The Czech Republic provides these scholarships through a joint foreign development cooperation programme of its education and foreign-affairs ministries. Recipients undertake selected full-time follow-up Master’s or doctoral programmes at Czech public universities.
The 2027/2028 cycle is open from 21 August through 30 September 2026. Czech-taught study is limited to a follow-up Master’s route with language preparation, while English-taught follow-up Master’s and doctoral routes are available across the full eligible-country list.
Benefits & funding
- The scholarship supports the standard study period and currently pays CZK 16,000 per month to follow-up Master’s students.
- Doctoral students currently receive CZK 24,960 per month.
- The Czech-taught route includes a one-year Czech-language and professional preparation course before the follow-up Master’s programme.
- Recipients pay accommodation, food, and public transport from the stipend; travel to and from Czechia is paid by the recipient or nominating party, and health services beyond standard care are self-funded.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus through democratic forces, Ethiopia, Gabon, Mauritania, Zambia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Palestine, Guatemala, or Honduras.
- Czech citizens, European Union citizens, and foreign nationals holding permanent residence in Czechia are ineligible.
- The Czech-taught follow-up Master’s route is available only to applicants from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Ukraine, and Belarus through democratic forces and requires a completed Bachelor’s degree.
- English-taught follow-up Master’s and doctoral routes are available to applicants from all 13 eligible countries and require, respectively, a completed Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.
- Applicants who already hold a Master’s degree cannot receive the scholarship for another Master’s or a lower-level programme.
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Eligible nationalities
Bosnia and Herzegovina · Georgia · Ukraine · Belarus · Ethiopia · Gabon · Mauritania · Zambia · Bangladesh · Cambodia · Palestine · Guatemala
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Honduras
Education required
Bachelor · Master
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Application process
- 1Register on the official portal, select the Foreign Development Cooperation call, and submit one electronic application by 30 September 2026.
- 2Complete the motivation letter and mandatory General Academic Prerequisites test; applicants for English-taught study must also complete the English test.
- 3If selected by the responsible Czech embassy, attend an interview and upload or submit the complete required documents by the embassy’s deadline.
- 4Final scholarship decisions are delivered through the embassy by the end of June 2027, after which recipients complete university admission and arrival requirements.
Program timeline
21 August 2026
Applications opened for the 2027/2028 academic year.
Electronic application deadline.
30 September 2026
First evaluation stage.
1 October 2026–31 January 2027
Complete documentation from the strongest candidates must be available to the responsible ministries.
15 January 2027
Scholarship decisions are delivered to successful applicants.
By the end of June 2027
Studies begin on the date stated in each scholarship decision.
Academic year 2027/2028