SI Scholarship for Global Professionals

Do you want to contribute to the sustainable development of your home country and region? Are you looking for an international experience? The Swedish Institute awards academic scholarships for master’s studies to global professionals from 41 countries. Read through the call for applications carefully and prepare your application today.

The SI Scholarship for Global Professionals is an academic scholarship provided for full-time, one- or two-year, master’s studies in Sweden.

The scholarship covers a wide range of study fields and over 700 of the 1000 English-taught master’s programmes in Sweden.

The scholarship is open for applications once every year, for master’s studies beginning in the autumn semester. In order to apply you must: 

• Be a citizen of one of the 41 countries that is eligible for the SI Scholarship for Global Professionals; 

• Apply for a master’s programme that is eligible for the SI scholarship;  

• Be liable to pay tuition fees at University Admissions;  

• Have demonstrated work experience; 

• Have demonstrated leadership experience from current or previous employer, or from civil society engagement.  

Key dates:

• 16 October – 15 January: Apply to Swedish master’s programmes through University Admissions. 

• November: SI Scholarship application documents are published.

• 12 – 28 February: Application portal for the SI Scholarship is open.

• 21 March – University admissions announcement day.

• 25 April: SI Scholarship announcement day.

Citizens of the following countries are eligible to apply to the SI Scholarship for Global Professionals:

Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bangladesh; Bolivia; Belarus; Brazil; Cambodia; Cameroon; Colombia; Ecuador; Egypt; Ethiopia; Gambia; Georgia; Ghana; Guatemala; Honduras; Indonesia; Jordan; Kenya; Liberia; Malawi; Moldova; Morocco; Myanmar (Burma); Nepal; Nigeria; Pakistan; Peru; Philippines; Rwanda; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Tanzania; Tunisia; Uganda; Ukraine; Vietnam; Zambia; Zimbabwe.

For more information and application follow the below link:

si.se

A full-ride scholarship awarded to ambitious global professionals for full-time master's studies in Sweden.