The Google DeepMind Scholarships program advances access to higher education by supporting partner universities’ efforts to build a stronger and more inclusive AI community, helping bring a wider range of experiences to AI and AI-adjacent fields.

The program supports talented students from underrepresented groups and those with limited financial means to pursue postgraduate study and careers in AI.

ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible for the Scholarships, students must be admitted to a specific postgraduate program at one of Google DeepMind’s partner universities. Each partner university establishes the criteria for admission and nominates eligible newly admitted students for the Google DeepMind Scholarships.

In 2025, scholarships to study in Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, France, Greece, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Turkey, and Uganda will be supported by the Institute of International Education (IIE). Details including the application process and deadlines will be available on the partner universities’ websites.

Each university runs its own application and recruitment process for relevant graduate courses, so consult university websites for details on the required qualifications to apply to these courses and, where relevant, any separate application process for the Scholarships.

To find out eligibility, we recommend consulting university websites for more details as this can vary from university to university. For non-US and UK Master’s scholarships in 2025, please contact IIE at GoogleDeepMindScholarships@iie.org.

Finally, as the program is international, at any point in the year some university deadlines will have already closed for intake, whereas others will not yet be open – and not all universities participate in every year. Please check details carefully and watch for announcements.

Interested students must apply for admission at one of the universities below.

Africa

University of Witwatersrand (South Africa)

Makerere University (Uganda)

Additional African scholarships not administered via IIE:

Please note in 2025, Stellenbosch University will be offering and administering Google DeepMind -funded Master’s Scholarships directly

The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences’ (AIMS) ‘AI for Science’ Master’s program offers its own Google DeepMind-funded Scholarships. For details, please visit https://ai.aims.ac.za/

Europe

Sofia University (St. Kliment Ohridski) (Bulgaria)

École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay (France)

University of Warsaw (Poland)

Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (Romania)

Middle East

Istanbul Technical University (Turkey)

North America

McGill University (Canada)

University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Alberta (Canada)

South America

UNICAMP Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Brazil)

Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia)

BENEFIT:

Each Google DeepMind Scholar becomes part of a community of future AI professionals. The Scholars will receive:

A scholarship to fully fund their postgraduate degree at a partner university (up to two years)

Stipend to cover housing and living costs

Stipend for travel and relocation costs to attend the partner university

Access to AI-related academic conferences and Google DeepMind events

Insights and guidance from a mentor at Google DeepMind