Scholarships in Belgium
The call for applications for the academic year 2026-2027 is open!
Opening: 4 August 2025.
Deadline: 19 September 2025 (Belgian time, UTC+1).
PLEASE NOTE: as indicated in the reference document for the call for applications for ARES International Training Courses 2026-2027, requests to create new GIRAF accounts will be accepted until Friday 12 September 2025 at 4 pm. (Belgian local time).
From 12 September at 4 pm, only those whose GIRAF account has been validated will be able to create an application form or complete it. Completed application forms must be submitted by Friday 19 September 2025 at 12 noon (local time in Belgium).
MORE INFORMATION: see "Details of the call" below.
Permanent resident 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.
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;
- 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 favour of development.
Watch the video to find out more about International Training courses
MORE INFORMATION : contact Maryvonne Aubry - scholarships-cooperation@ares-ac.be.
Details of the call
International Training Scholarships 2026-2027
International Training Scholarships call 2026-2027