The University of Reading is making available the Graduate Institute of International Development, Agriculture and Economics (GIIDAE) Empowering Change Scholarship to students from World Bank member developing countries looking to study eligible full-time Masters programmes with the GIIDAE.

  • Afghanistan
  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Bangladesh
  • Benin
  • Bhutan
  • Bolivia
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Cape Verde
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Comoros
  • Congo
  • Congo
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Djibouti
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • India
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Laos
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Micronesia
  • Moldova
  • Mongolia
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Myanmar
  • Nepal
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • North Korea
  • Pakistan
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Philippines
  • Rwanda
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Solomon Islands
  • Southern Sudan
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sudan
  • Swaziland
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Tajikistan
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
  • Timor-Leste
  • Togo
  • Tunisia
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vanuatu
  • Vietnam
  • Yemen
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Deadline: Jun 1, 2027

Comments: Course starts September

  • Accounting
  • Aerospace, Aeronautical & Marine Engineering
  • Agriculture, Forestry, Animal & Related Sciences
  • Animation
  • Anthropology
  • Applied Sciences & Professions
  • Art
  • Art & Art History
  • Astronomy
  • AuPair
  • Behavioral Science
  • Bio & Biomedical Engineering
  • Biology
  • Biomedicine
  • Business
  • Business & Technology
  • Business Administration
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Civil & Private Law
  • Civil Engineering, Architecture & Construction
  • Climate Studies & Meteorology
  • Communications
  • Computer Science & IT
  • Criminal Law and Criminology
  • Dentistry
  • Design
  • Development & Social Policy and Planning
  • Earth Sciences
  • Ecology, Biodiversity & Conservation
  • Econometrics
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics & Embedded Technology
  • Energy Engineering
  • Engineering & Business
  • Engineering & Technology
  • Engineering Physics
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Environmental Biotechnology
  • Environmental Chemistry & Toxicology
  • Environmental Economics
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental Impacts & Human Health
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Environmental Systems Analysis
  • Ethnic Studies
  • European Law
  • Family and Consumer Science
  • Fashion, Textiles and Luxury goods
  • Film and Theatre Studies
  • Finance
  • Gender Studies
  • Geo-information
  • Geography
  • History
  • Hospitality and Tourism Management
  • Human Medicine
  • Human Resource Management
  • Humanities
  • Hydrology & Water Management
  • Information Science
  • International Law
  • Internship + English
  • Journalism and Mass Communications
  • Language, Literature and Cultural Studies
  • Law
  • Life Sciences, Medicine & Health
  • Management
  • Management & Organisation
  • Marketing studies
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Science
  • Music
  • Natural Sciences
  • Nursing
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Pharmacy
  • Philosophy
  • Physics
  • Physiotherapy
  • Political Science & International Relations
  • Project Management
  • Psychology
  • Public Administration
  • Public Health
  • Public Law
  • Religious Studies and Theology
  • Social Sciences
  • Social Work
  • Sociology
  • Soil Science & Soil Ecology
  • Sport
  • Supply Chain Management & Logistics
  • Sustainable Management, Policy & Governance
  • Veterinary Medicine

Finaid max:  

Quota: Not specified.

Two scholarships will be awarded, each worth £10,000 each. The funds are split between £5,000 towards living expenses and £5,000 applied as a tuition reduction.

Two scholarships will be awarded, each worth £10,000 each. The funds are split between £5,000 towards living expenses and £5,000 applied as a tuition reduction.

Applicants should be well-rounded students from World Bank member developing countries and be subject to international fees. They must have an offer of a place on one of the eligible programmes (see above). They should have an intention to create socio-economic change within their countries using what they have learned through their postgraduate studies with GIIDAE.

See the full elibility criteria in the application guidelines found at the official website.

To be considered for the scholarship, applicants must have an offer of a place on one of the eligible programmes (listed above). You must submit an application form by email before 1 June.

It is important to read the application guidelines and visit the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply for this scholarship.