The Swedish Institute Study Scholarships (SISS) are awarded to students from selected countries for full-time master’s level studies in Sweden starting in the autumn semester 2017. The scholarships cover both living costs and tuition fees.
Priority will be given to applicants choosing study programmes with an emphasis on gender equality, sustainable development, democracy, human rights or poverty reduction.
Eligible Countries
International students especially from developing countries
Scholarship Value
Tuition fees: directly paid to the Swedish university by us
Living expenses of SEK 9,000/month
Travel grant of SEK 15,000 *
Eligibility
Applicants must:
be from an eligible country
You must have minimum of 3,000 hours of demonstrated full-time or part-time employment, voluntary work, paid/unpaid internship, and/or position of trust.
display academic qualifications and leadership experience.
You must be required to pay tuition fees to the universities, have followed the steps of university admission, and will be admitted to one of the eligible master’s programmes by 6 April 2018.
You must have demonstrated leadership experience from employment, voluntary work, and/or internship after high school studies.Read more about the selection criteria, target countries, and eligible master programmes (in link below) before applying.
How To apply
The application process consists of these steps.
1. Apply for a master’s programme at universityadmission
s.se
2. Apply for a SISS scholarship
3. Notifications from University Admissions
4. Announcement of 180 successful SI scholarship recipients
Click Here for details to how to apply
Application Deadlines:
To begin with, apply for up to four master’s programmes at universityadmission
s.se, between 16th October 2017 – 15th January 2018.
Then apply for an SI scholarship between 2-9 February 2018.