Scholarships for Bangladeshi Students

Fully funded and partial scholarships open to Bangladeshi students — Chevening, Commonwealth, DAAD, Erasmus Mundus, MEXT, GKS and more. Live open/closing status and official links.

Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) — Undergraduate — South Korea, Fully Funded. Deadline 30 Sept 2026 · Embassy track online deadline 30 Sep 2026, 18:00 KST (the Korean Embassy in Dhaka may set an earlier date) · University track Sep–Nov 2026
Chevening Scholarship (UK Government) — United Kingdom, Fully Funded. Opens 4 Aug 2026 · Deadline 6 Oct 2026 · 6 Oct 2026, 11:00 UTC (5:00 pm Bangladesh time)
Knight-Hennessy Scholars (Stanford University) — United States, Fully Funded. Deadline 6 Oct 2026 · 6 Oct 2026, 1:00 pm Pacific Time · Stanford degree application by 1 Dec 2026 or its own earlier deadline
Lester B. Pearson International Scholarship (University of Toronto) — Canada, Fully Funded. Deadline 9 Oct 2026 · School nomination by 9 Oct 2026 · U of T application 16 Oct 2026 · Pearson application 6 Nov 2026
DAAD Research Grants — Doctoral Programmes in Germany — Germany, Fully Funded. Deadline 15 Oct 2026 · 15 Oct 2026 for funding starting in 2027 (confirm in the DAAD scholarship database for Bangladesh)
Yale Young Global Scholars (Summer Programme) — United States, Partial. Deadline 15 Oct 2026 · Early Action 15 Oct 2026 · Regular 6 Jan 2027 (11:59 pm US Eastern Time)
Commonwealth Master's Scholarship (UK) — United Kingdom, Fully Funded. Opens 8 Sept 2026 · Deadline 20 Oct 2026 · CSC closes 20 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST — UGC Bangladesh's nomination deadline is earlier
Commonwealth PhD Scholarship (UK) — United Kingdom, Fully Funded. Opens 8 Sept 2026 · Deadline 20 Oct 2026 · CSC closes 20 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST — UGC Bangladesh's nomination deadline is earlier
KAIST International Undergraduate Scholarship — South Korea, Partial. Deadline 22 Oct 2026 · Early admission 22 Oct 2026, 18:00 KST · Regular admission 10 Nov 2026 – 14 Jan 2027
Yenching Academy Scholarship (Peking University) — China, Fully Funded. Opens 1 Sept 2026 · Deadline 30 Nov 2026 · 30 Nov 2026, 09:00 Beijing time (7:00 am Bangladesh time)
Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) — Hong Kong, Fully Funded. Opens 1 Sept 2026 · Deadline 1 Dec 2026 · 1 Dec 2026, 12:00 noon Hong Kong time (10:00 am Bangladesh time)
Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA) — Singapore, Fully Funded. Deadline 1 Dec 2026 · 1 Dec 2026 (23:59 Singapore time) for Aug 2027 intake · 1 Jun 2027 for Jan 2028 intake (A*STAR/NTU only)
Gates Cambridge Scholarship — United Kingdom, Fully Funded. Deadline 8 Dec 2026 · 8 Dec 2026 or 6 Jan 2027, depending on your Cambridge course
KAUST Fellowship (MS & PhD, Saudi Arabia) — Saudi Arabia, Fully Funded. Opens 28 Sept 2026 · Deadline 3 Jan 2027 · Fall 2027 Round 2: 28 Sep 2026 – 3 Jan 2027 (dates are tentative)
NL Scholarship (formerly Holland Scholarship) — Netherlands, Partial. Opens 1 Nov 2026 · Deadline 1 Feb 2027 · 1 Feb or 1 May 2027 depending on the university (applications open 1 Nov 2026)
Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP) — Multiple countries, Fully Funded. Opens 18 Jan 2027 · Deadline 26 Feb 2027 · Window 1: 18 Jan – 26 Feb 2027 · Window 2: 29 Mar – 21 May 2027
Heinrich Böll Foundation Scholarship (Germany) — Germany, Fully Funded. Opens 15 Jan 2027 · Deadline 1 Mar 2027 · Next rounds: 15 Jan – 1 Mar 2027 and 15 Jul – 1 Sep 2027
AAUW International Fellowships (for women) — United States, Partial. 2027-28 round closed 17 Sep 2026 · next round expected to open around Aug 2027
ADB–Japan Scholarship Program (ADB-JSP) — Asia-Pacific (multiple countries), Fully Funded. Varies by participating university (mostly Nov 2026 – Apr 2027)
Aga Khan Foundation International Scholarship Programme — Multiple countries, Partial. Next round expected to open around 1 Jan 2027 · deadline set by the AKF office for Bangladesh (usually Mar)
Australia Awards Scholarships (Bangladesh) — Australia, Fully Funded. 2027 intake closed 30 Apr 2026 · 2028 intake expected to open around 1 Feb 2027
Brunei Darussalam Government Scholarship (BDGS) — Brunei, Fully Funded. 2027/28 round expected around Dec 2026 – mid-Feb 2027 · last round closed 15 Feb 2026
Chinese Government Scholarship (CSC) — China, Fully Funded. 2027/28 round expected around Dec 2026 – Mar 2027 (Type A via the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka; Type B dates set by each university)
Clarendon Scholarship (University of Oxford) — United Kingdom, Fully Funded. Varies by course: Oxford's December 2026 or January 2027 course deadlines — you're considered automatically
Commonwealth Shared Scholarship (UK) — United Kingdom, Fully Funded. Varies by UK university (typically Oct–Dec 2026) — check the participating university's page
DAAD EPOS — Development-Related Postgraduate Courses (Germany) — Germany, Fully Funded. Varies by course: most close between 1 Oct and 15 Dec 2026, a few until 31 Jan 2027
Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's Scholarships (Europe) — Europe (multiple countries), Fully Funded. Varies by programme: roughly Oct 2026 – Feb 2027 (many close in Dec–Jan)
France Excellence Eiffel Scholarship — France, Fully Funded. Through your French university: internal deadlines from late Oct 2026 · Campus France deadline expected early Jan 2027
Fulbright Foreign Student Program (Bangladesh) — United States, Fully Funded. 2027-28 round closed 11 Jul 2026 · 2028-29 round expected around May–Jul 2027
Full Financial Aid at Need-Blind US Colleges (Harvard, MIT, Yale, Princeton, Amherst, Dartmouth) — United States, Fully Funded. Early rounds usually 1 Nov 2026 · Regular rounds around 1–5 Jan 2027 (varies by college)
Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) — Graduate — South Korea, Fully Funded. Expected around Feb–Mar 2027 (NIIED guidelines usually released in Jan–Feb)
GREAT Scholarships for Bangladeshi Students (UK) — United Kingdom, Partial. Varies by UK university (typically spring–summer 2027)
Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship (Bangladesh) — United States, Fully Funded. 2027-28 round closed 13 Aug 2026 · next round expected around Jun–Aug 2027
Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Scholarship Programmes — Multiple countries, Fully Funded. 2027-28 call not yet announced · last call was circulated through SHED (Ministry of Education)
Italian Government (MAECI) Scholarships — Italy, Partial. 2027/28 call not yet published (usually opens in the first half of the year)
JDS — Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resource Development Scholarship (Bangladesh) — Japan, Fully Funded. Next round expected to close around early Jan 2027 · last round closed 6 Jan 2026, 5:00 pm
MEXT Japanese Government Scholarship — Research Students (Embassy Recommendation) — Japan, Fully Funded. 2027 round closed (Embassy of Japan in Dhaka recruited Apr–May 2026) · 2028 round expected around Apr–May 2027
MEXT Japanese Government Scholarship — Undergraduate (Embassy Recommendation) — Japan, Fully Funded. 2027 round closed · 2028 round expected around Apr–May 2027 (Embassy of Japan in Dhaka)
Rotary Peace Fellowship — Multiple countries, Fully Funded. 2027-28 round closed 15 May 2026 · 2028-29 round expected 1 Feb – 15 May 2027
Schwarzman Scholars (Tsinghua University) — China, Fully Funded. 2027-28 round closed 9 Sep 2026 · next round expected to open around Apr 2027
Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship (Hungary) — Hungary, Fully Funded. 2027/28 call expected around Nov 2026 · last round closed 15 Jan 2026, 14:00 CET
Swedish Institute Scholarships for Global Professionals (SISGP) — Sweden, Fully Funded. 2027/28 dates not yet announced · last round ran 9–25 Feb 2026 · apply to Swedish master's programmes by mid-Jan 2027 first
Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships (Research & PhD) — Switzerland, Fully Funded. Opens 20 Aug 2026 · Open since 20 Aug 2026 · Bangladesh deadline is set by the Swiss Embassy in Dhaka (usually Nov–Dec 2026)
Türkiye Bursları (Türkiye Scholarships) — Türkiye, Fully Funded. Expected around 10 Jan – 20 Feb 2027 (official dates announced on turkiyeburslari.gov.tr)
UBC International Scholars Program (incl. Karen McKellin International Leader of Tomorrow Award) — Canada, Partial. Expected mid-Nov 2026 for school nomination/ISP application · UBC application by 1 Dec 2026 (confirm on UBC's site)
Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarship and Leadership Programme (Oxford) — United Kingdom, Fully Funded. Expected early Jan 2027 — apply to your Oxford course by its January deadline (confirm on the course page)