MASTER IN - WBI Grants

The call for applications for the 2026–2027 academic year is launched!

Are you planning to do a Master's degree at a higher education institution in French-speaking Belgium? Then this programme is for you!

Find out if you are eligible

• The candidate must hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree awarded by an institution whose studies or training are recognised by the competent authorities of the candidate’s country of origin in higher education.
• The last bachelor’s or master’s degree obtained in the country of origin must have been awarded no later than five years before the start of the requested programme.
• Moreover, the MASTER IN programme does not allow the funding of a full year (60 ECTS) within the framework of a bridging pathway.
• The candidate must hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree sufficient to access the targeted master’s programme and meet its admission requirements. In addition, the higher education institution remains free to add further conditions.
• The candidate must be admitted to the master’s programme to apply for financial support and must be enrolled in the programme to benefit from it.
• Any candidate meeting the necessary and sufficient conditions for submitting an admission file to the targeted higher education institution may apply.
• Applications from candidates already engaged in higher education studies in Belgium will be excluded. The aim is to support new mobility, not extensions of Erasmus+ stays or programmes previously undertaken as free students in French-speaking Belgian institutions.
• The candidate must indicate, in the application form, the reference number of the admission file provided by the university. In the case of an application to a university college or a school of arts, no reference number is required. Note: This file number does not mean that admission is finalised.
• Candidates who have studied in the following countries/regionsare considered a priority by WBI and higher education institutions: Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, South Korea, Japan, Lebanon, Morocco, Mexico, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tunisia, USA.
• All fields of study are considered in the selection process unless the institution decides to restrict the programmes concerned by this call.
• To avoid overlap with other international mobility schemes, candidates who have already submitted an application within an ongoing academic programme or who have previously benefited from a development cooperation scholarship from ARES are excluded.
• The grant application form and required documents must be sent to the targeted higher education institution no later than March 31, 2026, at midnight (GMT – Europe/Brussels) for the upcoming academic year (2026–2027).
• Incomplete applications will not be submitted to the WBI jury responsible for candidate selection.

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