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Welcome to the KU Leuven Global Minds Doctoral Scholarships Programme!
As part of the celebration of 70 years Lovanium, four scholarships will be awarded to students from the University of Kinshasa (UNIKIN) and the Catholic University of Congo (UCC) in the 2024-2025 call.
As one of its contributions to global development, each academic year KU Leuven selects exceptional scholars from institutions in the Global South as scholarship candidates to study for a PhD at the largest university in Belgium. The KU Leuven Global Minds Programme is managed by the University’s Interfaculty Council for Global Development.
Take a look at the diverse group of scholars who are pursuing their PhD through this programme.
The aim of the GM Scholarship is to give scholars the opportunity to carry out 4 years of PhD research in a ‘sandwich’ system, which means that a maximum of 50% of the research will be financed by and carried out at KU Leuven, while at least 50% will be carried out and financed by the scholar’s home institution, supported by a local co-supervisor. In this way, both KU Leuven and the home institution are partners in the co-financing of the research. In addition, KU Leuven offers a supervision allowance to the local co-supervisor at the home institution and to the supervisor at KU Leuven.
Candidates must be assigned by the home institution and receive sufficient financial support from that institution to carry out the research effectively. This ensures that the candidate is strongly embedded in the home country and can contribute to local capacity building after the PhD.
The PhD degree will be awarded by KU Leuven.
The scholarships will be awarded to outstanding proposals that address a development-related research topic, preferably linked to one or more of the Sustainable Development Goals.
After obtaining their doctorate at KU Leuven, the doctoral candidates are expected to mobilise their expertise at the university in their home country in order to contribute to strengthening the capacity of that institution.
KU Leuven is located about twenty kilometres from Brussels, the capital of both Belgium and Europe. It is the oldest university of the Low Countries. As such, it has a long-standing tradition of hospitality towards students and scholars from abroad. Currently, more than 11,000 international students (about 18% of the total number of students at KU Leuven) have found their home away from home in Leuven.
Country: Belgium
Application Deadline: 28th February 2025
HOW TO APPLY
Click Here to Submit your Application on the University’s Website
