Postgraduate Scholarships
Postgraduate scholarships are the biggest category for Sri Lankan applicants — Chevening, Commonwealth, Fulbright, Erasmus Mundus, Australia Awards, and university merit awards. We track active deadlines and sequence parallel applications.
354 active awards for Sri Lankan applicants.
EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
Eligibility
Top international Master's applicants to EPFL — competitive merit-based award covering living expenses for the full programme.
University of Groningen
Eligibility
Outstanding Master's applicants from developing countries to the University of Groningen — full funding covering tuition, travel, and living.
Heidelberg University
Eligibility
International Master's applicants to Heidelberg University programmes — competitive merit-based award via faculty nomination.
Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
Eligibility
Master's and PhD applicants in AI, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, NLP, or Robotics — all admitted students receive full funding.
NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Eligibility
Admitted Master's students at NYU Wagner with strong public-service backgrounds — automatic merit consideration; no separate application.
Aga Khan Foundation (tenable at top global universities)
Eligibility
Outstanding students from developing countries unable to self-fund; priority to South/Central Asia, Africa, Middle East. Sri Lanka eligible.
British Council
Eligibility
Women from Sri Lanka and four other South Asian countries taking a STEM Master's at a participating UK university, who have not previously studied in the UK and will return home for two years.
Utrecht University
Eligibility
Highly talented international Bachelor's and Master's applicants to Utrecht University — competitive tuition (and sometimes living) awards.
University of Cambridge
Eligibility
International (non-UK) PhD applicants admitted to Cambridge, automatically considered with the December funding deadline.
Columbia Law School
Eligibility
Outstanding international applicants to Columbia's one-year LLM; partial scholarships based on merit and demonstrated need.
Embassy of France in Sri Lanka and the Maldives
Eligibility
A national call run specifically for Sri Lankan and Maldivian students taking a Master's or a training course in France. You apply in Colombo, not to a French university.
Geneva Graduate Institute (IHEID)
Eligibility
International applicants admitted to a Master's or PhD at the Geneva Graduate Institute in international affairs, development, law or related fields.
