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Sweden: The Guest Scholarship Programme

The Swedish Institute, a public agency for cultural and educational exchange with individuals and institutions abroad, hereby announces a number of GUEST SCHOLARSHIPS for the academic year 2007/ 2008 (September 2007 - May 2008). The scholarships are applied for in global competition and are open to foreign students/researchers who wish to come to Sweden as guest students and who do not intend to settle permanently in Sweden.

In principle, the Guest Scholarships are open for students from any part of the world except from the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden). However, the Swedish Institute also administers a regional scholarship programmes, the Visby Programme (Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Northwest Russia - including Moscow - and Ukraine). Applicants from these regions should submit the application within this programme only. There are no national quotas. The Swedish Institute will distribute the scholarships as evenly as possible among applicants from different geographical areas.

Study level
The scholarships are intended for students at advanced university level, for part of Ph.D. or post-doc studies at any university or university college in Sweden or for participation in a Master’s Level Programme. There are no scholarships available for undergraduate studies. The scholarships cannot be granted for a complete course of study leading to a Ph.D. degree.

Study period
The maximum scholarship period is three academic years but the scholarships are usually granted for one academic year (nine months) at a time. They can also be awarded for study periods of shorter duration. The scholarships are intended to finance a temporary stay in Sweden.

Fields of study
Scholarships are granted for studies within all subjects. There are no scholarships available for learning basic Swedish.

Scholarship conditions
At present, the scholarships amount to SEK 8,000 per month for graduate and research students and SEK 12,000 for holders of a Ph.D. degree. Each scholarship is designed to cover the living expenses of ONE person only. There are no grants of any kind for family members. Scholarship holders from developing countries will also receive a partial travel grant. The scholarship holder is insured by the Swedish Institute against illness and accident during the scholarship period.

Deadline: 15 January 2007