KTH Joint Programme Scholarship
The KTH Joint Programme Scholarship is available for students participating in a joint programme and covers the tuition fee for the study period spent at KTH. In 2024, 7 % of the eligible scholarship applicants were nominated for the KTH Joint Programme Scholarship (2 of 29).
Scholarship content
The KTH Joint Programme Scholarship covers the tuition fee for the study period spent at KTH and does not include living costs.
Requirements
To be eligible for the scholarship, you must be a fee-paying student according to the definition of University Admissions , the Swedish national application system (read here to get more information). You must also attend one or two semesters at KTH beginning in autumn 2025 as part of one of the following joint programmes:
- Computer Simulations for Science and Engineering, COSSE
- Innovative Sustainable Energy Engineering (Nordic Five Tech)
- Polymer Technology (Nordic Five Tech)
- ICT Innovation (EIT Digital): only EIT Digital students who meet the following criteria are eligible: 1) first semester at KTH (round 1 applicants) or third semester at KTH; 2) have paid the registration fee by 3 April for students with first semester at KTH; 3) don’t hold a scholarship (whole or partial) from EIT Digital consortium
- Decentralized Smart Energy Systems, DENSYS, (Erasmus+): only DENSYS students that don't hold an Erasmus Mundus Scholarship or a scholarship from the DENSYS consortium are eligible
If you are applying to the master's programmes in Molecular Techniques in Life Science, Biostatistics and Data Science, or Innovative Technology for Healthy Living (EIT Health) you are not eligible for the KTH Joint Programme Scholarship and must instead apply for the KTH Scholarship. If you are applying to the master's programme in Mathematics, you must apply for a scholarship through Stockholm University. Students admitted to an EIT programme not listed above and students who hold an Erasmus Mundus Scholarship are not eligible for the scholarship.
Application instructions
Applicants attending KTH for the first year of a programme and have not applied through universityadmissions.se must send scans of their original bachelor's degree and transcripts (including official translations if they are not issued in English) to info@kth.se during the application period (1 April to 15 April). Applicants attending KTH for the second year must send scans of their original transcripts from your first year of studies within the joint programme to info@kth.se .
Selection process
The scholarship is awarded primarily on the basis of academic excellence and 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
- Previous studies within the joint programme (students attending KTH for their second year)
