Four of these six have no single deadline
Agriculture students apply through the big national schemes rather than through farming societies. That changes how deadlines work: your date depends on your country, your embassy or your chosen programme, not on one global closing date.
6 schemes · checked 18 October 2026
Commonwealth Master’s closes on 20 October 2026, at 16:00 BST
Two things to know before you rush. The CSC accepts no direct applications, so you must also apply through a nominating agency, and the agency’s own closing date usually falls earlier than the CSC’s. If you have not started with your nominator, treat this round as closed and aim at the next one.
The six schemes, and what sets your deadline
Each row links to the guide that covers that scheme in full. Where a scheme has no single date, this page says what decides yours instead of printing a figure that would be wrong for most readers.
| Guide | What it funds | Country | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Scholarship | UK agricultural universities | United Kingdom | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Australia Awards | Agriculture and rural development | Australia | 30 Apr |
| DAAD Scholarship | Agricultural sciences, EPOS programmes | Germany | Varies by programme. Each DAAD course sets its own date. |
| MEXT Scholarship | Agricultural and life sciences | Japan | Varies by embassy. The university track runs separately. |
| CSC China Scholarship | Agriculture programmes | China | Varies by university and by Chinese embassy. |
| Erasmus Mundus | Agricultural and environmental joint masters | Europe | Varies by joint programme, usually autumn to January. |
Start here
The guides that cover agriculture funding as a whole, rather than one scheme.
Fully funded scholarships for agriculture students
The main guide, with what each scheme pays and who it accepts.
7 scholarships
Environmental science scholarships
The nearest field, and several schemes overlap with agriculture.
Related field
Why four rows say “varies”. DAAD runs hundreds of separate courses, MEXT runs an embassy track and a university track with different calendars, CSC China is decided by each university and embassy, and Erasmus Mundus has a different date for every joint programme. One date on this page would be wrong for most readers, so each guide carries the dates that apply to your route. Always confirm on the funder’s own page before you apply.