What Danish Government Scholarship for Non-EU/EEA Students actually covers.
The Danish Government Scholarship for Non-EU/EEA students provides full tuition fee waivers to highly qualified students from non-EU/EEA countries, including all 54 African nations, applying for Master's degree programmes at Danish universities. The scholarship is distributed through Danish universities, which receive a limited number of government scholarships annually to attract excellent international students. All eligible applicants who are offered a study place are automatically considered for the scholarship — no separate application is needed. Denmark offers world-class education in a welcoming Nordic environment known for innovation, sustainability, and work-life balance. Danish universities are strong in engineering, science, business, environmental studies, and social sciences. African students benefit from Denmark's safe and inclusive environment, high-quality teaching, and the opportunity to experience Scandinavian academic culture. Some Danish universities additionally offer tuition fee waivers beyond the government scholarship, and a few also offer support for PhD and bachelor's degrees.
Who can apply.
Open to masters applicants seeking to study in Denmark. Eligible nationalities are listed below.
46 more eligible countries — full list available on the official application page.
Every academic discipline is accepted.
This programme does not restrict by field. Research proposals across humanities, sciences, engineering, agriculture, and medicine are all accepted.
Four steps to a complete application.
Scholar Africa is a discovery and tracking platform — the application itself is submitted directly through the official provider site. The steps below mirror our HowTo schema.
Check eligibility
Confirm your nationality, academic level, and field of study match the criteria above.
Eligibility checklist
Prepare documents
Transcripts, recommendation letters, personal statement, and a valid passport.
Document checklist
Submit the application
Submit before February 1, 2027 via the official portal.
Submission checklist
Track your application
Use your Scholar Africa dashboard to monitor status and deadline reminders.
Post-submission checklist
What we checked, when we checked it.
Scholar Africa runs a link-liveness check on every listing before it goes live. Five additional checks (contact, organisation, winners, third-party, manual review) are on the roadmap. Danish Government Scholarship for Non-EU/EEA Students currently scores 4.0/10.
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Other scholarships worth a parallel application.
Same eligibility window or destination. Many strong applicants apply to three or four programmes per cycle.