StudyDesk Scholarships
About the scholarship
Wageningen University & Research (WUR) — the Netherlands’ specialist university for food, agriculture, environment and life sciences — funds international master’s students through three tracks, all decided from the same MSc application. There is no separate scholarship form to hunt down: the strength of your programme application is your scholarship application.
The headline track, the Excellence Programme, waives tuition for the full 24-month MSc for outstanding non-EU/EFTA students. Be clear-eyed about what it is: a tuition waiver, not a full ride — living costs are yours, which is why this article is honestly labelled partially funded. The Africa Scholarship Programme (ASP) is the genuinely full package (tuition, living, travel, visa, insurance) for African applicants, and the Anne van den Ban Fund supports selected students from developing countries without a direct application route.
Everything hinges on one date: a complete MSc application before 1 December 2026 — 40 days from today (22 October 2026).
Eligibility
- Be a citizen of a country outside the EU and EFTA.
- Apply for a Wageningen MSc programme starting September 2027 and receive unconditional admission.
- Hold a First Class honours bachelor’s degree or equivalent (80%+ GPA) — and have completed the degree before 1 December 2026.
- Meet the university’s English-language requirements before the deadline (official test results uploaded — no extensions for late scores).
- Be a prospective student: students already enrolled at WUR cannot apply for these scholarships.
- ASP additionally targets African applicants; preference goes to those without a previous master’s degree.
Benefits
- Excellence Programme: full tuition-fee waiver for 24 months.
- Africa Scholarship Programme: tuition fees, living expenses, travel, visa costs and health insurance.
- Anne van den Ban Fund: partial or full support for selected students from developing/low-income countries (invitation/nomination — you cannot apply directly).
- Finalists not selected in the lottery go on a waiting list rather than being rejected outright — places can still open up.
Documents required
- The complete MSc application via the university’s admissions portal — this doubles as the scholarship application.
- Bachelor’s diploma (degree must be completed before 1 December 2026), uploaded with the application.
- Official English-language test results (e.g. IELTS/TOEFL per programme requirements) — available and uploaded before the deadline.
- Academic transcripts and all programme-specific supporting documents.
- Shortlisted candidates are later invited to the ASP/Excellence selection process — no extra form to find yourself.
How to apply
- Choose your MSc programme earlyPick from Wageningen’s English-taught master’s programmes for the September 2027 intake and check its specific admission requirements.
- Book your English test nowResults take weeks to arrive, and they must be uploaded before 1 December 2026 — a late score disqualifies the whole application.
- Submit a complete MSc applicationFile everything — diploma, transcripts, English results, supporting documents — before 1 December 2026. Incomplete applications are not assessed by the scholarship committee at all.
- Wait for the invitationAround March–April 2027, shortlisted candidates are invited to the final selection stage.
- Lottery and offersRecipients are chosen by lottery from the shortlist, with scholarship offers going out around 7 April 2027. Unselected finalists join a waiting list.
FAQs
No. You apply for the MSc programme the normal way; a complete, strong application before 1 December 2026 is what puts you in front of the scholarship committee.
No — it is a tuition-fee waiver for 24 months. Living expenses, insurance and travel are yours, which is why this article is labelled partially funded rather than fully funded.
The Africa Scholarship Programme: the same 1 December 2026 MSc deadline applies, and qualifying applicants are invited into its selection process for the full package (tuition + living + travel + visa + insurance).
No. All three tracks are for prospective students only — you must not already be enrolled at Wageningen.
Then the application is incomplete and will not be assessed for scholarships — there is no extension for late scores. Book the test now.
No. The degree must be fully completed — diploma uploaded — before 1 December 2026.
Verified 22 Oct 2026 across five agreeing sources: youthexpat.com (Excellence Programme — deadline 1 Dec 2026, non-EU/EFTA, complete MSc application, unconditional admission, 80%+ GPA / First Class honours, English + diploma before the deadline, invitation-based); worldwide-scholarships.com (ASP — no separate form, invitation after a complete MSc application, shortlist Mar–Apr 2027, lottery selection, offers 7 Apr 2027, preference for first-time master’s holders); opportunitiesforyouth.org (Excellence = 24-month tuition waiver; ASP/ABF = tuition + living + travel + visa + insurance); globalsouthopportunities.com (September 2027 intake; ASP/Excellence timelines and lottery); collegedunia.com (admissions timeline: September 2027 primary intake with the 1 Dec 2026 scholarship cut-off; February 2027 limited to five programmes). No invented award amounts are stated beyond the published tuition-waiver and ASP package descriptions.
