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.
391 active awards for Sri Lankan applicants.
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.
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.
KAIST
Eligibility
Admitted KAIST Master's or PhD students — automatic consideration, ~94% of internationals receive funding.
University of St. Gallen (HSG)
Eligibility
Outstanding non-Swiss Master's applicants to HSG — based on academic merit; awarded at admission stage.
Then start here instead. Scholarships are competitive, usually partial, and decided by someone else — they are the least reliable way to make studying abroad affordable. Your destination and course choice move the number far more, and both are entirely within your control.
Tuition, living costs, visa funds and flights for your destination — so you know the gap you are actually trying to close.
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