# Master Mind scholarships

**Source**: https://www.ugent.be/en/research/funding/globalsouth/master-mind
**Parent**: https://www.ugent.be/prospect/en/administration/fees-funding/funding-studies.htm

## How to apply?

- The Master Mind scholarships are incorporated in the normal application scheme to obtain admission.
- Only academically admitted students will be considered. The application for academic admission should be submitted before the 1st of April according to this [procedure](https://www.ugent.be/prospective-students/en/administration/application/application-degree).
- A student is not able to apply before he/she is preselected by the master programme coordinator.

## About the Master Mind scholarships

- It is estimated that 30 international students (to be divided over the different Flemish higher education institutions) will be able to benefit from a Master Mind scholarship to start their studies in the academic year 2025-2026. For Ghent University this means approximately 6 students.
- The duration of mobility is one academic year for a Master programme of 60 ECTS and two academic years for a master programme of 120 ECTS.
- The incoming student is awarded a maximum scholarship of €10.000 per academic year.
- Ghent University will 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 2025-2026 is €136.5.

- All new international students who have been (academically) admitted to start any of the university’s master programmes (including advanced masters) in the academic year 2025-2026 are eligible.
- The applicant should have a high standard of academic performance and/or potential (a GPA of 3.5 out of 4.0 and good knowledge of the English language).\

## Selection procedure and timeline

- A student is not able to apply directly, it is the master programme coordinator who proposes a maximum of 2 applicants (motivation + ranking in case of several candidates). The International Relations Office will screen all files and submits a shortlist of maximum 20 students by the end of April to the Flemish Government who will make the final decision.
- Shortlisted students will be contacted by the university’s International Office by mid- April with the necessary information to complete their online Master Mind scholarship application in the Mobility Online tool.

## Contact

[internationalsupport@ugent.be](mailto:Internationalsupport@ugent.be)

## Further information

The complete call and further detailed information about the scholarship modalities can be consulted on the [webpage of the Flemish Government](https://www.studyinflanders.be/scholarships/master-mind-scholarships "Study in Flanders - Master Mind scholarship").