Pioneering Women in STEM

No. The Swedish Institute (SI) is a government agency, not a university. We administer the SI scholarships, but not university programmes/courses. Please visit University Admissions or contact the Swedish universities directly.

No. A list of master’s programmes eligible for the SI Scholarship Pioneering Women in STEM will be available November 1, 2024.

Apply through University Admissions portal.

No, you do not need to inform us about any problem you have regarding your application at University Admissions. However, SI will only consider you for a scholarship if you are admitted to one of the eligible master’s programmes by 27 March 2025. We are unfortunately unable to make any exceptions.

You can find the information on how your application to University Admissions will be affected when you change the ranking here. You don’t need to inform us about your new ranking or any related communication with University Admissions.

If your application to University Admissions is evaluated at a later time due to the change, it’s unlikely that you will be admitted by 27 March 2025. In that case, your scholarship application will not be considered.

If the change in ranking does not delay your admission (and you are admitted no later than 27 March 2025) you are still a candidate for the scholarship.

To be a candidate for the Pioneering Women in STEM scholarship you must apply for a master’s programme in time and be submitted to the programme. The application period at University Admissions is 15 October 2024 – 15 January 2025.

There is no application fee to apply for an SI scholarship. There is, however, an application fee that you need to pay when you apply for programmes via University Admissions.

If you do not pay the application fee by their deadline, your application to University Admissions will not be processed, and therefore you cannot be considered for an SI scholarship. Please contact the University Admissions for questions related to the application fee.

For questions regarding the admissions process to the University Admissions and their application fee, please contact University Admissions directly.

No, it is not refundable. Note that the application fee is not related to your scholarship application.

No, you do not need to inform us.

Once you have submitted your application for master’s programmes to University Admissions, you will get a personal application number consisting of seven or eight digits. Log in to “My pages” at universityadmissions.se, to find the number.

The Swedish Institute and University Admissions are two separate government agencies. You should contact University Admissions or the university directly if you have questions regarding documents required for your application to them.

If you fail to submit the required documents to University Admissions on time, your application may be deemed late, and then you will not be considered for an SI scholarship. Only the applicants who are admitted to an eligible master’s programme by 27 March 2025 will be considered for an SI scholarship.

You do not need to inform us about it. Instead you should contact University Admissions or the Swedish universities you are applying to. If you cannot be admitted to any eligible master’s programme by 27 March 2025 due to this late submission, your scholarship application will not be considered. We cannot make any exceptions.

If your country of citizenship/nationality is included on our list of targeted countries, then you may apply. It is not a requirement that you currently live in your home country or have completed your bachelor’s degree in your home country.

Yes you may apply for both scholarships. You are however not able to be awarded more than one scholarship at SI.

Yes. The competition for SI scholarships is very high. We recommend that you also look for and apply for other scholarships from your government, organisations in your country or from the Swedish universities where you would like to study.

If you have dual citizenship(s) and both are eligible for a Pioneering Women in STEM scholarship, you should choose only one citizenship. Applicants who apply to more than one SI scholarship using more than one citizenship, will have both applications disqualified.

Applicants who have dual citizenship in countries not listed on the DAC list of ODA recipients are not eligible for the SI scholarships.

No, there are currently no scholarships available from SI for bachelor level studies.

No. Here you can find all opportunitites for funding and grants currently offered by SI.

No, there are currently no SI scholarships available for PhD studies or postdoc research in Sweden.

Applying for PhD and postdoc research programmes works differently in Sweden, read more about it here. 

No. If you are already enrolled in a master’s programme in Sweden you are not eligible to apply. We suggest that you look for other scholarship opportunities.

SI does not have any requirements for language proficiency and GPA for applicants on master’s level, as these assessments are done by the universities and University Admissions.

Find more information regarding language proficiency and potential GPA requirements here or on the specific university’s website.

To be eligible for SI scholarships, you must be liable to pay tuition fees to Swedish universities in accordance with the information provided by University Admissions.

This does not mean that you need to pay tuition fees by your own means if you are awarded a scholarship. It only means you need to be required to pay when you apply. In general, citizens of countries that are not part of the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland are required to pay tuition fees. The SI scholarship covers both tuition fees and living expenses, which means EU citizens (for example) are not the target group of this scholarship.

Kindly contact University Admissions directly if you have questions about whether or not you need to pay tuition fees.

The tuition fee will be paid by SI directly to the university in case you are awarded an SI scholarship.

When you apply for a designated master’s programme for Pioneering Women in STEM through University Admissions, you are automatically a candidate for the scholarship.

The application period for master’s studies starting in the autumn semester 2025 opens 16 October 2024 and closes 15 January 2025 at University Admissions.

Let SI know you have applied
When you have applied to University Admission, please fill out this form to let us know that you have applied to a programme eligible for the SI Scholarship Pioneering women in STEM. Form will be published 1 November. 

When you have applied for one of the designated master’s programmes for Pioneering Women in STEM and meet all other criteria, you are automatically considered for the scholarship.

Each university is responsible for selecting scholars and will provide instructions if there is an additional process to follow as a candidate for the scholar.

If you have any questions, contact the university to which you have applied.

Let SI know you have applied
When you have applied to University Admission, please fill out this form to let us know that you have applied to a programme eligible for the SI Scholarship Pioneering women in STEM. Form will be published 1 November. 

No. We recommend you to apply again for the next application round.

Kindly make sure that you have read through all the information on our website and the instructions in our forms for the required documents, before you contact us. To look for your answer in the call for applications and in the forms is the most efficient way to get your problem solved.

You can contact us through the contact form below. Due to heavy workload, it may take a few days until you get an answer. Thank you for your patience!