The Swedish Institute Study Scholarship (SISS) For All Nationalities.

Are you looking for a fully funded scholarship? Do you have ambition, leadership experience and a strong professional background? Then this article is for you. The Swedish Institute Study Scholarship (SISS) application is now open for master's degree applicants to apply. An estimated 180 scholarships will be available for full-time master’s studies in Sweden starting in the autumn semester 2018. The scholarship is awarded to citizens of 138 nationality and usually 1-2 % of the applicants can be awarded a SISS scholarship. The scholarship which covers tuition fee, living expenses, travel grants, health insurance, etc is intended for full-time one-year or two-year master’s programmes, and is only awarded for programmes starting in the autumn semester.



Eligibility
Work Experience
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.

Leadership Experience
You must have demonstrated leadership experience from employment, voluntary work, and/or internship after high school studies.

University Admissions
You must have applied for admission before January 15 to any degree programmes offered at the universities in Sweden. You must be liable 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.

What Scholarship Covers

• Tuition fees: directly paid to the Swedish university by SISS;
• Living expenses of SEK 9,000/month;
• *Travel grant of SEK 15,000
• Insurance against illness and accident;
• Membership of (NFGL) – a platform to grow your network and experience, while in Sweden the SI Network for Future Global Leaders;
• Membership of after your scholarship period – a platform for further professional development and to stay in touch.

* The travel grant is a one-time payment for the entire scholarship period. The grant is not applicable to students already living in Sweden.

Scholarship Does not Cover

• Additional grants for family members.
• Application fee to apply for University Admissions.

Procedure on how to apply
Step by step

1.  Apply for a master’s programme at universityadmissions.se
To begin with, apply for up to four eligible master’s programmes at www.universityadmissions.se by 15 January 2018. University Admissions is the national online application service which handles admissions to universities in Sweden. It is an independent agency not related to the Swedish Institute (SI). The eligibility and application procedure for SI scholarships and for university admissions are different. Only the master’s programmes that are in the list of master’s programmes are eligible for SISS. Click here to see available programmes. Once you have submitted your application to the master’s programme(s) at universityadmissions.se, you will get a personal application number consisting of seven or eight digits. Save the number as you will need it when applying to SISS. If you missed the deadlines or failed to follow the application procedure at University Admissions, you will not be eligible for an SI scholarship.

2.  Apply for SI scholarship
Apply for an SI scholarship after you have completed your application to master’s programme(s) during the application period 2-9 February 2018. Apply for scholarship here.

3.  Notifications from University Admissions
By 6 April 2018, you will receive your notification of selection results from University Admissions. SI will receive the admission results directly from University Admissions. Only applicants who are admitted, including conditionally admitted, to one of the eligible master’s programmes by 6 April 2018, will be considered for an SI scholarship.

4.  Announcement of 180 successful SISS scholarship recipients
About 180 successful SI scholarship recipients of SISS 2018/2019 will be announced at SISS portal on 26 April 2018. Each successful scholarship recipient receives an official scholarship offer by email during 26-27 April 2018.

You can now Click Here To Apply!

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