Deadline calendar
Every upcoming deadline, month by month. Dates marked “expected” are based on last year's round.
October 2026
- Oct20Commonwealth PhD Scholarships (via HEC nomination)5 days left
PhD · United Kingdom
- Oct31Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships16 days left
PhD · Switzerland
December 2026
- Dec1Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS)47 days left
PhD · Hong Kong
- Dec8Gates Cambridge Scholarship54 days left
Master's, PhD · United Kingdom
January 2027
- Jan3KAUST Fellowship (MS & PhD)80 days left
Master's, PhD · Saudi Arabia
- Jan5Chinese Government Scholarship (CSC) – Type A via HEC82 days left(expected)
Bachelor's, Master's, PhD · China
- Jan8France Excellence Eiffel Scholarship85 days left(expected)
Master's, PhD · France
- Jan15Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship (via HEC)92 days left(expected)
Bachelor's, Master's, PhD · Hungary
- 108 days left(expected)Jan31
February 2027
- Feb15Brunei Darussalam Government Scholarship (BDGS)123 days left(expected)
Bachelor's, Master's, PhD · Brunei
- Feb20Türkiye Bursları (Türkiye Scholarships)128 days left(expected)
Bachelor's, Master's, PhD · Türkiye
- Feb25Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) – Graduate Degrees133 days left(expected)
Master's, PhD · South Korea
March 2027
- Mar15Chief Minister's Educational Endowment Fund (CMEEF) Scholarship, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa151 days left(expected)
Bachelor's, Master's, PhD · Pakistan
- Mar26Italian Government Scholarships for Foreign Students (MAECI)162 days left(expected)
Master's, PhD · Italy
- Mar31Aga Khan Foundation International Scholarship Programme167 days left(expected)
Master's, PhD · Multiple
- Mar31Romanian Government Scholarships for Foreign Citizens167 days left(expected)
Bachelor's, Master's, PhD · Romania
April 2027
- Apr1Fulbright Degree Program (USEFP Pakistan)168 days left(expected)
Master's, PhD · United States
May 2027
- May26MEXT Japanese Government Scholarship – Research Students (Embassy Recommendation)223 days left(expected)
Master's, PhD · Japan
- May31Balochistan Education Endowment Fund (BEEF) Scholarships228 days left(expected)
Bachelor's, Master's, PhD · Pakistan
August 2027
- Aug5Rhodes Scholarship for Pakistan294 days left(expected)
Master's, PhD · United Kingdom
- Aug28HEC Overseas Scholarships for MS/MPhil & PhD in Selected Fields (Phase-III)317 days left(expected)
Master's, PhD · Multiple
- 320 days left(expected)Aug31
October 2027
- Oct6Knight-Hennessy Scholars356 days left(expected)
Master's, PhD · United States
Rolling or university-specific deadlines
- Clarendon Fund Scholarships
No separate application. Apply to your Oxford course by its December 2026 or January 2027 deadline (12 noon UK time; e.g. 1–2 Dec 2026 or 5–26 Jan 2027 depending on course). March deadlines are not considered.
- DAAD Development-Related Postgraduate Courses (EPOS)
Course-specific deadlines for the 2027/28 intake, mostly between August and October 2026 (e.g. some courses close 15 Oct 2026). Check each course listed in the DAAD EPOS brochure.
- DAAD Research Stays for University Academics and Scientists
Deadlines vary by country and are published in the DAAD scholarship database; Pakistan's current dates could not be verified on 2026-10-12.
- Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (Semester Exchange to Europe)
No single deadline. Each partnership sets its own internal call, usually a few months before the semester starts.
- HEC Indigenous PhD Fellowship Program (5000 Fellowships, Phase-II)
No open call found as of 2026-10-10; latest batch referenced is Phase-II Batch-VI, whose closing date could not be verified. Batches are announced irregularly on the HEC website.
- Ihsan Trust Qarz-e-Hasna (Interest-Free Education Loan)
Rolling; collection windows are set by each partner university's Financial Aid Office and the Ihsan Trust portal.
- JASSO Student Exchange Support Program (Scholarship for Study in Japan under Agreement)
No central deadline. Each Japanese university sets internal deadlines for its exchange intake.
- Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal Educational Financial Assistance
Rolling/per-university: each university announces its own PBM collection window (e.g. SBBU closed 17 April 2025). Applications can also be taken to the PBM district office.
- Sindh HEC Indigenous Scholarship for MS/MPhil & PhD
Set per university when Sindh HEC releases the annual allocation (e.g. DUHS closed 31 January 2026 for 2025-26). Expect the 2026-27 round around early 2027.