One admission deadline covers both admission and the scholarship
There is no separate scholarship application here. The Tamim Scholarship is awarded to students “admitted to the Institute’s master’s programs, in accordance with its policies and criteria,” so the 15 January 2027 date that matters is the general admission deadline for the 2027-2028 academic year, not a distinct funding form submitted afterward. Apply for the programme itself, and scholarship consideration follows from that same application.
Three different benefit levels, decided by nationality and residency
The Institute runs three distinct benefit tiers rather than one flat award. Qatari applicants not sponsored by a government entity or their own employer receive a full 100% tuition waiver. Resident applicants receive a partial waiver ranging from 10% to 100%, set according to demonstrated financial need. International applicants receive the fullest package of the three: a 100% tuition waiver plus student housing, a monthly stipend, and health insurance, with no stated financial-need test attached to that category specifically.
Doctoral funding releases in three gated phases, not as one lump award
For doctoral students, the scholarship does not arrive as a single grant covering the whole programme. It is structured in three phases: an initial scholarship granted according to eligibility criteria, a second phase covering full-time reading of the prospectus that is contingent on achieving a GPA of at least 3.5 in first-phase coursework, and a third phase, covering dissertation preparation, that only opens once the comprehensive examination has been passed. Falling short of the 3.5 GPA threshold, or not clearing the comprehensive exam, stalls progression into the next funded phase.
The stipend figure and travel benefit are not both on the same page
The Institute’s public English-language scholarships page confirms a monthly stipend for international students but does not publish the amount. A separate internal scholarships policy document seen during verification (dated February 2026) also references return flights for international scholarship holders, one outbound at the start of study and one at graduation, plus health coverage through Qatar’s Primary Health Care Corporation where the student holds no other insurance. Neither the flight benefit nor a stipend figure appears on the public scholarships page itself, so treat those two specifics as unconfirmed until the Institute publishes them centrally, and verify directly with the Admissions Office before relying on them.
Read the current programme list before you commit to a track
The Institute’s scholarships and admission pages are shared across all master’s and doctoral programmes, but not every listed doctoral track runs every intake; some have been shown elsewhere on the Institute’s site as not offered for a recent admission cycle. Confirm your specific programme is actually accepting applicants for 2027-2028, rather than assuming every track on the general programme list is live this cycle, before building an application around it.
If you want to compare it with another Qatar-based option, Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s graduate scholarships fund Master’s and PhD study in Doha through the admissions process itself, with tuition waivers and a stipend that vary by programme.