2026 KI Global Scholarship in Sweden

Summary:

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

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

Karolinska Institute, as a university, stands as Sweden’s most extensive hub for academic medical research and provides the broadest array of medical courses and programs in the country. Since 1901, the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute has been responsible for the selection of Nobel laureates in the field of Physiology or Medicine.

Eligibilities:

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 2025

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

• have paid the application fee by 2 February 2026

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

• Only first-year students are eligible to apply.

Benefits:

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

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

Deadline:

February 2, 2026

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