What Stockholm University Scholarship Scheme actually covers.
The Stockholm University Scholarship Scheme offers full tuition fee waivers to highly accomplished international students from outside the EU/EEA/Switzerland who are admitted to master's programmes at Stockholm University — Sweden's largest university with roughly 33,000 students and a broad portfolio of English-taught research-based master's programmes. African students are fully eligible and have historically received awards across programmes in natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and computer and systems sciences. The scholarship is entirely merit-based, with no separate scholarship application form required: instead, all eligible non-EU applicants who list Stockholm University as their first choice on the national admissions portal are automatically considered. Selection is based on the strength of prior academic qualifications relative to other applicants in the same programme. Awards cover tuition fees only; students must demonstrate to the Swedish Migration Agency that they have independent means for living costs (approximately SEK 8,568 per month). Stockholm University is a QS top-200 institution and a member of the Universitas 21 and LERU (League of European Research Universities), ensuring strong research linkages and international recognition of its degrees. The 2026–2027 scholarship round is now open via the universityadmissions.se portal for programmes starting autumn 2027, with applications closing mid-January 2027. Students who have previously completed a full-degree programme in Sweden are generally not eligible for this scheme.
Who can apply.
Open to masters applicants seeking to study in Sweden. Eligible nationalities are listed below.
46 more eligible countries — full list available on the official application page.
Every academic discipline is accepted.
This programme does not restrict by field. Research proposals across humanities, sciences, engineering, agriculture, and medicine are all accepted.
Four steps to a complete application.
Scholar Africa is a discovery and tracking platform — the application itself is submitted directly through the official provider site. The steps below mirror our HowTo schema.
Check eligibility
Confirm your nationality, academic level, and field of study match the criteria above.
Eligibility checklist
Prepare documents
Transcripts, recommendation letters, personal statement, and a valid passport.
Document checklist
Submit the application
Submit before January 15, 2027 via the official portal.
Submission checklist
Track your application
Use your Scholar Africa dashboard to monitor status and deadline reminders.
Post-submission checklist
What we checked, when we checked it.
Every scholarship on Scholar Africa goes through six checks (link, contact, organisation, winners, third-party, manual review). Stockholm University Scholarship Scheme currently scores 0.0/10.
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Other scholarships worth a parallel application.
Same eligibility window or destination. Many strong applicants apply to three or four programmes per cycle.