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The call for applications for the 2026–2027 academic year will be launched soon!

Information documents and application forms will be available on this website from 15 December 2025.

 

 

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

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

General information 

Wallonia-Brussels International (WBI) offers Master's grants to international students holding at least a Bachelor’s degree from a foreign institution recognised by the higher education authorities in the applicant's country. The Master's degree must be completed in Wallonia or Brussels within a higher education institution recognised by the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.

HOW TO APPLY?

Find out if you are eligible

  • Any applicant who meets the necessary and sufficient conditions for applying for admission to the host higher education institution may apply, regardless of nationality. 
  • Applicants must indicate the reference number of the admission file on their application form. 
  • Applicants who have studied in : Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tunisia, United Kingdom and USA are given priority.
  • Any field of study is taken into consideration.
  • The applicant holds a 1st or 2nd cycle degree that is sufficient to gain access to the Master's programme chosen and meets the entry requirements.
  • The applicant holds a 1st or 2nd cycle degree awarded by an institution whose studies or training are recognised by the competent higher education authorities in the applicant's country of origin.
  • The last 1st or 2nd cycle degree obtained must have been awarded no more than 5 years before the start of the study programme applied for.
  • Applications that meet the eligibility criteria of the ARES International Training Scholarships are excluded.
  • The grant application form (available for download from 15 December 2025) and the documents to be attached (available for download from 15 December 2025) to this form must be sent to the higher education institution concerned by midnight (Brussels time) on 31 March at the latest for the coming academic year.
  • The subject of the e-mail sending the application must be: "MASTER IN - WBI Grant - Name and surname of the applicant". 
  • Incomplete applications will not be submitted to the selection committee.

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