The University of Skövde Masters Scholarships provide tuition-paying candidates who are required to pay tuition fees to study a Master's program at the university with partial scholarship grants financed by the Swedish Council for Higher Education. 

Candidates who must pay tuition fees to attend a Master's program at the university are eligible for the scholarships.

The University of Skövde, which has over 9,000 students, is a public Swedish university that offers a wide range of international master's and bachelor's programs, as well as Ph.D. programs in a variety of subjects, all taught in English.

The school of business, the school of bioscience, the school of informatics, the school of health sciences, and the school of engineering science and technology are the five schools that make up the university's academic pursuits.



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The Masters Scholarships at the University of Skövde are granted for one academic semester, however they may be extended for additional semesters if the candidate's academic performance is good. 

A condition for earning a scholarship award is academic success. Scholarships can only be given to students who are enrolled in a tuition-paying school.

If you plan to study in Sweden, keep in mind that you will be liable for the remainder of your tuition fees as well as all living expenses throughout your stay.

As previously stated, this University of Skövde Masters Scholarships covers a portion of the tuition fees and is awarded prior to the start of a master's program. As such, candidates who have already been admitted and enrolled as a master's candidate at the university are ineligible to apply for the University of Skövde Masters Scholarships.



University of Skövde Masters Scholarships Information:

  • Host Country: Sweden.
  • Host University: University of Skovde.
  • Scholarship Level: Masters.
  • Scholarship Worth: Tuition fee waivers.
  • Application Deadline: 1st September 2021.

Eligibility for University of Skövde Masters Scholarships

So as to be accepted, candidates have to meet the following requirements:

  • Candidates have to be international candidates from outside Switzerland and EU/EEA.
  • Candidates are required to have an outstanding academic record.
  • Candidates have to apply for a master’s degree program that will be taught on campus.
  • The master’s degree program at the University of Skövde has to be selected as first choice on University Admissions.
  • Candidates are required to fill out the application to the Master’s program meeting the closing dates for the master’s first admission round.
  • Candidates are required to meet the entry conditions for the master’s program they applied to, pay the application fee and the needed documents have to be obtained prior to the closing date defined by University Admissions.
  • You have to fill out all the needed sections in the online application form.
  • Candidates are required to also send a motivation text and video, where they are required to explain why they have selected the master’s program at the University of Skövde.
  • Prerequisites can also be other qualifications that are associated to the study or research areas as well as the geographic area which the University of Skövde gives precedence to in line with its internationalization strategy.

How to Apply for University of Skövde Masters Scholarships

Applicant must:

  • Submit an application through the website www.universityadmissions.se for a master’s program at the University of Skövde and choose it as a first choice
  • Record a 2-minute video describing why the candidate wants to take the master’s degree program at the University of Skövde and how he/she is going to make use of the knowledge obtained during the program.


  • Upload the video to a website or cloud storage so that it can be accessed by the university’s Scholarship Committee, on YouTube for instance, and designate it unlisted.
  • The video’s link must be submitted through the online scholarship award application form.
  • Write a concise motivation text describing why the candidate has selected the master’s degree program at the University of Skövde, it has to be submitted through the scholarship award application form.
  • Fill out the scholarship award application form and submit it before the closing date, also take note of the application number (8-digit number) from www.universityadmissions.se.
  • Complete the motivation text into the relevant field. Add the link to the 2-minute video (ensure that the link is complete and accurate).

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