Higher Education Scholarship Test for Indian Students HEST 2026

Higher Education Scholarship Test for Indian Students HEST 2026 is offered for Bachelors, Masters, MBA, Diploma degree in the field of All courses except Medicine/ MBBS are eligible. You can apply to this scholarship here. The deadline for the sending your application is 10 Aug, 2026. This scholarship is provided by HEST Foundation and the value of this scholarship is Partial Funding, Funding upto 3 lac per student.

Open for

Open to Indian nationals.

Degree

Bachelors, Masters, MBA, Diploma

Provided by

HEST Foundation

Deadline

10 Aug, 2026

Scholarship Value

Partial Funding, Funding upto 3 lac per student

The Higher Education Scholarship Test (HEST) is the largest scholarship test in India, wherein students from top colleges in India compete for winning scholarships for their abroad education. This national-level test is powered by WeMakeScholars, an initiative funded and supported by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Govt. of India, under the Digital India Campaign. HEST 2025, conducted last year, received a tremendous response with over 10,000 applications. Hence, the committee has launched HEST 2026 this year, which will be funding up to 2 Crore, with each scholarship amounting to 3 lacs. The exact value of each scholarship depends on the quality and quantity of scholarship applications received in that particular season. HEST

Eligibility Criteria

• The applicant should be an Indian national with a valid Indian passport.
• Applicants should have a minimum score of 55% in 10th and 12th.
• Applicant NEED NOT produce the foreign university admission confirmation at the moment.
• It can be submitted later while receiving the scholarship cash award.
• Those who will be self-funding their total expenses are NOT eligible for this scholarship program, as we believe they are financially stable enough to fund their studies.
• Our motto is to su

The applicant should be an Indian national with a valid Indian passport.

Applicants should have a minimum score of 55% in 10th and 12th.

Applicant NEED NOT produce the foreign university admission confirmation at the moment. It can be submitted later while receiving the scholarship cash award.

Those who will be self-funding their total expenses are NOT eligible for this scholarship program, as we believe they are financially stable enough to fund their studies. Our motto is to support the needy and financially weak students.

HEST Benefits

• This national-level scholarship test, organized by WeMakeScholars, an initiative supported by the Ministry of IT, has the following benefits:
• An opportunity to participate in India’s Largest Inter-College Scholarship Test.
• Winners will receive a Scholarship cash reward of up to 3 lakh Rupees per student.
• Participating students will also be given access to all the full-fee waiver scholarships offered by various government bodies, Trusts, and foundations.