Scholarships
On this page you can find information about scholarships available for international students and exchange students.
The application for studies starting autumn 2024 is closed. Rewarded students have been notified via email. Next application period is 10 February – 26 February 2025.
How to apply for a scholarship at Halmstad University
- Apply for one of our Master’s programmes at University Admissions and pay the application fee.
- Applicants who have applied on time (15 January) and are processed as qualified on 4 March will receive an email with a link to the online application form.
- Fill in the online scholarship application form. Please note that you will need to provide the application number you will receive from University Admissions.
- The committee will award scholarships based on students academic merits (GPA but also ranking of the previous university and proficiency in English). No consideration will be taken to work experience or student's financial situation.
- Applicants with a Halmstad University programme as their first priority in the application will be considered for a scholarship. Applicants must be qualified and admitted to be awarded a scholarship.
- Halmstad University strives for diversity and applicants from countries with few applicants will be prioritised.
- Halmstad University will notify the recipients of scholarships by email after the first Notification of Selection Results in the middle of March.
- Recipients will receive a Scholarship nomination letter and an invoice with the deducted scholarship amount. The scholarship must be accepted or declined by the deadline stated in the nomination letter.
- Students who are not offered a scholarship will not be notified individually. If you receive an invoice with the full tuition fee amount, you have not been awarded a scholarship.
Scholarships conditions
The scholarship will initially be granted for one semester, but will be automatically extended for the duration of the study programme (2 or 4 semesters) provided that study results are satisfactory. Scholarship holders must complete 75% of the credits each semester, i.e. 22,5 credits out of 30.
If you have been awarded a Halmstad University Scholarship, you must meet the requirements for progression to the following academic semester to keep the scholarship for the continuation of the programme. Please check your programme/course syllabus to make sure that you are aware of the requirements you have to meet. Holders of scholarships who do not fulfil the criteria for progress in studies no longer fulfil criteria for the scholarship for the same period.
Students who interrupt their studies or apply for leave of absence (study break) will no longer meet the requirements for the scholarship.
The Swedish Institute scholarships
The Swedish Institute (SI), a government agency, each year administers around 500 scholarships for students and researchers coming to Sweden to pursue higher education at a Swedish university. Currently, there are two different scholarships available, SI Scholarship for Global Professionals and SI Scholarship for Pioneering Women in STEM. Learn more about the scholarships and their criteria on the Swedish Institute's website.
Scholarships by the Swedish Institute
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Scholarships for exchange students
Through Erasmus there are many possibilities for you as a student in a higher education institution to study or do a traineeship within Europe without paying any study fees. As an Erasmus student or trainee you are entitled the Erasmus scholarship from your home university that will cover most of the expenses during your period abroad. Talk to the erasmus representative at your home university to get more information about the process.
To be eligible for an Erasmus scholarship you have to:
- be a citizen of one of the countries participating in Erasmus.
- be a registered student at a university.
- have been studying for one year (not for traineeship) before the mobility takes place.
Your current university also needs to have a partnership with Halmstad University (not for traineeship) and has to be a part of Erasmus by holding the Erasmus University Charter.
