Scholarships Merit-based
IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

MENA and Horn of Africa, Sahel, and SIDS Scholarships

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Multiple disciplines
Disciplines
1220 EUR
Grant
Netherlands
Location
01 Jun 2026
Application deadline

About

IHE Delft Institute for Water Education is the largest international graduate water education facility in the world. Based in Delft, the Netherlands, IHE Delft confers fully accredited MSc degrees and PhD degrees in collaboration with Dutch partner universities.

Overview

Scholarship type

Merit based

Number of scholarships to award

Multiple

Grant

Full tuition waiver + EURO 1,220 per month

Scholarship coverage

  • tuition fee reduction
  • other

Description

The IHE Delft Water and Development Partnership Programme, funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is providing a limited number of scholarships in the framework of capacity strengthening and nurturing a network of water professionals in the focus regions and countries of the programme.

There are full and partial scholarships available. The full scholarships include the total cost of the MSc Programme in Water and Sustainable Development: Tuition fee, insurance, international travel cost and an allowance of EURO  1,220 per month for the cost of living and accommodation during the complete study period.

Benefits

There are full and partial scholarships available. The full scholarships include the total cost of the MSc Programme in Water and Sustainable Development: Tuition fee, insurance, international travel cost and an allowance of EURO  1,220 per month for the cost of living and accommodation during the complete study period.

Eligibility

  • Academic admission to the regular or research variant of MSc Programme in Water and Sustainable Development.
  • Living and/or working in one of the eligible countries.
  • Agree to conduct MSc research in their country/region associated with one of the projects implement(ed) by the Programme.
  • Active participation in and contribute to the seminars organized for the learning networks of the Programme.
  • Confirmation to return to country of origin or other priority country of the programme.
  • Employer statement: One of the two recommendation letters that you are requested to upload as part of your application for admission should be a letter of your current employer which has the following requirements:
  • Should be on official letter head
  • Should be dated and signed

Should state the following:

  • Explain how the obtained knowledge and skills of the applicant will contribute to the activities and performance of the organization.
  • Confirm that the applicant will return to the organization after completing the MSc study at IHE Delft.
  • Indicate in which project(s) funded by the Water and Development Partnership Programme the organization is involved in (if any).
  • Only if one of the two recommendation letters meet these requirements you will be eligible to take part in the selection for a scholarship through the Water and Development Partnership Programme (WDPP)

Scholarship requirements

Disciplines

Multiple disciplines

Locations

Netherlands

Nationality

42 nationalities

Study experience required

Bachelor

Age

Unknown

Application

Application deadline

01 Jun 2026

You do not have to complete a separate application form to apply for this scholarship.

If you are a national from one of the eligible countries and meet the eligibility criteria, you will automatically be considered for the scholarship after you have applied for admission and after you have received your academic admission letter.

With regard to the limited budget and number of scholarships available, we advise you to apply for other scholarships for which you are eligible as well, also for scholarships which cover part of the total cost of the programme.

Applicants who are eligible for the Rabbani scholarship are advised to apply for this scholarship as well.

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