Overview
MBZUAI's Fall 2027 graduate admissions cycle opens 1 September 2026 for M.Sc. and PhD programmes in artificial intelligence, with funded routes providing tuition, stipend and major living support for eligible students.
Complete scholarship details
Applications open 1 September 2026 at 08:00 Gulf Standard Time and close 15 December 2026 at 17:00 GST. MBZUAI states that funded students receive full tuition support, a monthly stipend, annual return airfare, health insurance and UAE visa/Emirates ID sponsorship. The current international-student stipend table lists AED 15,500 per month for eligible M.Sc. students and AED 17,500 per month for PhD students. M.Sc. funding depends on an eligible faculty RA/TA arrangement or approved government scholarship; the fee-based MAAI programme is excluded. A AED 200 application fee applies after the screening exam, with specified waiver/reimbursement conditions on official programme pages.
Eligibility requirements
Applicants must meet the academic, English-language, screening and programme-specific requirements for an eligible MBZUAI M.Sc. or PhD degree. Funding conditions differ by programme: eligible M.Sc. students must secure qualifying research/teaching assistantship or approved scholarship support, while PhD funding follows the university's published scholarship conditions. Applicants should confirm the exact funded route on their selected programme page.
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 on MBZUAI's official graduate admissions and programme funding pages on 26 August 2026. Fall 2027 opens 1 September 2026 at 08:00 GST and closes 15 December 2026 at 17:00 GST. Funding is programme/eligibility dependent; MAAI is fee-based and excluded from this funded record.
Job and Scholarship is the discovery and verification layer. Confirm eligibility, dates, salary/funding and application instructions on the original source before submitting anything.
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