Education Scholarship Opportunities For Refugees
Please see below higher education scholarship opportunities available to refugees, with application deadlines falling between November 2026 and January 2027. The opportunities include undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programmes at institutions across Africa, Europe, North America, and Latin America.
This list is compiled by LERRN partners and shared by LERRN to help raise awareness of available educational opportunities and support refugee learners in accessing higher education. We encourage partners, networks, and other relevant organizations to disseminate the list widely to help ensure that eligible refugee learners are aware of these opportunities and have the information they need to apply before the respective deadlines.
Please note: LERRN did not generate or independently compile the list.
Opportunities:
- Deadline: 12 November 2026 – DAAD In-Country/In-Region Programme, Multiple African Countries – Website: https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/stipendium/datenbank/en/21148-scholarship-database/?detail=10000486
- Deadline: 16 November 2026 – Ashesi University, Ghana – Website: https://ashesi.edu.gh/the-mastercard-foundation-scholars-programme/
- Deadline: 30 November 2026 – African Leadership University (ALU), Rwanda – Website: https://www.alueducation.com/mastercard-foundation-scholars-program-at-alu/
- Deadline: 2 December 2026 – University of Oxford (Blavatnik School of Government), United Kingdom – Website: https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/study/mpp
- Deadline: 14 December 2026 – Sciences Po, France – Website: https://www.sciencespo.fr/students/en/fees-funding/bursaries-financial-aid/mastercard-foundation-scholarships/
- Deadline: December 2026 or January 2027 (depending on the course) – University of Cambridge, United Kingdom – Website: https://www.mastercardfoundation.fund.cam.ac.uk/
- Deadline: December 2026 or January 2027 (depending on the course) – University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), United States – Website: https://mcfscholarsprogram.berkeley.edu/
- Deadline: 15 January 2027 – Carnegie Mellon University Africa (CMU-A), Rwanda – Website: https://www.africa.engineering.cmu.edu/impact/mastercard-foundation-scholars.html
- Deadline: 23 January 2027 – African Leadership College of Higher Education (ALCHE), Mauritius – Website: https://alcheducation.com/mastercard-foundation-scholars-program/
- Deadline: 31 January 2027 – EARTH University, Costa Rica – Website: https://www.earth.ac.cr/friends-allies/mastercard-foundation-scholars-program/