Karolinska Institutet offers a handful of tuition scholarships to excellent students who have been admitted to one of our global master programs from each fall semester. The amount of the scholarships varies from year to year, but there are a maximum of 10 scholarships per year, spread across all master’s programs worldwide. The competition is fierce with around 1,500 international students applying for the scholarship each year.
Who can apply?
To be eligible for the KI Global Master scholarship, you must:
- have applied for one of the Karolinska Institutet global master programs from 2019
- be a student paying tuition fees (outside the EU / EEA)
- have paid the fee to file before 1 February 2020
- meet the entry and documentation requirements for the program to which you have applied
Only first year students are eligible.
How to apply?
All applicants for the World Master programs at Karolinska Institutet who are required to pay the tuition fees and have paid the application fees for university admissions will receive information and an invitation to apply for the KI World Master Program scholarship after the last day to pay the application fee and submit supporting documents.
The invitations to apply for the scholarship are sent by email on February 8 to the email address you used to create your account on universityadmissions.se .
Selection process
The selection process is based on an overall assessment of the CV and qualifications of the candidate submitted via UniversityAdmissions and assessed as part of the application for the KI Global Master program. Scholarship recipients will be notified by email.
What does the KI Global Master grant cover?
The KI Global Master scholarship only covers tuition fees (or part of the tuition fees for programs only partially given by Karolinska Institutet). The fee traveling, living and other expenses must be covered by other funding. In addition, please note that the KI Global Master scholarship only covers tuition fees for students enrolled in a global master program here at the Karolinska Institutet and cannot be used for other studies.
Important dates – KI Global Master Scholarships
Applications open for our global master programs: 16 October 2019 Date
for applications: January 15, 2020
deadline to pay the application fee and submit supporting documents: February 3
Invitations to apply for the scholarship emailed: February 7
Notification for selection for world Masters programs: April 3
Selection notification for the scholarship: April 24
Please read the regulation on the tuition fees and scholarships at Karolinska Institutet before applying for the scholarship.