The KTH Royal Institute Scholarship covers the full tuition fee of a one or two-year master’s program for International students to study in Sweden.
The KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm is one of Europe’s leading technical and engineering universities with several programs taught in English, hence a top destination for international students.
Requirements:
To be eligible for the KTH scholarship, you must.
be a fee-paying student and
have applied for a master’s programme at KTH as your first priority.
Students with conditional eligibility also qualify for the scholarship.
Eligible programmes
KTH Scholarships are available for applicants to all programmes except for joint Erasmus+, EIT Digital, EIT InnoEnergy, EIT Urban Mobility and Nordic Five Tech programmes, and the joint programme Computer Simulations for Science and Engineering.
However, applicants to some of these programmes can apply for the KTH Joint Programme Scholarship.
Applicants for the joint master’s programmes in Molecular Techniques in Life Science, and Innovative Technology for Healthy Living (EIT Health) are eligible for the KTH Scholarship.
Benefit
The KTH Scholarship covers the tuition fee at KTH for the first and the second year, provided that the study results during the first year are satisfactory.
The scholarship does not include living costs.
Selection Process
The scholarship is awarded primarily on the basis of academic excellence and the selection process is undertaken in parallel with the admissions process.
Only applicants who fulfil the admission requirements of the programme applied for are eligible for a scholarship.
After the applicants have been assessed for admission, an assessment of applicants for the scholarship is made based on the following criteria:
The applicant’s grades (GPA or equivalent)
The ranking of the university that awarded the applicant’s bachelor’s degree
The applicant’s motivation, relevant work experience and extra-curricular activities
The applicant’s motivation how they will contribute to the sustainable development goals with a master’s degree from KTH
Method of Application
You must apply for admission to an eligible Master’s programme at KTH. Applications are done online at www.universityadmissions.se. The deadline is 15 January 2026.
It is important to read the how to apply page and visit the official website (link found below) to access the application form and for detailed information on how to apply for this scholarship.
Only applicants who fulfil the admission requirements of the programme applied for are eligible for a scholarship. After the applicants have been assessed for admission, an assessment of applicants for the scholarship is made based on the following criteria:
The applicant’s grades (GPA or equivalent)
The ranking of the university that awarded the applicant’s bachelor’s degree
The applicant’s extracurricular research experiences or publications, relevant work experience, relevant teaching experience, awards from competitions and extracurricular activities
The applicant’s motivation how they will contribute to the sustainable development goals with a master’s degree from KTH
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Application Deadline: January 15, 2026.