The Fully Funded ARES Masters and Training Scholarships in Belgium are open to Africans and people from developing countries. It allows you to follow a master of one year or a refresher course between 4 and 6 months in an institution of the Federation of Wallonia-Brussels, Belgium. 

Within the framework of the Belgian policy for development cooperation, the Minister for Development Cooperation and the Directorate-General for Development Cooperation entrust the Belgian Higher Education Institutions with the preparation of Postgraduate Programmes (Advanced Masters) and Training Programmes that are specifically oriented towards young professionals from developing countries.

International Courses and Training Programmes are part of the global study programs of the Higher Education Institutions. They are open to all students who satisfy the conditions of qualification but aim at proposing training units that distinguish themselves by their openness towards specific development issues.

The benefits of the Fully Funded ARES Masters and Training Scholarships in Belgium are:

1. Travel (internal and external)

2. Monthly living allowance

3.  Indirect mission costs

4.  Installation costs

5. Tuition fees

6. Registration fee

7. Insurance costs

8. Housing allowance

9. Allowances for dependents

10. Return fees

11. In 1st session completion bonus (June)

The eligibility criteria for the Fully Funded ARES Masters and Training Scholarships in Belgium are stated below:

1. Originally from a developing country. To be eligible, applicants must reside and work in their own country at the time of filing;

2. Only nationals of the following countries are eligible to apply for scholarships ARES: Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cuba, Ecuador, Ethiopia ( only for courses in English ), Haiti, Madagascar, Morocco, Niger, Peru, Philippines, DR Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Vietnam ;

3. Either under the age of 40 for courses and under 45 for training periods at the start of training;

4. Either holds a diploma comparable to a diploma of the second cycle of Belgian university education. However, for certain types of training, different requirements may be set out, which will be specified below;

5. Demonstrates a professional occupation in a developing country of at least two years after completing his / her second cycle or three years after the end of his / her studies when the candidate holds a post-graduate diploma from a university in an industrialized country;

6. Good knowledge of written and spoken French. For courses organized in another language, it is necessary to have a good knowledge of the language of the course, written and spoken. The candidate will also be asked to commit to learning French to participate in everyday life in Belgium;

7. Apply for a single training