Karolinska Institutet (KI) Global Masters Scholarship in Sweden

Karolinska Institutet offers some tuition fee scholarships to excellent students who have been admitted to one of its Global Master’s Programmes starting each Autumn semester. 

Karolinska Institutet awards 10 scholarships per year, spread across all the Global Master’s Programmes. The competition is fierce, with approximately 1500 international students applying for the scholarship annually.

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To be eligible for the Karolinska Institutet KI Global Masters Scholarship, you must:

• have applied to one of Karolinska Institutet’s Global Master’s Programmes starting in 2027 and have paid the application fee by 1 February 2027

• be a tuition fee-paying student (from outside the EU/EEA)

• fulfil the entry and documentation requirements for the programme you have applied for

• have ranked a master's programme at KI as your first choice.

• Only first-year students are eligible to apply.

The Karolinska Institutet Global Master’s Scholarship only covers the tuition fee (or part of the tuition fee for programmes only partially offered by Karolinska Institutet). Travel, living expenses, and other costs must be met with other funding.

Furthermore, please note that the KI Global Master’s Scholarship only covers the tuition fee for students enrolled in a Global Master’s Programme at Karolinska Institutet and cannot be used for other studies.

To apply for the KI Global Scholarship, interested and qualified candidates should;

• 1

  Click on the button below to visit the scholarship webpage

• 2

  Apply for admission to any one of your desired Masters program offered by the Karolinska Institutet.

• 3

  Application for admission must be completed between October 16, 2026, and January 15, 2027.

• 4

  After securing admission, you will then proceed to apply for the scholarship in 2027.

• 5

  The scholarship application period is between 8 and 24 February 2027.

To complete your application process for the Karolinska Institutet Global Scholarship, use the link in the green box created below.