Deadline for functions: 16 January 2023 for grasp functions, 28 February for scholarship
To be eligible for the SI Scholarship for World Professionals, you have to be a citizen of certainly one of our 41 eligible international locations, and have ample documented proof of labor and management expertise. You need to additionally comply with the applying steps for College Admission and be admitted to one of many grasp’s programmes on time.
Opens for functions 10 February
The net software portal for the SI Scholarships for World Professionals tutorial yr 2023/2024 opens 10 February 00:01 CET. Vital templates can already be discovered on this web page to assist you in preparation of your software.
Overview
What’s SI Scholarship for World Professionals?
The SI Scholarship for World Professionals goals to develop future world leaders that can contribute to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Growth and to sustainable improvement. The candidates ought to have a transparent concept of how their schooling will contribute to the sustainable improvement of their residence international locations and areas. In 2023 the Swedish Institute will grant about 350 scholarships for grasp’s diploma research in Sweden.
The scholarship is meant for full-time, one- or two-year grasp’s programme, and is funded by the Swedish Ministry for Overseas Affairs. The Swedish Institute open the decision for functions as soon as yearly for grasp’s research starting within the autumn semester. With a purpose to have a profitable software, be certain to be eligible, full all steps of the method, and that you’ve the documentation required to finalise your software in time. Please learn via the next pages fastidiously.
What’s included
What you get as a scholarship recipient:
Full tuition price protection. The price is paid immediately by SI to your Swedish college at first of every semester.
A month-to-month fee of SEK 11,000 to cowl your residing bills all through the examine interval.
Insurance coverage in opposition to sickness and accident.
Journey Grant. It is a one-time fee and doesn’t apply for college students already residing in Sweden.
For students from Bangladesh, Bolivia; Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia or Zimbabwe – the scholarship features a journey grant of SEK 15,000 for the complete examine interval.
For students from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine, the scholarship features a journey grant of SEK 11,000 for the complete examine interval.
Membership of the SI Community for Future World Professionals (NFGP) – a platform that can assist you develop professionally and construct a community whereas in Sweden.
After your scholarship interval has ended, you develop into a member of the SI Alumni Community. As a member, you get a singular alternative for continued networking {and professional} improvement.
The scholarship does not:
Present further grants for relations.
Cowl the applying price to College Admissions.
Permit adjustments to the examine programme. We’re solely in a position to assist you thru the awarded grasp’s programme.
Permit extensions or adjustments to the awarded scholarship interval.
Standards
Nation of citizenship
You have to be a citizen of a rustic that’s eligible for SI scholarships. Nonetheless, you do not want to reside within the nation on the time of the applying.
College admissions
You have to be liable to pay tuition charges to Swedish universities, have adopted the steps of College Admissions and be admitted to one of many eligible grasp’s programmes by 30 of March 2023.
Earlier expertise
You need to have a minimal of three,000 hours of demonstrated work expertise. As well as, you will need to have demonstrated management expertise out of your present or earlier employer, or from civil society engagement.
Grasp’s programmes
The grasp’s programmes you apply for have to be eligible for SI scholarships. We give precedence to programmes inside sure topic areas, relying in your nation of citizenship.
Your will not be eligible if…
No matter all of the eligibility standards listed above, you might be not eligible for the SI Scholarships for World Professionals if you happen to:
have already resided in Sweden for cumulatively two years or extra, previous to the scholarship interval (beginning August 2023);
have beforehand been awarded a Swedish Institute scholarship for grasp’s stage research or analysis at a Swedish college/college school. Earlier members of the SI Summer time Academy for Younger Professionals (SAYP), and college students who’ve attended SI summer time programs within the Swedish language or the Swedish Institute Summer time College (SISU) should still apply;
already maintain a level from a Swedish college/college school;
are at present enrolled in a examine programme at a Swedish college/college school;
have a Swedish or EU/EEA citizenship*, a Swedish everlasting residence allow or a brief work- and residence allow based mostly on work or on household ties with a citizen of Sweden/EU/EEA nation who has a brief or everlasting proper of residence in Sweden; or
have twin citizenship in international locations not listed on the DAC record of ODA recipients 2022-2023.
*Exception: college students with twin citizenship in Romania could apply for a scholarship regardless that they’re EU residents, and should state the citizenship that’s eligible for the scholarship when making use of to each SI in addition to College Admissions.
Nation of Citizenship
You have to be a citizen of one of many eligible international locations. Nonetheless, you do not want to reside within the nation on the time of the applying. In case your nation of citizenship just isn’t listed beneath, we propose that you simply search for different scholarship alternatives.
Eligible programmes
About 700 grasp’s programmes taught in English beginning within the autumn semester 2023 are eligible for an SI scholarship. It’s as much as you to inspire in your scholarship software if/how your chosen programmes are associated to the prioritised topic areas. You’ll discover the record of eligible grasp programmes for the SISGP name for software tutorial yr 2023/2024 right here.
Earlier Expertise
Work Expertise
To be eligible for World Professionals, you will need to have had at the least 3,000 hours of labor expertise previous to 10 February 2023 from a most of three organisations/firms. Legitimate work expertise for World Professionals contains each full-time and part-time employment, for example as an worker, employer or freelancer. You may be required to certify the expertise in your software. If you don’t have already got the required quantity of labor expertise, your software shall be disqualified. Nonetheless, it’s not required that you’re employed on the time of the applying.
Precedence shall be given to candidates with a robust skilled background.
Management Expertise
Along with your work expertise, you will need to have the ability to show your earlier management expertise. The expertise could also be demonstrated via for example earlier work expertise or involvement in civil society organisations or networks.
Management expertise includes the expertise to guide different colleagues/organisations, mandate to affect the event technique for the organisation you’re employed at, allocate duties to colleagues and familiarity with decision-making processes.
The management expertise has no requirement relating to a minimal variety of hours. Nonetheless, precedence shall be given to candidates with demonstrated sturdy and related management expertise from employment.
Required paperwork
We won’t think about another paperwork than the required ones. It’s a must to use SI’s offered types, and you will need to full your software in English. In any other case, your software won’t be thought-about additional.
An entire software consists of:
CV (we solely settle for the SI-template)
Letters of reference (we solely settle for the SI-template)
Legitimate and accomplished proof of labor and management expertise (we solely settle for the SI-template)
Copy of your legitimate passport/Nationwide ID card
Motivation (shall be requested of you within the software portal)
Be aware! Your software shall be disqualified if any of the above is lacking.
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
You need to use SI’s type for CV 2023/2024 and the CV ought to not exceed three pages. It’s as much as you to resolve which of your earlier experiences are related to your software. Further pages won’t be thought-about throughout the analysis.
Letters of reference
You need to use SI’s type for the letter of reference 2023/2024. All letters of reference have to be signed by the referee and stamped with an official stamp of the referred organisation or notary workplace. The letters needs to be typed, then printed, signed, stamped and uploaded as a single PDF-file. You will discover extra data within the instruction within the type and our FAQ.
Two totally different letters of reference are necessary.
One of many letters have to be based mostly on work expertise (necessary). It’s also a advantage if the second letter of reference relies in your involvement in networks or civil society organisations exterior of your common work.
Proof of labor and management expertise
You need to use SI’s type for proof of labor and management expertise 2023/2024. The work and management type needs to be signed by the referee and stamped with an official stamp of the referred organisation or a notary workplace. The shape(s) needs to be typed, then printed, signed, stamped, and uploaded as a single PDF-file. You will discover extra data within the instruction within the type and our FAQ.
Copy of your legitimate passport/Nationwide ID card
You need to submit a replica of your legitimate passport/Nationwide ID card with the applying. It should clearly present your private knowledge, together with your identify, citizenship and {photograph}. It’s your duty to make sure that you’ve gotten a replica of your passport/Nationwide ID card that’s legitimate on the time of software. You may be requested to add the passport copy within the on-line software portal.
Tips on how to apply
Supply / Extra data: Official Web site HERE.
