Netherland Fully funded scholarship for International Students - 2022

Fully Funded Scholarship in Holland

  The Netherland Orange Knowledge Programme (OKP) aims to contribute to sustainable and inclusive development by offering access to education and training to professionals and organisations.  Orange Knowledge Programme Scholarships will be available for Master of Science in Water and Sustainable Development.

The Orange Knowledge Programme aims to advance the development of the capacity, knowledge, and quality of both individuals as well as organizations in the field of Technical and Vocational Education and Training and Higher Education and in other fields related to priority themes in the OKP partner countries.

Eligible Countries list

Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Colombia, Congo (DRC), Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Palestinian Territories, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, and Zambia.

Eligible Criteria

1. Bachelor's degree for relevant fields
2. The scholarship application is a professional who, in light of his/her (1) role, (2) multiple years of relevant work experience, and (3) networks within a theme relevant to local development, is in a position or through his/her employer could be put in a position to apply what he/she has learned in practice
3. The scholarship applicant demonstrates that the requested co-funding percentage is available to fund the study.
4. The employer of the scholarship applicant supports the scholarship application through a positive reference, declares that it will continue to pay the salary of the scholarship recipient during the program and after his/her return will give the scholarship recipient an opportunity to apply what he/she has learned in practice

Required Document 

1. Complete Application
2. Motivation letter
3. Reference
4. Work experience 
5. Employer statement 

Application Assessment System

quality of the partnership;

1. project relevance;
2. project approach and design;
3. project management;
4.  Prepare your application and the supporting documents if Submit your online application via the Dutch institution offering the course
5. technical quality of the application. 
6. Contact the Dutch higher education institution that is offering the course for information on:

• a. the course content;
• b. the scholarship application deadline (deadlines can differ per Dutch institution);
• c. the scholarship application and selection procedures;
• d. the online application form and the required application documents.

Selection procedure 

The Dutch institution can nominate your application for an OKP scholarship if your application 

meets the OKP eligibility criteria. The selection procedure is as follows:

• The Dutch institution submits a grant request to Nuffic requesting funding for eligible 

scholarship applications.

• The applicable Netherlands Embassy will check the individual applications on their 

eligibility and will assess the applications based on the eligibility criteria and the 

Embassy country focus area(s). 

• Only eligible applications will be taken into further consideration. Applications that do 

not meet the eligibility criteria will be rejected. 

• The selection will be determined by the available deadline budget, the number of 

applicants, and the quality and suitability of the applications. 

• Candidates who have been nominated will be informed of the outcome of the 

selection by the Dutch institution.

Benefits

The scholarship will cover your tuition fee and monthly expenses 

Deadline

15th of March 2022

Application