Académie de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur (ARES) Program 2026

Deadline: Nov 07, 2025

masters

8 months (duration)

partially funded

Austria, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, and 27 others

To Apply

Please visit the application link below to apply.

Opportunity Overview

📖 About Académie de recherche et d’enseignement supérieur (ARES) Program

The Académie de recherche et d’enseignement supérieur (ARES) Program 2026 offers students the opportunity to experience international mobility in one of the 31 ARES partner countries across Africa, South America, and Asia. This program allows students to conduct research or complete an internship in a work placement.

Opportunity Details:

Date Published: October 02, 2025
Application Deadline: November 07, 2025
Category: Postgraduate, Masters

🎁 Benefits of Académie de recherche et d’enseignement supérieur (ARES) Program

The scholarship includes:

Travel allowance to contribute towards the cost of the plane ticket.
A supplementary allowance for recipients of a study allowance from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.

✅ Eligibility Criteria

Students must have authorisation from their institution and comply with their instructions for mobility.

Main Eligibility Requirements:

Be enrolled in a Master's degree (MA), specialised Master's degree (MS), or Bachelor's degree (BAC). Bachelor's students must have earned at least 120 credits at the time of departure.
The stay must be credited in ECTS in the student's curriculum, either through a dissertation or final project, or through an internship.
The student applicant is only eligible once during the same cycle of study.
The departure must take place between 1 January and 31 August 2026.
The stay must be covered by a contract or agreement between the student, their institution, and the host organisation.

For all eligibility conditions, please refer to page 4 of the call for applications document.

📝 Application Date and Process

Applications are submitted online via the GIRAF platform.
The link to access the GIRAF form is sent by ARES to the relevant people in the institutions, who then forward it to the candidates along with all the instructions.

📅 Application Deadline

November 07, 2025

🌐 Scholarship Application Portal

View details of the Académie de recherche et d’enseignement supérieur (ARES) Program here.

Apply for the Académie de recherche et d’enseignement supérieur (ARES) Program here.

Benefits

A travel allowance to contribute towards the cost of the plane ticket.
A supplementary allowance for recipients of a study allowance from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.