Deadline:
March 31, 2025
Location(s)
Sweden
581 83 Linköping
Overview
Linköping University (LiU) offers a limited number of scholarships to outstanding international students. For some programmes and nationalities, it is also possible to apply for a scholarship through the Swedish Institute. There are also other funding opportunities for studies in Sweden.
Details
About Linköping University
Linköping University will never rest on its laurels.
In close collaboration with the business world and society, Linköping University (LiU) conducts world-leading, boundary-crossing research in fields including materials science, IT and hearing. In the same spirit, the university offers many innovative educational programmes, many of them with a clear vocational focus, leading to qualification as, for example, doctors, teachers, economists and engineers.
The university has 32,000 students and 4,000 employees on four campuses. Together we seek answers to the complex questions facing us today. Our students are among the most desirable in the labour market and international rankings consistently place LiU as a leading global university.
LiU achieved university status in 1975 and innovation is our only tradition.
LiU in figures
Some important figures for Linköping University.
Education
- 32,000 undergraduate students (full-time equivalents 17,907)
- 21,400 on Campus Valla
- 5,500 on Campus Norrköping
- 3,900 on University Hospital Campus (US)
- 2,100 distance students and students in other locations, including Campus Lidingö
(Some students take courses on more than one campus.)
- 120 study programmes, of which 27 are international programmes in English
- 550 single-subject courses
- Exchange agreements with 400 universities in 50 countries
- 2,400 international students
- 2,200 first cycle degrees
- 2,700 second cycle degrees
Research and scientific training
- 300 professors
- 1,200 PhD students
- 40 licentiate degrees
- 140 doctoral degrees
Staff
- 4,000 employees (full-time equivalents 3,156)
Finances
- Income SEK 4,036 million
- Expenditure SEK 3,881 million
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Am I eligible to apply?
Students who have applied for a master’s programme at Linköping University and who meet all of the following conditions are eligible to apply for a scholarship:
- you applied by the deadline for the first admission round;
- you chose a master’s programme at Linköping University as your first priority (ranked as number 1 of 4);
- you have been admitted to your first choice in the First Notification of Selection Results (April 2025); and,
- you are required to pay tuition fees.
Dates
Deadline: March 31, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
LiU International Scholarship
The LiU International Scholarship is aimed at supporting international master's degree students with significant academic potential who are required to pay tuition fees. The tuition fees for a student awarded a LiU International Scholarship are reduced by 25, 50, or 75%. We offer a limited number of these scholarships to new students.
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