The KI Global Master's Scholarship

The KI Global Master's Scholarship for fee-paying students

Karolinska Institutet offers around 1 scholarship per programme per year to excellent students who have been admitted to one of global master’s programmes. The scholarship is distributed across all the global master’s programmes and the competition is high. In 2025, university received 687 applications and 10 students were offered a scholarship.

The KI Global Master’s Scholarship covers the tuition fee. Travel, living expenses and other costs must be met with other funding. 

The KI Global Master's Scholarship only covers the tuition fee for students enrolled at a Global Master's Programme at Karolinska Institutet.

To be eligible for the KI Global Master’s Scholarship you must:

• have  applied to one of Karolinska Institutet's global master's programmes starting 2026*
• have  paid the application fee by 2 February 2026
• be a first year student
• be a tuition-fee paying student (non-EU/EEA citizen)
• fulfill the entry and documentation requirements for the programme you have applied for

*The Master's programme in Molecular Techniques in Life Science and the Master's programme in Biostatistics and Data Science are not eligible for the KI Global Master's Scholarship. Check KTH scholarship opportunities for these programmes. 

The selection of scholarship awardees is based on a comprehensive evaluation of the applicant’s CV form and supporting documentation submitted via University Admissions. The assessment is conducted by the academic staff of each global master’s programme.

Selection Principles

• The student with the highest merit value within each programme will be offered the scholarship.
• If two or more applicants have the same merit value, a random selection (lottery) will be used to determine the scholarship recipient.
• If a scholarship recipient declines their offer in a given year, two scholarships will be awarded for that programme in the following year, instead of one.

You must have  applied to one of Karolinska Institutet's global master's programmes starting 2026.

The application for the KI Global Master’s Scholarship is a separate process from the programme application. An application link will be published on this page when the scholarship application period opens. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.

The evaluation criteria that are considered during the selection process are previous education, work experience, research experience, statement of intent and overall assessment. Some programmes may include additional criteria specific to their field of study in the CV form. 

Documents Required

• Application
• Academic Transcripts
• CV
• Statement of Intent
• Work Experience
• Research Experience