costs associated with visa applications (only for bachelor’s degrees and specialized master’s degrees);
• Tuition fees (only for bachelor’s degrees and specialized master’s degrees);
• Indirect mission expenses (for continuing education only);
• Insurance costs.

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How do I apply?

 

• Online via the GIRAF platform .
• Steps to follow to apply:
  1. Have a Giraf account (create one or use your account if it has already been created and validated by ARES).
  2. Access the application form by clicking on Application for international training > My tasks > Competitive calls .
  3. Fill in the form (it can be filled in several times. You can find it in Competitive calls > My tasks ).
  4. Submit your application by clicking on Submit my application . Once submitted, you will be able to consult your file in the My submitted files table. However, you will no longer be able to modify it .

 

 

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