The Lund University Global Scholarship programme is targeted at top academic students who are citizens of countries from outside the European Union/European Economic Area (and Switzerland). Top academic students have a proven record of achieving consistently high grades in previous studies. The scholarship is selective and completely merit based. No consideration is taken of the students’ financial needs in the selection process.

Scholarships may cover 25%, 50%, 75% or 100% of the tuition fee. The scholarship value is deducted from the tuition fee of the programme or free-standing course for which you are awarded a scholarship. Please note that the Lund University Global Scholarship does not cover living costs.
Who is eligible?

Citizens of countries outside the European Union/European Economic Area (and Switzerland) who have applied for Bachelor’s or Master’s level studies at Lund University for a minimum of one semester of study (the equivalent of 30 ECTS full-time study) and who are required to pay tuition fees.

>>Please note that students who are eligible to apply for the Swedish Institute Study Scholarship for category 2 countries can also apply for the Lund University Global Scholarship.

>>Students who are eligible to apply for the other Swedish Institute scholarships for Eastern Europe, the Baltic Sea region and Turkey can also apply for the Lund University Global Scholarship.

The Lund University Global Scholarship programme is not open for students from the following 12 countries: Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Students from these countries should apply for the Swedish Institute Study Scholarship (category 1 countries).

If you are a current student, please refer to information on the scholarships for current students webpage.

The application period is now closed (it closed on 20 January for scholarships for studies starting in autumn 2012). Next round of applications will open in October 2012 – January 2013.

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