Country Guides

Every Medical Student Who Has Ever Studied Avicenna’s Canon of Medicine Has Studied the Work of Someone Born in This City Tashkent has five international branch campuses. Samarkand has Timur’s imperial monuments and Ulughbek’s observatory. Bukhara has something different from both, a concentration of intellectual legacy from the Islamic Golden Age that has no parallel […]

Most Students Choose Tashkent. Students Who Choose Samarkand Get Something Tashkent Cannot Offer. The previous guide in this series covered Tashkent, Uzbekistan’s capital, with five international branch campuses from the UK, Korea, India, Italy, and Singapore. Tashkent is an impressive modern study destination. Samarkand is something entirely different. Samarkand is one of the oldest continuously

Azerbaijan Sits at the Crossroads of Europe and Asia — And Has One of the Region’s Best Fully Funded Scholarships Tucked between Europe and Asia on the shores of the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan is one of higher education’s best-kept secrets. The country offers modern universities, Bologna-aligned degrees, genuinely affordable living costs, and a growing portfolio

Kyrgyzstan Is Central Asia’s Most Open Country — And Has One of the Region’s Most Accessible Universities Kyrgyzstan is consistently described as Central Asia’s most democratic nation, the country with the freest press, the most open political environment, and the most accessible internet in the entire region. After completing this series’ coverage of Turkmenistan (severely

An Honest Introduction: Who Should — and Should Not — Consider Studying in Turkmenistan This guide, like ScholarWing’s coverage of Tajikistan, begins with honesty rather than a promotional pitch — because Turkmenistan is a genuinely unique study destination that suits a very specific type of student, and is unsuitable for many others. Facts about Turkmenistan

Tashkent Has Something No Other Central Asian City Has — International Branch Campuses From Five Countries Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan and Central Asia’s largest city. It is also, by a significant margin, the most internationally connected higher education destination in the entire region. In a city of three million people, you can enroll

An Honest Introduction: What Tajikistan Is and Isn’t as a Study Destination This guide is different from others in ScholarWing’s “How to Study” series because Tajikistan is genuinely different from Kazakhstan, Estonia, Hong Kong, or Malta as a study destination. Tajikistan does not have a robust, well-advertised international scholarship program with hundreds of places available

Most Guides About Kazakh Scholarships Make the Same Mistake — Let’s Clarify It First Bolashak is Kazakhstan’s most famous scholarship. It is also a scholarship exclusively for Kazakhstani citizens, not for international students from other countries. This is the same common error found in guides about Indonesia (where LPDP is for Indonesian citizens only) and Indonesia

Croatia Is the EU’s Youngest Member — And One of Europe’s Most Overlooked Study Destinations Croatia joined the European Union in 2013, making it the EU’s youngest member state. Its universities are fully EU-recognized. Its degrees carry the same academic standing as German, French, or Italian qualifications. And its cost of living is significantly lower

Most Guides About Oman Scholarships Get the Three Tracks Wrong — Here’s What’s Actually True The Oman government scholarship system has three distinct tracks. The vast majority of online guides either don’t know this or lump them together, causing applicants to fill out the wrong forms, miss the right deadlines, and sometimes apply for scholarships