List of countries included in the Quota Scheme

The Quota Scheme includes developing countries as defined by OECD (the DAC-list) as Least Developed, Other Low Income and Lower Middle Income Countries. In addition, South Africa, Russian Federation, Brazil and Cuba are included in the Quota Scheme. Be aware that China is on the list, but students from Taiwan are not eligible for the scholarship.

Developing countries
Afghanistan Algeria Angola Bangladesh Benin Bhutan Bolivia Brazil Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad China Colombia Comoros Congo (Republic of) Cte DIvoire Cuba Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominican Republic Djibouti Ecuador Egypt Equatoral Guinea El Salvador Eritrea Ethiopia Gambia Ghana Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras India Indonesia Iran Iraq Jordan Kenya Kiribati Lao Peoples Democratic Republic Lesotho Liberia

Madagascar Malawi Maldives Mali Marshall Islands Mauritania Micronesia, Federal States of Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue North Korea Pakistan Palestinian territories Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Rwanda Samoa So Tom & Prncipe Senegal Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia Sri Lanka Sudan Swaziland Syria South Africa Tanzania Thailand Timor Leste Togo Tonga Tunisia Tuvalu

Uganda Vanuatu Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Countries in the Western Balkans, in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Albania Armenia Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Georgia Kyrgizstan Kosovo Macedonia, Republic of Moldova Russian Federation Tajikistan Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan

*Please note that Jamaica, Suriname, Fiji, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia will not be eligible for admission on the Quota Scheme for the academic years 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 20132014. **Kosovo is the only new country added to the list from the academic year 2011-2012