Master Mind Scholarship 2024 by Flemish Institutes [PG; UG; Funded]: Apply by April 28

Online applications are invited for the Master Mind Scholarship 2024 by Flemish Institutes. The last date for the application is April 28, 2024.

About Flemish Ministry of Education

The Flemish Ministry of Education and Training awards scholarships for master’s programmes in Flanders and Brussels to outstanding students from around the world. A Master Mind Scholarship includes a grant of €10. 000 + a tuition fee waiver per academic year (60 ECTS). Master Mind Scholarship holders only pay an administrative enrolment fee. The grant is paid in instalments and covers accommodation costs, insurances and a significant amount of their living expenses. 

About the Scholarship

• The duration of mobility is one academic year for a master’s programme of 60 ECTS and two academic years for a master’s programme of 120 ECTS.
• The incoming student is awarded a maximum scholarship of €10.000 per academic year.
• The host institution can ask the applicant for a tuition fee that equals the lowest rate of the yearly tuition fee for a student who receives a study grant from the Flemish government. The rate for the academic year 2024-2025 is €131,50. This rate may increase slightly from year to year.
• Students should not combine this scholarship with another scholarship from the Flemish government or an Erasmus Mundus Scholarship.
• Upon completion of the mobility, all students are expected to submit an essay and fill in a short questionnaire about their mobility.
• A maximum of 20 applications can be submitted per Flemish higher education institution.

Eligibility Criteria

• The applicant applies to take up a master’s degree programme at a Flemish higher education institution.
• The student has a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.5 out of 4.0
• The student has a good knowledge of the English language:
• An overall minimum band score of 7.0 on the IELTS test
• A minimum total score of 94 on a TOEFL test
• A C1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference
• Students who are already enrolled in a Flemish higher education institution cannot apply. The only exception is made for international students who, at the moment of their application in Spring 2024, are already enrolled in a specific preparatory programme in order to start a master’s programme in September 2024.

How to Apply?

• Check if you are eligible to apply and if the Flemish institution of your choice participates in the Master Mind Scholarships
• Submit your application to the host institution
• The host institution preselects the eligible applications
• The host institution starts the application procedure for the Master Mind Scholarship by creating your application file in the Mobility-Online application tool
• You receive an email generated by the Mobility-Online tool notifying you of being preselected for a Master Mind Scholarship
• You register in the Mobility-Online tool and complete your application file in the Mobility-Online tool before the deadline. Documents to be uploaded:
  • Passport photo
  • International passport or national ID
  • A Curriculum Vitae (including your American GPA out of 4.0 and if applicable your publications, academic awards, previous scholarships, etc.)
  • Transcript of records; if written in a language other than Dutch, French, German or English, a certified translation must be enclosed.
  • English language test results or letter of exemption provided by the host university
  • Letter of motivation written in English
  • Two signed letters of recommendation from professors of your (previous) home university, university of applied sciences (and arts) or recent employer written in English.
  • Copy of acquired diploma(s); if written in a language other than Dutch, French, German or English, a certified translation must be enclosed.
• The host institution validates and submits the completed application file in the Mobility-Online tool before the deadline of 28^th April 2024 23h59 GMT+1. Applications validated submitted after 28^th April 2024 23h59 GMT+1 will not be accepted.

Deadline

The last date for the application is April 28, 2024.

Click here to view the official notification of the Master Mind Scholarship 2024 by Flemish Institutes.