Uppsala University accepts applications for the Uppsala University Global Scholarship for students starting in autumn 2027. It covers the full tuition fee of an international master’s programme and is funded by the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR).
The scholarship
- Full tuition fee for an international master’s programme at Uppsala University. Living expenses are not covered.
- Highly competitive: the university says only about 2% of applicants receive a scholarship.
- Students admitted to some programmes cannot receive Uppsala scholarships (full list on the original page), for example Euroculture and Transformative Game Design.
Requirements
- Citizenship of a country outside the EU/EEA and Switzerland.
- Academic talent; selection is merit-based.
- The Uppsala master’s programme must be your first priority among the four programmes you can rank at University Admissions.
- You must have applied to the programme before the University Admissions deadline, with the application fee and complete supporting documents received before the deadline.
About the employer
Uppsala University is a university in Sweden. Scholarship questions go to [email protected].
Salary and deadline
- Scholarship applications for autumn 2027 are open from 16 January 2027 to 1 February 2027. The page does not state a closing time.
- Your programme application at University Admissions must be complete by that portal’s own deadline (15 January 2027 for autumn 2027), which falls before the scholarship window opens on 16 January 2027.
Source: Uppsala University, “Uppsala University Global Scholarship”, read on 25 October 2026. Summary by AVIDE; see the original page for the full, current text.