Swedish Institute Scholarships for Global Professionals
Swedish Institute
Master’s Degree
Deadline: 15 Jan/18 Feb 2021
Study in: Sweden
Course starts August 2021
Scholarship description:
The Swedish Institute Scholarships for Global Professionals (SISGP), a replacement scholarship programme which replaces the Swedish Institute Study Scholarships (SISS) offers scholarships to an outsized number of master’s programmes at Swedish Universities within the autumn semester 2021.
The SI Scholarship for Global Professionals aims to develop future global leaders which will contribute to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and contribute to a positive and sustainable development in their home countries and region.
Host Universities/Institutions:
Swedish education Institutions and Swedish Universities
Level/Field(s) of study:
The list of eligible master’s programmes for SISGP 2021/2022 are going to be published at the official website by the center of November 2020.
Number of Scholarships:
An estimated 300 scholarships are going to be available.
Target group:
Students from the subsequent 42 countries:
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; Russian Federation; Rwanda; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Tanzania; Tunisia; Turkey; Uganda; Ukraine; Vietnam; Zambia; Zimbabwe.
Scholarship value/inclusions/duration:
The scholarship covers tuition fees, living expenses of SEK 10,000 per month, insurance, and a one-time travel grant of SEK 15,000 (only for scholarship holders living outside Sweden).
The scholarship is meant for full-time one-year or two-year master’s programmes, and is merely awarded for programmes starting within the autumn semester.
There are not any additional grants for relations. It also doesn’t cover the appliance fee to college Admissions.
Eligibility:
To be eligible for SISGP, you want to have had a minimum of 3,000 hours’ work experience before 9 February 2021 from a maximum of three organisations/companies. Applicants must be from an eligible country (see above). You want to be ready to demonstrate your previous leadership experience from your current or previous employment or civil society. You want to even be admitted (including conditionally admitted) to at least one of the eligible master’s programmes at Swedish Universities by 9 April 2021.
There also are other conditions regarding dual citizenship, previous residence and studies in Sweden, and more. Read the entire eligibility criteria at the official website.
Application instructions:
1. to start with, apply for a master’s programme at universityadmissions.se, between 16 October 2020 – 15 January 2021.
2. Apply for an SI scholarship between 8-18 February 2021, following the instructions at the official website. The appliance form are going to be available at the official website in December 2020 /January 2021.
How to apply
Scholarship Council Canada has electronic application center, fill in the form and upload your documents. Upon successful application submission you will receive an acknowledgment and electronic payment receipt. Keep it safe as a reference and wait for the outcome. Scholarship Council Canada team will take care of your further process upon qualifying.
Official Scholarship Council Canada Website: https://apply.
