Fully Funded Scholarships for Vietnamese Students 2026

Vietnamese students can draw on a mix of international scholarships and awards tied to Vietnam itself, many of them fully funded. The best-known options for 2026 are below.

1. RMIT PhD Scholarships in Vietnam. RMIT University funds PhD study at its Vietnam campuses, covering tuition and a living stipend across a range of disciplines.

2. RMIT Vietnam Alumni Postgraduate Scholarship. A postgraduate award for RMIT Vietnam alumni continuing to a higher degree.

3. IMPACT Scholarship for Vietnamese Students. A merit scholarship supporting Vietnamese students at partner universities.

4. WUS Opportunity Scholarship at Vietnamese-German University. A scholarship from the World University Service for students at the Vietnamese-German University.

5. DAAD Scholarships. Fully funded master's and PhD study in Germany for development-related courses, open to Vietnamese graduates.

6. Chevening Scholarships. The UK government's fully funded one-year master's award, open to Vietnamese applicants with leadership potential.

7. Global Korea Scholarship (GKS). The Korean government's fully funded award covering tuition, airfare, a monthly allowance and language training, open to Vietnamese students.

RMIT's Vietnam campuses make it a strong first stop because the application is direct and the funding covers most costs. The government programmes (DAAD, GKS, Chevening) are more competitive and run on fixed annual cycles, so check their opening dates early. Verify every deadline on the official provider website before you apply.

The schemes above split by mechanism. MEXT and the Chinese Government Scholarship run through an embassy or a host university, with written examinations or a university review before nomination. DAAD is not a single programme, so the useful step is searching its database by subject and level rather than waiting for a general call. Erasmus Mundus programmes are applied for consortium by consortium, each with its own deadline.

Language is the fork. Programmes in Japan, Korea and China are often taught in the local language, with a preparatory year attached to the scholarship, while German and Dutch master's programmes are frequently taught in English. The choice of language changes both the length of the degree and the documents you need.

The documents are standard: degree certificates and transcripts, references, a study plan, a passport and language evidence. The study plan matters most for the schemes that fund a specific department, because the university forwards your file to that department rather than to a central committee.

Start with the calendar rather than the list. Note the internal deadline for each nomination route, work backwards to the references and the language certificate, and keep the course applications moving in parallel, since most awards pay only after admission.