Provider:
Government of Switzerland
Handler:
Federal
Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS)
Study Level:
Doctorate
and Postdoc. Degree
Deadline:
August – November
every year (depending on your country).
Summary:
The Swiss
Government, through the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign
Students (FCS), awards various postgraduate scholarships to foreign scholars
and researchers: University scholarships (Swiss universities, Federal Institutes
of Technology as well as Universities of Applied Sciences) and Arts
scholarships (schools of music and fine arts, only for a limited number of
countries).
These
scholarships provide graduates from all fields with the opportunity to pursue
doctoral or postdoctoral research in Switzerland at one of the public funded
university or recognized institution.
Any of
the 10 Swiss Public Universities, the two Swiss Federal Institutes of
Technology, the public teaching and research institutes and the Universities of
applied sciences
Field of Study:
All
academic fields
Nations Covered:
Scholarships
are open to most international students from any country.
Type of Scholarship:
The
scholarship covers the following:
• Monthly
payment of 1920 Swiss Francs for PhD studies/research or 3,500 Swiss Francs for
postdoctoral research
•
Exemption of the tuition fees (except for EPFL)
•
Mandatory Swiss Health insurance paid by the FCS (for non-European grantees
only)
• A lump
sum for air fare for non-European grantees (provided at the end of the
scholarship)
• Special
300 Swiss Francs lodging allowance (paid once at the beginning of the
scholarship)
• 1 year
half-fare public transportation card
• Counselling
and various trips, dinners and sigh seeing tours organized for Swiss Government
Scholarship holders
Eligibility:
• First
class Master degree or equivalent University degree if applying for PhD
studies/research or a First Class Doctoral Degree if applying for a
Postdoctoral research.
• For PhD
studies/research, the candidate should not be more than 35 years old at the
moment of the application.
For
postdoctoral research, there should not be a gap of more than 5 years between
the award of the PhD and the application deadline.
•
Applicants should be residing in their home country at the moment of the
application. Applicants who are in Switzerland since more than 1 year are not
eligible
•
Applicants must provide a letter (e-mail) from a Professor from the Swiss host
institution stating that he/she is willing to supervise the Research, PhD, or
the Postdoctoral research. For PhD studies, applicants must apply to the chosen
Swiss University as well as for the scholarship.
•
Applicants must have a research proposal including a timeframe (this is the
central piece of the application. The applicant must devote all required
attention to it)
•
Applicants must be in command of the necessary language skills required for the
Research, PhD Studies or the Postdoctoral research.
Important:
The eligibility criteria and conditions may vary per country.
Please see the specific eligibility criteria of your country.
Website:
Note: Please always visit
the respective website of the scholarship for comprehensive information. In
areas you don’t understand, contact the relevant Contact Person via email on
the scholarship website. You may as well contact us, but we may not have the
complete information like the scholarship providers. Thank you.
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