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137 tuition-free universities and fully funded scholarships in 33 countries, for international students from anywhere, with live deadline countdowns.
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Master's · 107 routes
Funded and tuition-free master's degrees
Scholarships that pay tuition and living costs, and universities that charge international students little or nothing.
See all 107 on the board →PhD · 43 routes
Funded PhDs and doctoral grants
Doctoral scholarships with a monthly stipend, and salaried PhD positions.
See all 43 on the board →Bachelor's · 43 routes
Funded bachelor's degrees
Undergraduate scholarships and universities that give need-based aid to international students.
See all 43 on the board →Tuition-free · 8 routes
Tuition-free universities
Public universities where international students pay no tuition, only a small semester fee.
See all 8 on the board →Scholarship programmes · 54 routes
Government and foundation scholarships
National and foundation programmes that fund you at the university of your choice.
See all 54 on the board →Closing soon
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What’s new
New guide: studying in Europe for free from the US or UK
Where tuition is still free for American and British students, what a US high school diploma needs for a German bachelor's, the residence permit you can apply for after you land, using US federal loans abroad, and what Brexit changed for UK students.
PhD funding and universities with no application fee
New PhD routes: ISTA's salaried PhD in Austria (apply by 8 January 2027), the Commonwealth PhD Scholarships for 17 countries including Nigeria, and the ANSO-CAS-TWAS/UNESCO PhD in China. The application-fee guide now lists 21 universities and colleges with no fee, among them Birmingham, Antwerp, Bates, Davidson and Grinnell.
Swiss master's funding and free US colleges
New: the Geneva Graduate Institute's master's scholarships (apply by 14 January 2027), the University of Geneva's Excellence Master Fellowships, the University of Lausanne's Master's Scholarship, and two US colleges that charge every student nothing: Curtis Institute of Music and Deep Springs College.
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Penn and Manchester's Global Futures awards
New: the University of Pennsylvania, which meets full need for admitted international students, nursing BSN included, and Manchester's Global Futures Scholarships for Africa, £12,000 a year off a bachelor's or £19,000 off a master's for students from Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya and other listed countries.
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- Chevening Scholarships
- Commonwealth Master's Scholarships
- DAAD Scholarships (nationwide)
- Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters
- Fulbright Foreign Student Program
- Gates Cambridge Scholarship
- MEXT Japanese Government Scholarship
- Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program
- Rhodes Scholarships (Oxford)
- Türkiye Bursları
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- ANSO-CAS-TWAS/UNESCO PhD Scholarship (China)
- Australia Awards Scholarships
- CLMCE: Erasmus Mundus Master in Children's Literature, Media and Cultural Entrepreneurship
- Canada Graduate Research Scholarships: Doctoral (formerly Vanier)
- Clarendon Scholarships (University of Oxford)
- Commonwealth PhD Scholarships (least developed countries and fragile states)
- Commonwealth Shared Scholarships
- Danish Government Scholarships
- EDISS: Erasmus Mundus Master in Data-intensive Intelligent Software Systems
- EMILDAI: Erasmus Mundus European Master in Law, Data and AI
- EMLex: Erasmus Mundus European Master in Lexicography
- EMMIR: Erasmus Mundus Master in Migration and Intercultural Relations
- EPOG-JM: Erasmus Mundus Master in Economic Policies for the Global Bifurcation
- Eiffel Excellence Scholarship
- Euroculture: Erasmus Mundus Master in European Studies
- FRP++: Erasmus Mundus Master in Structural Analysis and Design with Composite Materials
- GLOBE: Erasmus Mundus Master in Global Change Ecology and Biodiversity Management
- GLOCAL: Erasmus Mundus Master in Global Markets, Local Creativities
- GREENANO: Erasmus Mundus Master in Green Nanotechnology
- Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) for graduate degrees
- Government of Ireland: International Education Scholarships
- GrEnFIn: Erasmus Mundus Master in Greening Energy Market and Finance
- Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme
- Human Response: Erasmus Mundus Master in Humanitarian Response, Health and Displacement
- ImAGEin: Erasmus Mundus Master in Biology of Ageing
- InterMaths: Erasmus Mundus Master in Interdisciplinary Mathematics
- Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP)
- Knight-Hennessy Scholars (Stanford)
- MIPDaL: Erasmus Mundus Master in Intellectual Property and Data Law
- Master Mind Scholarships (Flanders)
- Mundus Journalism: Erasmus Mundus Master in Journalism, Media and Globalisation
- Mundus MAPP: Erasmus Mundus Master in Public Policy
- Norwegian PhD Fellowships (salaried)
- RE:Anima: Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Animation
- Research Training Program (Australian Government)
- Romanian Government Scholarship
- STEPS: Erasmus Mundus Master in Sustainable Transportation and Electrical Power Systems
- Stipendium Hungaricum
- Swedish Institute Scholarships (SISGP)
- Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships
- TERRA: Erasmus Mundus Master in Earthen Architecture and Construction
- VLIR-UOS ICP Connect Scholarships (Belgium)
- WAVES: Erasmus Mundus Master in Water Vulnerability Engineering in Spatial Sciences
- i-MESC: Erasmus Mundus Master in Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion
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Can students from any country use it?
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