Sweden pays for the degree and for the living: tuition settled directly with the university each semester, 12,000 kronor a month throughout, and a one-off travel grant of 15,000, or 10,000 for scholars from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
This is aimed at people already working rather than at strong graduates. Demonstrated work experience is required, and so is demonstrated leadership, either from an employer or from civil society engagement, which puts the award out of reach of someone applying straight from a bachelor's.
The sequencing is what catches people out, and the two deadlines are a month apart in the wrong order. Applications to Swedish master's programmes run through University Admissions from mid-October to mid-January. The scholarship portal then opens for only two weeks in February, closing at 14:59 CET. Miss the January university deadline and the February scholarship window is unusable, because admission to an eligible programme has to be confirmed when results are announced in late March.
Citizenship decides access, and residence does not. A citizen of an eligible country living anywhere in the world can apply. Anyone holding two eligible citizenships picks one, since submitting under both disqualifies every application.
Read the exclusions before budgeting. No insurance, no grants for family members, no cover for the University Admissions application fee, no change of programme once awarded, and no extension of the scholarship period.
The scholarship page was checked on 16 September 2026, when applications were closed.