Do you have professional experience and are you looking to further develop your skills in a development-related topic? If yes, then ARES Scholarships is presented by ARES. ARES is the federation of higher education establishments of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.

These awards are open for masters and training courses offer you the chance to pursue a one-year specialized master’s degree program or a 4-to-6-month. They provide advanced training course within a higher education institution of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Belgium.

The scholarship covers international travel expenses, living allowance, registration fees, insurance, housing allowance, etc.

Eligible Countries: Citizens from developing countries can apply for this application .
Acceptable Course or Subjects: The sponsorship will be awarded in any masters and training courses offered by the university.
Admissible Criteria: For a request to be valid, the applicant must:

• 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.
• Be a citizen of a developing country. To be eligible, applicants must be residing and working in their country of origin when they apply;
• Only nationals of the following countries may apply for grants from ARES: Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cuba, Ecuador, Ethiopia (only for training courses in English), Haiti, Madagascar, Morocco, Niger, Peru, the Philippines, the DR Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, and Vietnam;
• Be under the age of 40 for degree programs, and under 45 for training courses, at the time the training is scheduled to begin;
• Have earned a diploma comparable to a graduate-level diploma from Belgian university studies. Nevertheless, for certain training courses, different requirements may be requested, which will be specified below;
• Possess relevant professional experience in a developing country of at least two years after graduate studies, or of three years after their studies if the applicant has earned a post-grad degree from a university in an industrialized country;
• Have good mastery of written and spoken French. For training courses held in another language, it is essential to have a proper level in the course’s language, both written and spoken. We shall insist that the applicant commit to learning French in order to take part in daily life in Belgium;
• Apply for only one training course.