Uppsala University Global Scholarship for Master's Studies, Autumn 2027

About this scholarship

A tuition fee scholarship for citizens of countries outside the EU/EEA and Switzerland who apply to an international master's programme at Uppsala University starting in autumn 2027. It covers the full tuition fee but not living costs. The university says only about 2 percent of applicants receive a scholarship.

Funding type

Covers: the full tuition fee of an international master's programme at Uppsala University. Does not cover: living expenses. The fees page gives SEK 49,500 to 90,000 per semester of full-time study, depending on the programme. Each programme page shows the exact fee. You must still be able to show the living funds the Swedish Migration Agency asks for to get a residence permit. The scholarship pages do not give the amount. The page does not mention travel, insurance or the number of awards.

Tuition fees

Covered

Living costs

Not covered

Travel

Not specified

Insurance

Not specified

Eligibility requirements

Nationalities

All except listed nationalities — Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland

Residence condition

No residence condition

Citizens of all countries outside the EU/EEA and Switzerland. Palestine and the Arab countries are not named, and none of them is excluded The scholarships are for students who must pay tuition fees. Students with permanent Swedish residence, or temporary residence for reasons other than study, do not pay fees You apply for an international master's programme at Uppsala University before the University Admissions deadline and rank it first of your four choices You meet the general and programme-specific entry requirements: a bachelor's degree equal to a Swedish Kandidatexamen of 180 ECTS credits, or final-year bachelor's study, plus the programme's own subject requirements You show academic talent and interest in being in an educational environment. Selection is on merit, and financial need is not considered Eleven programmes are not eligible, among them the Master's Programmes in International Humanitarian Action, Religion in Peace and Conflict, Euroculture and Paleobiology (PANGEA)

Minimum grade

Not stated

Work experience asked for

Not stated

Return condition

Return condition not stated

How to apply

Straight to the provider

Language requirements and exemptions

Language test required IELTS TOEFL iBT Cambridge English Waiver possible

Most programmes ask for English level 2 (English 6): IELTS Academic 6.5 with no section below 5.5, TOEFL iBT 90 with 20 in the written test, or Cambridge C1 Advanced (CAE) with at least 180 or C2 Proficiency (CPE). For TOEFL iBT results from 21 January 2026 on, universityadmissions.se asks for 4.5 on the new 1 to 6 scale with no section below 4. The Master's Programme in English asks for the higher English 7 level, shown by an approved test. In some cases earlier school or university studies can meet the requirement, as universityadmissions.se explains.

University admission details

Required later?

There are two applications. First apply for the programme at universityadmissions.se in the international round, from 16 October 2026 to 15 January 2027, with the Uppsala programme as your first choice. Pay the SEK 900 application fee and upload all documents to University Admissions by 1 February 2027. Its deadlines end at midnight CET. A late application, a late fee payment or missing documents make you ineligible for the scholarship. Then fill in the online scholarship form, open from 16 January to 1 February 2027. The link is posted on the scholarship application guide when the form opens. Late applications are not accepted, and the time of day is not stated. In the form you give your eight-digit University Admissions application number and a motivational letter of up to 350 words. You upload no documents and there is no fee. Scholarship selection runs at the same time as admission. Master's admission results are published on 1 April 2027, and the scholarship pages give no date for scholarship results. You can apply for more than one Uppsala scholarship in the same form, but you can receive only one.

Required documents

Passport photo page Bachelor's degree certificate and transcripts. Final-year students send their transcripts and a confirmation of final-year enrolment signed by the registrar Official English translations of documents that are not in Swedish, Danish, Norwegian or English Proof of English, such as an IELTS or TOEFL result Programme-specific documents if your programme asks for them, such as a CV, statement of purpose, bachelor's thesis, letter of recommendation, GMAT score or application summary sheet A motivational letter of up to 350 words, written in the scholarship form

Application steps

Choose an international master's programme at Uppsala University and check its autumn 2027 entry requirements on the programme page. Apply at universityadmissions.se by 15 January 2027 with the Uppsala programme ranked first, and keep your application number. Pay the SEK 900 fee and upload your documents by 1 February 2027. Fill in the scholarship form between 16 January and 1 February 2027 with your application number and motivational letter. Send scholarship questions to [email protected].

Requirement checklist

Scholarship contacts

Uppsala University, questions about its scholarships: [email protected]Copy

Uppsala University International Student Support, questions about applying: [email protected]Copy

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