The College of Europe is inviting students from European Neighbourhood Policy countries to apply for scholarships that will be awarded to pursue postgraduate studies during the academic year 2018-2019.

The College of Europe which its main campus in located Bruges, Belgium, is an independent university institute of postgraduate European studies. The college was founded in 1949 by such leading European figures and founding fathers to train an elite of young executives for Europe. It has the status of “Institution of Public Interest”, operating according to Belgian law. Since 1993 the college also has an additional campus in Warsaw, Poland.

The College of Europe has two working languages; English and French. Students may apply to some study programmes with a lower command of one of these two languages. Occasionally students are admitted on condition that they improve specific language skills.

Scholarship Host

College of Europe

Level of Study

Master Degree

Intended Group

Students from European Neighbourhood Policy countries (Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, Syria, Tunisia and Ukraine)

Scholarship Value

Academic expenses, accommodation, meals and travel costs

Application Deadline

1 February 2018

Applicant Eligibility

All applicants to the College of Europe must hold a relevant university degree. Admission to the College of Europe requires either a Bologna Master’s degree, or a pre-Bologna equivalent degree, or a final university degree and at least 240 ECTS credits acquired in the course of one’s university studies. Holders of a Bachelor degree are also eligible provided they demonstrate strong qualification in relation to the academic programme for which they apply.

How to Apply

All applicants to the College must hold a relevant university degree. Candidates must submit a formal application for admission, which consists of an online application. Applications need to be submitted with all the requested supporting documents before the closing date. All applicants, including students who do not apply for a scholarship, must indicate their selection committee (in principle according to their nationality) in the application form. Should there be no selection committee, please select “No selection committee – College of Europe”.

1. Application letters

Recommendation letters are in the form of online recommendation questionnaires that are automatically sent to your nominated referees via email through your online application.

In the online application under sections “Reference 1” and “Reference 2” you have to indicate who your 2 referees are. Once you completed the referee contact information and clicked on the “send reference request” button your referees will receive an automatic email with a link leading to the reference form that they need to complete and submit.  

The reference form exists out of 2 parts. The 3 required fields of part 1 have to be completed. Part 2 can be completed and/or your referee can choose to upload a reference letter which he/she can upload at the bottom of the reference form.

When the referee has submitted their reference form you will be informed automatically by email. Deadline date for the referee to submit the reference form is 1 February 2018.

In case the referee does not receive your request by email please advise him/her to check their spam/junk folder. If the message is not in that folder then try to resend your request. If that does not work please contact the Admissions Office.

2. In order to complete the online application, you will need among others the following information/documents:

• title of degree(s) already obtained: start and end date (university, faculty, etc.)
• title of degree(s) to be obtained: start and end date (university, faculty, etc.)
• other academic activities
• professional experience: type, employer, start and end date, job title
• language knowledge (French, English and other), level see language requirements
• motivation (max 600 words)
• names and e-mail addresses of 2 university professors in order for you to send a reference request to them via the online application system
• CV in Europass format
• copy of your university degree(s) – document(s) in the original language and translation into English or French (if you are not yet in possession of your final degree, please send it by email as soon as it is available)
• transcript(s) from your University, Faculty, School, detailing results for every year of your studies and grades obtained – document(s) in the original language and translation into English or French
• passport or national identity card
• passport photo  

Please upload your documents in PDF format only (JPG and PNG only when specified). If applicable, please contact your selection committee to know if other documents are required. It is the responsibility of the applicant to make sure all materials are submitted online. Applications which are not complete, i.e. including all required uploads, cannot be submitted and will not be reviewed.

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