ARES Scholarship in Belgium 2026: Do you wish to study in one of the top cities in Europe?
The Belgian Government ARES Scholarship is a fully-funded opportunity that covers the full costs of tuition, living stipends, and exceptional costs related to travel expenses.
You will also receive financial support for other expenses relating to registration, and visa at an amount greater than 200€.
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2026 Belgian Government ARES Scholarship Abstract
- Scholarship Host: Belgian Government
- Location: Belgium
- Category: Scholarships || Study Abroad || Study-In-Europe || Undergraduate Scholarships || Postgraduate Scholarships || Masters Scholarships
- Benefits: Full Scholarship
- Tuition
- Living Stipends
- Visa + Airfare Ticket
- Eligibility: Developing Countries
- Deadline: September 19, 2025
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Details of ARES Scholarship in Belgium 2026-27 by Belgian Government
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 scholarship in Belgium 2026 offers 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 Belgian ARES Scholarships (Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees/Continuing Education) aims to;
- 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;
- Highlight international 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.
ARES Scholarship Belgium Requirements 2026/27
To be eligible for the ARES Scholarship Belgium 2026, applicants must:
- Be a national, reside and work in one of the eligible developing countries
- Hold a diploma comparable to a graduate level degree (300 credits ECTS) from Belgian university studies for advanced masters and countinuing education courses (equivalent to Bac+5);
- Hold a diploma comparable to a undergraduate level degree (180 credits ECTS) for advanced bachelors (equivalent to Bac+3).
- Have held the relevant academic degree for a maximum of 20 years at the time of the start of the course. This maximum period is increased by one year by childbirth and/or adoption.
- Possess relevant professional experience in a ARES partner country of at least two years after graduate studies for advanced bachelors, after postgraduate studies for advanced masters and countinuing education courses.
- Complete the application in the language in which the training is given and can attest a good written and spoken knowledge of it. Moreover, knowing a minimum of French allows for a good integration into daily life in Belgium.
- Apply for only one training course.
Please note that compliance with the admissibility criteria does not guarantee selection and eligibility for the course (see Selection Criteria).
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Application files will not be considered if they:
- are not completed in their entirety and are not accompanied by the required documents (certified copy of the diploma, etc.).
- A certified copy is a copy of the document on which it is stated that it is “a true copy of the original” with the stamp and signature of the competent authority (notary, town hall, municipal administration, etc.) ;
- do not clearly mention compliance with the admissibility criteria specified above (certified copy of diploma, professional experience, etc.).
Available Programmes for Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees/Continuing Education
130 Bachelor’s and Masters scholarships and 70 continuing education scholarships are available.
- Advanced bachelor’s and master’s degrees are inter-institutional training programmes organised in one academic year and at the end of which an academic degree is awarded.
- Continuing education programs are more practical and of shorter duration (2 to 6 months). They deliver a certificate.
ARES Scholarships 2025 Benefits and Timeline
The Belgian Government ARES Scholarship will receive holistic support which 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.
Required Documents for 2026 Belgian Government ARES Scholarship
You will be submitting the following while applying for the 2026 Belgian Government ARES Scholarship;
- 2 letters of recommendation (academic and/or professional);
- Certified copies of the original diplomas;
- Certified copies of the original transcripts for all years;
- Proof of occupation for the last 5 years;
- Certificate of nationality or copy of passport;
- Pre-project (for certain courses – see the admission conditions specific to the courses).
How To Apply for ARES Scholarship in Belgium 2026-27
To apply for the ARES Scholarship in Belgium 2026-27, applicants should;
- Read the details we have provided on this page carefully
- Click on the button below to visit the scholarship application webpage.
- Applications for scholarships must be submitted in accordance with the application procedure and meet the eligibility criteria described below.
- The selection of scholarship holders is made by a selection panel for each training course after analysis of their administrative admissibility by ARES.
- All applications received between the first and last day of the call will be treated equally. ARES encourages applications from women. For equal quality, women will be given preference.
- Applying for an ARES scholarship is completely free. ARES does not charge fees at any stage of the application nor selection process.
- You may inform us via e-mail at scholarships-cooperation@ares-ac.be of any problems with individuals or companies claiming to represent ARES and request any payment.
