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Croatian Government Scholarships 2026/2027
You can achieve your dreams of studying in some of the best universities in the world through fully funded scholarships offered by the government of Croatia.
The Ministry of Science, Education and Youth of the Republic of Croatia and the Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes are offering Croatian Government Scholarships for the academic year 2026/2027 (hereinafter: Bilateral Scholarships) to foreign students, university teachers, scientists and researchers.
The Bilateral Scholarships offer opportunities for study or research in any field of study during the granted mobility period at an accredited public Croatian higher education or research institute to be determined in advance. The awarded mobilities must be implemented during the upcoming academic year (from October 2026 to September 2027).
Note that this is an annual scholarship so if you miss the current opportunity you can start on time to plan to benefit from the next one.
Requirements for Croatian Government Postgraduate Scholarship Qualification
The Bilateral Scholarships are on offer through two different application pools:
APPLICATION POOL 1: SCHOLARSHIPS BASED ON BILATERAL AGREEMENTS
The Application Pool 1 is open to citizens of countries (and territories) that have a valid/effective educational co-operation programme with Croatia or a bilateral agreement signed by the Croatian Government and the relevant ministry of the given country (or territory). The number and type of Bilateral Scholarships is different from country to country seeing that the scholarship offers are based on valid bilateral agreements in the fields of science and education.
There are eight types of Bilateral Scholarships that are on offer in the Application Pool 1:
- One semester study of the Croatian language (4 – 5 months).
- Semester/partial Bachelor’s or Master’s studies (4 – 10 months).
- Full undergraduate (BA) or graduate (MA) studies (BA: 36 or 48; MA: 24 or 12 months).
- Full postgraduate doctoral (PhD) programme (36 months).
- Partial postgraduate doctoral (PhD) studies or research for PhD students (1 – 10 months).
- Postdoctoral studies and research (1 – 10 months).
- Short postdoctoral research visit (3 – 29 days).
- Summer seminar of Croatian language, literature and culture (2 weeks)
Potential candidates are invited to apply for the Bilateral Scholarships on offer through the Application Pool 1 by submitting their applications but the Bilateral Scholarships can be awarded only to the candidates who are nominated by the foreign partner institutions, i.e., national competent authorities responsible for the implementation of the Bilateral Scholarships Programmes. The preliminary selection of applications is usually performed by the respective foreign government ministries, agencies and/or authorities and applications ranked by these offices take priority.
Countries whose citizens may apply based on a valid/effective educational co-operation programme and/or a bilateral agreement: Belgium (Flanders), Bulgaria, People’s Republic of China, Czech Republic, Germany (Bavaria), Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Türkiye and Ukraine.
For more on these annual scholarships see Croatian Government scholarship webpage.
