Overview
Kazakhstan is accepting applications for the 2026 Bolashak international scholarship competition through 16 October 2026, with 635 awards allocated across bachelor's, master's, doctoral and professional-internship categories.
Complete scholarship details
Applications opened 16 March 2026 and the competitive selection runs from 13 April through 31 December 2026. The 635 allocated scholarships comprise 20 bachelor's awards, 400 master's awards, 50 doctoral awards and 165 professional-internship awards. The 2026 program introduced a bachelor's category for qualifying winners or prize-winners of specified international olympiads and scientific-project competitions, a targeted nuclear-industry training direction, and a separate AI professional-internship category. Applicants must follow category-specific priority-field, institution and eligibility rules on the official Bolashak site.
Eligibility requirements
Eligibility varies by Bolashak category and is governed by the official 2026 rules, approved priority specialties, eligible university lists and category-specific requirements. Applicants should use the official eGov service and current Bolashak guidance rather than relying on prior-cycle summaries.
Tips for this scholarship
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Check eligibility, funding coverage, study/project level and every required document before investing time in the application.
- Prepare transcripts, references, language tests, proposal/motivation statement and proof documents early.
- Separate the scholarship deadline from any university/program admission deadline; they may be different.
- Treat “fully funded” as a source fact only when the official provider explicitly confirms the covered costs.
Verification notes
Verified against the Kazakhstan Ministry announcement and the live eGov application service. The ministry states the date 16 October 2026 without a closing clock time, so deadline_date is used.
Job and Scholarship is the discovery and verification layer. Confirm eligibility, dates, salary/funding and application instructions on the original source before submitting anything.
Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan ↗