Aker Scholarship

AKER SCHOLARSHIP IS A GRANT AWARDED TO STUDENTS WHO WANT TO APPLY FOR MASTER’S OR PHD STUDIES AT SOME OF THE WORLD'S LEADING UNIVERSITIES.

The scholarship is open to applicants from all academic disciplines. You apply to Aker Scholarship one year before embarking on your studies (or you may apply in the fall as you begin your studies).

To be eligible you must be Norwegian or have a strong link to Norway: you must have lived in Norway for several years and speak Norwegian.  

The Aker Scholarship provides funding that complements other sources of financial support. You will normally not incur any additional student loans during the course of your degree. 

Aker Scholarship is more than financial support. We guide you through the application process and provide follow up throughout the entire program. We award scholarships to students to study at the following universities:
Caltech, MIT, Harvard, Stanford, University of Pennsylvania, Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College London og National University of Singapore (NUS).

YOU NORMALLY APPLY TO AKER SCHOLARSHIP BEFORE APPLYING TO THE UNIVERSITIES. 

The application for Aker Scholarship is completed online. You must include a CV, grades, recommendation letters, references and other relevant documents. If you apply for a Master's degree, you must submit an application letter approximately 2 pages long describing yourself, what you want to study and why, in addition to why you should receive a scholarship. If you want support for a PhD, you must also attach a project description, typically 4-10 pages long. (We understand that such a PhD project description can and will change in dialogue with the academic community at the universities once you embark on your degree, but we want you to tell us a little bit of what you want to do in your research.) Read more about what is required in your application here.

The best applicants will be invited for an interview and we will reach out to your references. 

The most promising candidates will receive a conditional offer of a scholarship, pending admission to the university to which they applied. Our financial support is guaranteed if you are admitted. 

In the period up to the application deadline at your chosen university, you will work on your application, undertake mandatory tests etc. We will assist you in this process and you will receive documentation from us confirming our financial support if you are admitted.

If you are admitted to the university you applied to and accept the offer, we will confirm your scholarship. It is at this stage of the process that the award will be “official”.

The scholarships are disbursed 2-3 times per year and are dependant on students progressing normally in their study. We keep in touch with you throughout the course of your studies and hopefully also after graduation.