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KU Leuven Global Minds Doctoral Scholarships Programme KU Leuven in Belgium

Degree Level

PhD

Field of study

Sustainable Development

Funding

Monthly salary of at least €2,400 while in Belgium; €1,900 per month for up to 6 months for a preparatory phase if needed; tuition fees waived; Belgian health, accident and liability insurance covered during stays; 4 return economy flights.

Deadline

Feb 4, 2027

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Belgium

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KU Leuven

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Sustainable Development
Higher Education
Development Studies
International Collaboration
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About this position

The KU Leuven Global Minds Doctoral Scholarships Programme supports a sandwich PhD built around collaboration between KU Leuven and a university in the candidate’s home country. The scholarship funds the KU Leuven part of a four-year doctorate, with time spent in Leuven and the remainder based at the home university, while KU Leuven awards the final doctorate.

This award is designed for development-oriented doctoral research and explicitly welcomes projects across all fields, provided the topic is relevant to development and preferably connected to one or more Sustainable Development Goals. The programme emphasizes international research collaboration, local capacity building, and a PhD structure that combines work in Belgium with work at the home institution.

The scholarship is administered by KU Leuven and is framed as a research-assistant-level support package during stays in Belgium. It is intended to help candidates pursue doctoral research within a cross-institutional setting involving both a KU Leuven supervisor and a co-supervisor at the home university.

Funding details

Monthly salary of at least €2,400 while in Belgium; €1,900 per month for up to 6 months for a preparatory phase if needed; tuition fees waived; Belgian health, accident and liability insurance covered during stays; 4 return economy flights.

What's required

Applicants must be nationals and residents of eligible countries, mainly in the Global South, and must not be EU citizens or hold a long-term or permanent EU residence permit. They must hold a Master's degree obtained no earlier than February 2017 and have achieved a final Master's result of High Distinction or equivalent; a second-class lower division is not sufficient. The home university must formally accept the candidate and agree to employ and fully fund the home-based part of the PhD, including social security. Research proposals must be development-related, preferably linked to one or more Sustainable Development Goals, and feasible within 4 years. Applicants must not previously have worked in a European Economic Area country other than Belgium and must not already be enrolled as a KU Leuven-funded PhD student. A KU Leuven supervisor and a co-supervisor at the home university must support the application. English proficiency must be demonstrated with IELTS Academic, TOEFL iBT/computer- or paper-based (not ITP), or Cambridge CAE/CPE.

How to apply

First obtain admission to a doctoral or predoctoral programme at KU Leuven, ideally by November or December 2026. After admission, your KU Leuven supervisor submits the scholarship form online; applicants do not submit it themselves. The deadline is 4 February 2027 at 17:00 GMT.

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