Scholarships
Learn about scholarship opportunities provided by Karolinska Institutet, the Swedish Institute and other scholarship providers.
Financial circumstances play an important part in planning for your studies at Karolinska Institutet (KI). Investing time and effort in researching and applying for scholarships and grants should therefor be part of your plan early on.
Scholarships provided by KI
The KI Global Master's Scholarship for fee-paying students
Karolinska Institutet offers around 10 scholarships per year to excellent students who have been admitted to one of our global master’s programmes. The scholarship is distributed across all the global master’s programmes. The competition is high with approximately 1,500 international students applying for the scholarship annually.
The KI Global Master's Scholarship for fee-paying students
KI-DIS Fellowship
The KI-DIS Fellowship is a co-funded, merit-based scholarship covering the tuition fees to any of KI’s global master’s programmes. The scholarship is available annually to a DIS alumnus who studied in Stockholm or Copenhagen. DIS is a study abroad foundation targeted at undergraduate students from North American colleges and universities.
Scholarships for bachelor's and non-feepaying students
KI unfortunately do not offer any scholarships for studies on bachelor’s level or for EU-citizens/non-feepaying students.
Scholarships provided by the Swedish Institute
SI Scholarship for Global Professionals
The Swedish Institute (SI) offers a number of fully funded scholarships for master's students liable to pay tuition fees at University Admissions. Depending on your nationality and field of study, the scholarships may apply to you. A travel grant is also issued to the recipient.
SI Scholarship for Global Professionals
Domestic scholarship funds
There are several domestic scholarships funds that are eligible for Karolinska Institutet's global master's programmes. If you are of one of the below nationalities you can apply for these scholarships.
- Chile: CONICYT
- Indonesia: LPDP(Lembaga Pengelolaan Dana Pendidikan)
- Kazakhstan: Bolashak International Scholarship
- Korea: Governmental Scholarships for masters and Phd Students, 국비유학
- Mexico: Conacyt
- Pakistan: Higher Education Commission
- Russia: Global Education Program
Other scholarship opportunities
There are many Swedish, European and international foundations that award scholarships and grants. They can have a significant impact on the actual financial cost of your education.
- CORDIS
- EU Scholarship Portal
- EURAXESS - Researchers in Motion
- The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
- Information from The Swedish Institute (Svenska Institutet) about scholarships available to international students
- The Swedish Research Council
- Scholarship Portal - database for scholarships in Europe
- The World Bank - scholarship and fellowship programmes
- Scholarships4Development
- Study Abroad Scholarships -educations.com
- Graduate Scholarships - scholarships.com
- Rotary scholarships
- Scholarship Portal - database for scholarships in Europe
- Engineering-Scholarships
- SACC USA
- SIREUS
- GlobalScholarships.com
Scholarships for students studying at Karolinska Institutet
Student loans
Karolinska Institutet has been granted 'Deferment Only' status by the US Department of Education. This means that US students may defer making payments on existing federal student loan accounts while enrolled in an eligible program at a deferment only foreign university or college. Students who wish to defer making payments must contact their lending institution in the US. Please note: The 'Deferment Only' status does not allow students to take out federal student loans for enrolment at the university.
Contact person:
Kristina Jesinkey, International Relations Unit.
Karolinska Institutet is a designated institution for British Columbia student loans. Please contact the international office to obtain the school code. Please note - if you are a Canadian student and applying for loan funding, you must apply for each semester as there is a break after fall term which exceeds the BC Ministry of Advanced Education policy.
Contact person:
Maria Olsson, International Relations Unit.