Karolinska Institutet (KI) Global Master’s Scholarship for tuition-paying students 2026
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Applicant criteria
NationalityUnited Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Comoros, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen
Gender
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Job locationSweden
DegreeMaster
Needed documentsothers
Deadline2026-02-25
Opportunity description
Karolinska Institutet is one of the world’s leading medical and research universities, with a primary focus on medicine, health sciences, and advanced medical research. It was founded in 1810 and is considered one of the most prominent educational institutions offering master’s and doctoral programs in the fields of medicine and science.
It offers a wide range of programs, and approximately one scholarship per program is awarded annually to outstanding students affiliated with Karolinska Institutet.
Benefits
Scholarship coverage:
- The KI Global Master’s Scholarship covers tuition fees. Travel costs, living expenses, and other costs must be covered from other funding sources.
- The KI Global Master’s Scholarship covers tuition fees only for students enrolled in a global master’s programme at Karolinska Institutet.
Eligibility criteria
Application requirements:
- Your application must be for a Global Master’s Programme at Karolinska Institutet starting in September 2026.
- You must be a new student (first year) in this master’s programme.
- You must have paid the application fee for the master’s programme before 2 February 2026.
- You must meet all academic admission requirements and submit all documents required by the master’s programme
- You must be a student from outside the EU/EEA.
Application deadlines:
- 2 February 2026: Deadline to submit the CV form via your university admissions account.
- 9–25 February 2026: Scholarship application period.
- 27 April 2026: Scholarship recipients will be notified by email.
- 30 April 2026: Deadline to accept the scholarship offer.
Important note:
- Some master’s programmes, such as Molecular Techniques in Life Science and Biostatistics and Data Science, are not eligible for this scholarship.
If a scholarship recipient declines their offer in a given year, two scholarships will be awarded for that programme in the following year instead of one.