Academic Year: 2026-2027
The University Twente Scholarship (UTS) in The Netherlands is a scholarship for excellent students from non-EU/EER countries, applying for a graduate programme (MSc) at the University of Twente. Students of Afghan nationality are eligible to apply.
✅ Benefits include:
- € 3,000 – € 22,000 for one year
- The scholarship is also available for 2-years programme
📌 Eligibility:
- Applications opened to Afghan nationals
- English language test requirement Academic IELTS 6.5 (or TOEFL iBT of 90) and an additional 6.0 (TOEFL iBT 20) on the subscore of speaking skills
- A Bachelor’s Degree
⏰ Deadline:
Application deadline – round 1:
- Application form opens per 15 October 2025, 09.00 CET
- Application forms closes per 1 February 2026, 16.00 CET (for programmes starting September 2026)
Application deadline – round 2:
- Application form opens per 1 February 2026, 16.00 CET
- Application form closes per 1 May 2026, 16.00 CET (for programmes starting September 2026)
If you applied in round 1, and your application was rejected, an application in round 2 is not considered. You can only be awarded with one UT scholarship.
Requests for further information contact: [email protected].
Apply here: https://www.utwente.nl/en/education/scholarship-finder/university-of-twente-scholarship#howtoapply
* You have to apply for a Master’s programme first. Once you applied for a Master’s programme and received a (conditional) admission letter, you can apply for the scholarship with your student number. The scholarship is not available for Master’s programmes at the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC). The scholarship is not available for the pre-Master programme.