Bachelor's Scholarship•Indonesia

KNB Scholarship (Developing Countries Partnership Scholarship)

Funding

Fully Funded

Program dates

TBA

The KNB Scholarship (Kemitraan Negara Berkembang, “Developing Countries Partnership”) is a fully funded degree scholarship offered by the Government of Indonesia through the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology (Kemdiktisaintek). It brings students from developing countries to Indonesia for a full bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree at one of more than 40 partner universities, across a wide range of academic fields. All recipients first complete a one-year Bahasa Indonesia preparation program (BIPA) before starting their degree. The program aims to strengthen cooperation and people-to-people ties between Indonesia and other developing nations.

Benefits & funding

  • Full tuition fees for the degree program and the one-year BIPA Indonesian language course
  • Monthly living allowance for day-to-day expenses in Indonesia
  • Settlement allowance on arrival
  • Monthly research and book allowance
  • Health insurance covering medical treatment and hospitalization
  • Round-trip economy-class airfare and local transportation to the host university
  • Funding to publish one scientific article (master’s and doctoral recipients)
  • Duration: bachelor’s up to 8 semesters (~4 years), master’s up to 4 semesters (~2 years), doctoral up to 8 semesters (~4 years, extendable by up to 2 semesters), plus the one-year language year
  • Note: the official pages describe the allowances by category but do not publish fixed amounts.

Eligibility

  • Citizens of a developing country / Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) member country that maintains relations with Indonesia (developed-country nationals are not eligible)
  • Age as of 31 December 2026: maximum 21 (bachelor’s), 35 (master’s), 40 (doctoral)
  • Prior qualification for the level: secondary-school diploma (bachelor’s), bachelor’s degree (master’s), master’s degree (doctoral)
  • English proficiency: bachelor’s TOEFL ITP 477 / iBT 53 / IELTS 5.5; master’s TOEFL ITP 500 / iBT 61 / IELTS 6.0; doctoral TOEFL ITP 530 / iBT 71 / IELTS 6.0 (TOEIC also accepted)
  • Good health

Application process

  1. 1
    Register for an account on the official KNB portal (knb.kemdiktisaintek.go.id) during the application window.
  2. 2
    Complete the online application and upload the required documents — graduation certificate and academic transcript, recommendation letters, a statement/essay, passport, and English proficiency evidence.
  3. 3
    Choose university and study-program preferences from the partner-university list.
  4. 4
    Submit before the deadline; selection and verification are carried out by the Directorate General of Higher Education, with results announced online.

Program timeline

  1. Applications open (2026 cycle)

    Feb 2, 2026

  2. Application deadline (2026 cycle)

    Mar 31, 2026

  3. Selection results announced

    2026-06

  4. Applications typically reopen around February each year