Half of the famous teaching awards give you no degree
Teachers apply to Fulbright FLTA and to Humphrey expecting a master’s. Both funders call their programmes non-degree in writing. You get nine months or a year in a United States university, a stipend and a professional placement, and you come home with a certificate. That is a fine year. It is not a qualification, and your promotion board will treat it differently.
10 routes · checked 18 October 2026
Degree scholarships, open worldwide
These fund a master’s or a doctorate in education, teacher training, education policy or educational leadership. Each row links to the guide that covers that route in full.
| Guide | Education route | Country | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Scholarship | Master’s and PhD in education at UK universities | United Kingdom | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Chevening Scholarship | One-year master’s in education policy and leadership | United Kingdom | Opens in August, closes in early October. |
| DAAD Scholarship | Education master’s and doctoral research | Germany | Varies by programme. Each DAAD course sets its own date. |
| Erasmus Mundus | Education joint masters across two or three countries | Europe | Varies by joint programme, usually autumn to January. |
| Swedish Institute Scholarships | Master’s in education and educational leadership | Sweden | One annual window early in the year. University admission comes first. |
Non-degree professional fellowships
Both funders say in their own words that these award no degree. They pay well, they open doors, and they suit a serving teacher far better than a fresh graduate.
| Guide | What it actually is | Country | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fulbright FLTA | Nine months teaching Urdu at a US university while taking coursework. Needs 16 years of education and college-level English teaching. | United States | 13 May for the Pakistan cycle, through USEFP. Now closed for 2026. |
| Humphrey Fellowship | A year of coursework and professional affiliation. Needs five or more years of full-time professional experience. | United States | Set by USEFP in Pakistan. Selections are announced the March before you travel. |
Start here
The guides that cover this field as a whole, rather than one route.
Fully funded scholarships for education students
The main guide, with what each route pays and who it accepts.
10 scholarships
Law scholarships
Education policy and law share most of the UK and European schemes on this page.
Related field
Scholarships without IELTS
Useful if your teaching degree came without an English test on the transcript.
Cross-field
Writing your personal statement
Education panels want one classroom you changed, in detail, not a philosophy of teaching.
Documents
One line that decides a teaching application. Name the school, the number of children and the thing that went wrong. A panel reading four hundred statements remembers the teacher who wrote that thirty-one of her forty students could not read a clock, and what she did about it over one term. It forgets everyone who wrote that education transforms lives. Confirm every date on the funder’s own page before you apply.