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Bursary Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria on this page was confirmed 11 March 2017 using World Bank Information, and updated 22 September 2026 with World Bank Figures for 2027.

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Eligible Countries

Low-Income Economies ($1,175 or less)

  • Afghanistan

  • Burkina Faso

  • Burundi

  • Central African Republic

  • Chad

  • Congo, Dem. Rep

  • Eritrea

  • Ethiopia

  • Gambia, The

  • Guinea-Bissau

  • Korea, Dem. People's Rep.

  • Liberia

  • Madagascar

  • Malawi

  • Mali

  • Mozambique

  • Niger

  • Rwanda

  • Sierra Leone

  • Somalia

  • South Sudan

  • Syrian Arab Republic

  • Uganda

  • Yemen, Rep.

Lower-Middle-Income Economies ($1,176 TO $4,635)

  • Angola

  • Bangladesh

  • Benin

  • Bhutan

  • Bolivia

  • Cambodia

  • Cameroon

  • Comoros

  • Congo, Rep.

  • Côte d'Ivoire

  • Djibouti

  • Egypt, Arab Rep.

  • Eswatini

  • Ghana

  • Guinea

  • Haiti

  • Honduras

  • India

  • Kenya

  • Kiribati

  • Kyrgyz Republic

  • Lao PDR

  • Lebanon

  • Lesotho

  • Mauritania

  • Morocco

  • Myanmar

  • Namibia

  • Nepal

  • Nicaragua

  • Nigeria

  • Pakistan

  • Papua New Guinea

  • São Tomé and Principe

  • Senegal

  • Solomon Islands

  • Tajikistan

  • Tanzania

  • Timor-Leste

  • Togo

  • Tunisia

  • Uzbekistan

  • Vanuatu

  • Venezuela

  • West Bank and Gaza

  • Zambia

  • Zimbabwe

Upper-Middle-Income Economies ($4,636 TO $14,375)

  • Albania

  • Algeria

  • Argentina

  • Armenia

  • Azerbaijan

  • Belarus

  • Belize

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Botswana

  • Brazil

  • Cabo Verde

  • China

  • Colombia

  • Cuba

  • Dominica

  • Dominican Republic

  • Ecuador

  • El Salvador

  • Equatorial Guinea

  • Fiji

  • Gabon

  • Georgia

  • Grenada

  • Guatemala

  • Indonesia

  • Iran, Islamic Rep.

  • Iraq

  • Jamaica

  • Jordan

  • Kazakhstan

  • Kosovo

  • Libya

  • Malaysia

  • Maldives

  • Marshall Islands

  • Mauritius

  • Mexico

  • Micronesia, Fed. Sts.

  • Moldova

  • Mongolia

  • Montenegro

  • North Macedonia

  • Paraguay

  • Peru

  • Philippines

  • Samoa

  • Serbia

  • South Africa

  • Sri Lanka

  • St. Lucia

  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines

  • Suriname

  • Thailand

  • Tonga

  • Türkiye

  • Turkmenistan

  • Tuvalu

  • Ukraine

  • Vietnam

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