KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden invites applications for international scholarships for masters students in the 2022/23 session
Sustainable development is an integral part of KTH’s operations and spirit. During your time at KTH you will acquire the tools to move society in a more sustainable direction. As a consequence, scholarship applicants should describe how they intend to contribute to sustainable development with a master’s degree from KTH.
KTH Royal Institute of Technology is a university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH was founded in 1827 as Sweden’s first polytechnic and is one of Scandinavia’s largest institutions of higher education in technology.
Worth of Award
- Recipients of the KTH Scholarship will have their tuition fee waived for the first and the second year, provided that the study results during the first year are satisfactory.
- Funding for additional expenses, such as living costs, is not included in the waiver.
Eligibility
- To be eligible to apply students must be required to pay tuition fees and have applied for a Master’s programme at KTH as your first priority.
- Students with conditional eligibility are eligible to apply for a scholarship. KTH Scholarships are not available for applicants to Erasmus Mundus and EIT Master’s programmes.
How to Apply
- The scholarship is awarded primarily on the basis of academic excellence and the selection process is undertaken in parallel with the admissions process. Only applicants who fulfil the admission requirements of the programme applied for are eligible for a scholarship. After the applicants have been assessed for admission, an assessment of applicants for the scholarship is made based on the following criteria:
- The applicant’s grades (GPA or equivalent)
- The ranking of the university that awarded the applicant’s bachelor’s degree
- The applicant’s motivation, relevant work experience and extra-curricular activities
- The recommendation of the director of the applied master’s programme at KTH
- The applicant’s motivation how they will contribute to the sustainable development goals with a master’s degree from KTH
- Applicants for the master’s programme in Molecular Techniques in Life Science and the master’s programme in Turbomachinery Aeromechanical University Training (THRUST) should apply for the KTH Scholarship, not the KTH Joint Programme Scholarship.
Deadline: The application for the KTH Scholarship closes January 17, 2022.