International list of scholarships
Top 20+ Scholarships in Sweden for International Students
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Until 2011, Sweden was one of the few countries in Europe where you could study for free. Students from outside the EU/EEA and Switzerland now pay application and tuition fees, which average around SEK 160,000 a year. To help with these costs, the Swedish Institute and almost every Swedish university offer scholarships in Sweden, and many of them cover tuition in full.
Top 15+ UK Scholarships for International Students
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The UK is home to some of the world’s oldest universities, and its one-year Master’s degrees are popular with international students, but fees for international students are high. The British Government and UK universities offer a good number of fully funded scholarships and tuition fee scholarships to help with these costs. To help you, scholars4dev.com lists the top 15+ UK scholarships for international students.
Top 10+ PhD Scholarships for International Students
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If you are an international student, it may seem difficult to find a PhD scholarship, but you’d be surprised that there are a considerable number of PhD scholarships for international students out there. Much PhD funding from universities comes as a stipend for research or teaching work, often with a tuition fee waiver. The scholarships below are among the most generous, and most cover tuition and living costs.
Top 15+ Bachelor’s Degree Scholarships for International Students
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Although more Masters scholarships are offered to international students, there are a significant number of international scholarships for undergraduate degrees to be found. Major universities and several governments have scholarship programmes for incoming international undergraduate students. The list below covers some of the most generous ones, many of which pay for tuition and living costs in full.
Fully Funded Scholarships for International Students
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Not all scholarships are created equal. Some scholarships are tuition fee waivers only, some only cover living expenses, and some offer a partial cash grant. Then there are scholarship programmes that cover both tuition fees and living expenses, and often travel costs, books and insurance as well. Fully funded scholarships provide most, if not all, of what you need to pursue your studies abroad.
Top 25+ Masters Degree Scholarships for International Students
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A great number of international scholarships offered by universities are for Master’s degrees, either by coursework or by research. Through these scholarships, universities around the world aim to attract the very best international graduate students. The list below covers awards that range from large tuition fee reductions to full scholarships for tuition and living costs, grouped by who can apply.
Top 15+ Scholarships in Europe for Non-EU International Students
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In most European countries, students from outside the EU/EEA pay much higher tuition fees than European students, often €10,000 to €20,000 a year or more for a Master’s. To attract talented students from the rest of the world, European governments and universities offer scholarships and tuition fee waivers for non-EU students, many of which cut tuition by half or cover it in full. scholars4dev.com lists the top scholarships in Europe for non-EU students below.
Top 25+ Scholarships in Europe for International Students
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Europe has some of the world’s oldest universities and a wide choice of English-taught degrees, and in several countries tuition is free or low-cost even for international students (see the countries in Europe with free tuition). To attract talented students from around the world, the European Union, European governments and universities offer scholarships in Europe, many of which cover tuition and living costs in full. The list below covers the main ones, from Master’s to PhD level.
Top 5+ Scholarships in Finland for International Students
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Finnish universities are known for high-quality, research-based teaching and offer many Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes in English. Students from the EU/EEA and Switzerland study for free, but students from outside the EU/EEA have paid tuition fees since 2017, typically €9,000 to €20,000 a year, and from 2026 Finnish law requires these fees to cover the full cost of education. There are no Finnish government scholarships for Bachelor’s or Master’s students, so the main options are university tuition fee waivers, Fulbright awards for Americans, Erasmus Mundus and paid doctoral positions. scholars4dev.com lists the top scholarships in Finland below.
Top 5+ Countries with Free or Low Tuition for International Students
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If you do not win a fully funded university scholarship, studying in a country with free or low tuition can still make a degree affordable. Public universities in Germany are mostly tuition-free, Austria charges students from outside the EU only a few hundred euros per semester, and Iceland’s public universities charge only a registration fee for now. Finland and Sweden charge non-EU students tuition fees but offer many tuition fee waivers, while Norway is no longer tuition-free. scholars4dev.com explains the costs in each country below.
