Aalto University (Finland) invites students from outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland to apply for the Aalto University Excellence Scholarship alongside their master’s programme application for studies starting autumn 2027. It is a merit-based scholarship evaluated together with the admission application; no separate scholarship application is required.
The scholarship
- Full tuition fee waiver for the target duration of the master’s programme
- Available for most English-taught master’s programmes across Aalto’s schools (Engineering, Science, Business, Arts and Design)
- Does not cover living costs; students must fund their own living expenses in Finland
Requirements
- Citizen of a country outside the EU/EEA and Switzerland, liable to pay tuition fees
- Applied to an Aalto master’s programme within the regular application period
- Granted on a merit basis; the page does not specify detailed scoring criteria
About the employer
Aalto University is a public university in Espoo, in the Helsinki metropolitan area, formed from the merger of Finland’s former schools of technology, economics and art, known for technology, design and business, with a large international student body.
Salary and deadline
Full tuition fee waiver; living costs not covered. The master’s application period (including the scholarship application) runs from 7 December 2026 to 5 January 2027, 15:00 Finnish time (UTC+2); the document deadline is 12 January 2027. Results are expected around March 2027.
Source: Aalto University, “Aalto University Excellence Scholarship”, read on 29 September 2026. Summary by AVIDE; see the original page for the full, current text.