Scholarships for international students
There are additional details to consider but fundamentally a scholarship serves as the gateway to fulfilling all your aspirations. We offer scholarships, tailored to different needs, and you could potentially qualify for one of them.
Luleå University of Technology (LTU) offers two new scholarships for 2024 aimed at top academic students. This applies to the bachelor programme in Mineral Resource Engineering and the master programme in Electrification.
Scholarships
- LKAB External link.-scholarship for students applying to the international bachelor programme in Mineral Resource Engineering.
- LTU-scholarship for students applying to the master programme in Electrification.
The scholarships are granted on the basis of academic excellence. Priority is given to applicants that have chosen one of the programmes as their first choice.
Students from countries within EU/EEA and Switzerland (non-Swedish citizens): Can apply for a scholarship that covers living expences. SEK 12,000 per month.
Students from a country outside the EU/EEA and Switzerland: Can apply for a scholarship that covers the tuition fee at LTU for the whole length of the programme, provided that the study results are satisfactory. The scholarship does not cover living expenses.
Selection process
The scholarships are awarded primarily on the basis of academic excellence and the selection process is undertaken in parallel with the admission process. Only applicants who fulfil the admission requirements of the applied programme are eligible for a scholarship.
Deadline for Application for our scholarships is the 28th of February.
Special rules for these scholarships - the criteria below apply.
- If the student is granted a deferment of studies until the next academic year, the scholarship decision is reversed.
- Upon a change into another degree programme, the scholarship decision will be reviewed.
- Scholarship holders who have carried out exchanges studies at Luleå University of Technology and can be given credit for studies within their Master’s programme, will have their granted scholarship reduced for the remaining higher education credits required to fulfil the exam requirements.
- If the scholarship decision covers only a part of the tuition fee,
the student must pay the remaining part of the tuition fee no later than 15 June for the start of the autumn semester or no later than 15 December for the start of the spring semester, in accordance with Guidelines for handling tuition fees for degree programmes and courses at Luleå University of Technology - If a student is granted a leave from studies during the degree programme, the scholarship payments are postponed during the leave. The payments are resumed when the student returns to the degree programme. Scholarship holders on a leave from studies for more than one year will lose their scholarship.
- Applicants who are granted a scholarship but are denied a residence permit by the Swedish Migration Agency lose their scholarship offer.
- Scholarship holders changing their fee status to a non-fee paying student lose the reduction of the tuition fee in the scholarship.
Important Note
The scholarship is awarded one (1) semester at a time. Prior to each semester, the scholarship holder’s study performance is checked. The scholarship holder must have completed the course credits specified below in order to receive scholarship the next semester:
- Prior to semester no. 2 = at least 7.5 credits.
- Prior to semester no. 3 = at least 37.5 credits.
- Prior to semester no. 4 = at least 67.5 credits.
- Prior to semester no. 5 = at least 97.5 credits.
- Prior to semester no. 6 = at least 127.5 credits.
If a scholarship holder has not fulfilled the required criteria for accomplished study results (see above) when the study performance is checked for the upcoming semester, the scholarship will not be awarded the scholarship for that semester. Failure to fulfill the required criteria for accomplished study results means that the scholarship holder himself/herself will have to pay in full for the living expenses/tuiton fee for that semester.
If the scholarship holder, at a later stage, completes the stipulated number of credits specified above at the point when the study performance is checked prior to a semester, the scholarship holder can receive the scholarship for the semester that the applicable criteria are met. However, missed scholarship/s will not be awarded afterwards.
Required documents
The application should provide the University with a Curriculum Vitae, a motivation letter and a letter of recommendation. The motivation letter and the letter of recommendation must contain no more than 600 words each. The following questions should be answered in the motivation letter:
- Why do you want to study this programme?
- What other qualities do you have besides academic excellence?
- What are your career aspirations?
In order to have a successful application, make sure to be eligible, complete all these steps of the process, and that you have the documentation required to finalise your application in time.
In the application, make sure to:
- Have your 8-digit application number at hand (from your account/application on universityadmissions.se)
- Use the same e-mail address as the one you registered at your account on universityadmissions.se
Notification and mandatory confirmation of awarded scholarships
The scholarship receipient will receive the offer in April. Luleå University of Technology (LTU) cannot give any preliminary notifications regarding whether a scholarship applicant will be offered the scholarship or not. However, all applicants for scholarships administrated by LTU will be notified when the selection is completed.
If you receive an offer, you have to confirm that you accept the scholarship offer by the deadline specified in the notification.
Faliure to confirm before the deadline will result in the scholarship offer to be rescinded.
Please note, if you want to change or add, something to your application, you must submit a new application. In such a case, your previous application will be cancelled.
The application for the scholarship is closed.
Scholarship for current Master students
This scholarship is offered to students who study a Master programme at Luleå University of Technology for the whole duration of a 2 year period. If granted, the recipient of the scholarship will have their tuition waived either fully or partly for one semester for the forthcoming academic year.
The assessment is based on study progress and study merit from the first year of studies. The selection is done early May every year. Eligible students will be contacted by the responsible coordinator, and the decision will be announced in June.
The decision cannot be appealed.
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