Applying for SI Scholarship for Global Professionals

1. Apply for up to four eligible master’s programmes at at universityadmissions.se by 16 January 2023. Note that Stockholm School of Economics have their own, separate intake and admissions process.
2. Once you have submitted your application for master’s programme(s) at universityadmissions.se, you will get a personal application number consisting of eight digits. Save the number as you will need it when applying to the SI Scholarship for Global Professionals. Your application will be disqualified if you type in the wrong number in the online application form. Applicants for Stockholm School of Economics will not receive such a number.
3. Submit your receipt of the application fee and the supporting documents required by University Admissions before the deadline on 1 February 2023. The fee is non-refundable.

• You’ll find the list of eligible master programmes for the SISGP call for application academic year 2023/2024 here.

Note! If you missed the deadlines or failed to follow the application procedure at University Admissions, you will not be eligible for a scholarship.

Questions?

Do you have any questions related to University admissions the application fee or application number?

Contact University Admissions

1. After you have completed your application to a master’s programme, you can apply for an SI scholarship. See more information about the  required documents and forms under Criteria.
2. Submit the required documents digitally through our online application portal. The portal is open from 10 February 00:01 until 28 February 2023 14:59 CET.

Note! Due to the high volume of applications, the online application portal may be under heavy pressure at the end of the application period. We strongly urge all applicants not to wait until the last days to apply. No admission past deadline 28 February 14:59 CET is accepted as the portal will be closed.

If you have applied to several master’s programmes

You should only submit one scholarship application, regardless of how many master’s programmes you have applied for at universityadmissions.se. You can apply for SI scholarships for up to four eligible master’s programmes. Your application should have only one of each of the required documents attached, no matter how many master’s programmes you applied for.

If you have applied for master’s programme(s) to both University Admissions and Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) , you should include information about both in one scholarship application.

Data protection and integrity

The Swedish Institute (SI) is a public agency. As such, all applications received by SI are in the public domain. We use the personal information you give us to process your application. If you are granted a scholarship, we will continue to use this personal information to manage it. We deal with this information following the Swedish Principle of Public Access to Information and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Your personal information is handled by SI employees and outside experts who have signed a contract of compliance. For more information, please read SI’s privacy policy.

Screening

After the application deadline, we carry out a screening of all applications and disqualify those that do not meet the eligibility criteria for Global Professionals. If you have failed to follow the instructions for the required documents, for example by providing an incomplete application, using the wrong forms, missing a valid stamp, etc., then your application will also be disqualified. Reasons are given in the instructions in the forms and here on the website. Therefore, you should read through all available information carefully before filling out and submitting your documents.

Evaluation before admissions

We will then go through all the eligible applications and evaluate the information provided in your applications. We give scores with particular consideration for the aim and purpose of the scholarship programme. We are looking for talented and active professionals with capability, an existing platform and ambition to contribute to international development. The quality of the application is crucial in our selection.

• By 30 March 2023, you will receive your notification of selection results from University Admissions. SI will receive the admission results, including your personal information directly from University Admissions. There are no scholarships available for late admissions.
• Only admitted applicants to one of the eligible master’s programmes by 30 March 2023, including those who are conditionally admitted, will be considered further for an SI scholarship (read more in the next step, below). If you have been conditionally admitted, you will have received information regarding what you need to do to finalise your admission. Those who are not admitted to an eligible master’s programme by this date or are only listed as reserves or are placed on the waiting list will not be considered for a Global Professionals scholarship.

Note! Please check the instructions on how to reply to University Admissions. Contact University Admissions directly if you have any questions.

Evaluation after admissions

When the admission results for master’s studies are announced at universityadmissions.se on 30 March 2023 we will make a final evaluation of the applications that are still eligible for the scholarship. SI receives a separate list of admitted students from Stockholm School of Economics (SSE).

The rigid screening and evaluation process provides us with a shortlist of the best candidates. In the final evaluation, we give priority to certain factors, therefore thoroughly read through the call for applications above, as it explains what we take into consideration.

We aim at having all genders represented as equally as possible in the final list of scholarship recipients. We also want to include as many of the eligible countries and Swedish universities as possible, provided there is a sufficient number of quality applications. We also need to stay within our budget. We may make additional adjustments in the final selection to achieve the distribution we are aiming for. However, we do not have any quotas for specific countries, fields of study, Swedish universities etcetera. The number of recipients from different countries, and to certain programmes/universities may differ from year to year, depending on the quality of the applications received.

When all of the above factors have been taken into consideration, the final selection of scholarship recipients will be completed.

Announcement of SI scholarship recipients (27 April 2023)

In the afternoon of 27 April 2023, the successful SI scholarship recipients of Global Professionals 2022/2023 are announced at si.se.

Each recipient will then receive an official scholarship offer by email between 2 – 5 May. The recipient is responsible for ensuring that the email address provided in the application is correct. The scholarship must then be accepted or declined by the deadline indicated in the offer.

Note! Due to a large number of applicants, only those who are offered a scholarship will be notified.