Deadline:
October 18, 2025
Location(s)
Belgium
Rue Royale 180, Brussels
Overview
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.
Details
Each year, ARES grants an average of 150 scholarships as part of the master’s program, and 70 grants for training courses, to citizens from countries in the global South.
Specialized master’s programs
- Master de spécialisation en droits humains
- Master de spécialisation en gestion des risques et des catastrophes à l'ère de l'anthropocène
- Master de spécialisation en gestion intégrée des risques sanitaires
- Specialized Master in International and Development Economics
- European Microfinance Programme
- Specialized Master in Public Health Methodology
- Master de spécialisation en sciences de la santé publique - analyse et évaluation des politiques programmes et systèmes de santé internationale
- Master de spécialisation en transport et logistique
- Master de spécialisation - Design d'innovation sociale
- Master de spécialisation en Nexus Eau-Énergie-Alimentation
How do I submit a grant application?
Fill out the application form:
- It must be carefully completed and sent to ARES (rue Royale 180, 1000 Brussels, Belgium) BY POST or EXPRESS DELIVERY SERVICE ONLY, which must have received it by 18 OCTOBER 2025* at the latest (we do not take into consideration the postmarked date; we only consider application files received on our offices by the deadline, at the latest);
- NO return receipt for applications will be signed nor delivered;
- Only applications presented on the relevant forms will be considered, in the language in which the training course is given;
- All elements necessary for the application file (application form AND additional information requested) must be included in the same mailing AND correctly stapled or bound so that no documents are lost. No additional elements for the application sent later will be considered;
- All applicants selected and on reserve status will receive an e-mail when selections are made (June 2020). Applicants who are not selected will receive an e-mail by the end of June 2020 at the latest;
- Documents submitted to ARES will not be returned to applicants;
- No response will be given to applications that do not follow the admissibility criteria clearly mentioned on the website (certified diploma, age, professional experience, etc.).
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
For a request to be valid, the applicant must:
- Be a national of, reside in and work in one of the 31 eligible countries (list below);
- Be a holder of:
- a diploma comparable to a 2nd cycle diploma (300 ECTS credits) from a Belgian university for specialised masters and continuing education courses;
- a diploma comparable to a 1st cycle diploma (180 ECTS credits) from Belgian higher education for specialisation baccalaureates.
- Demonstrate at least two years' relevant professional experience in an ARES partner country.
Dates
Deadline: October 18, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
Duration?
- Bachelor's and specialised master's degrees: 12 months maximum.
- Continuing training: 2 to 6 months maximum.
Financial support?
The scholarship includes:
- International travel expenses;
- Subsistence allowance;
- Exceptional costs associated with visa applications (only for bachelor's degrees and specialised master's degrees);
- Tuition fees (only for bachelor's degrees and specialised master's degrees);
- Indirect mission expenses (for continuing education only);
- Insurance costs.
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