Swiss Government Scholarships for International Students
PhD / Post Doctoral Scholarships
Fully Funded Scholarships for International Students
2021 / 2022 Scholarships in Switzerland
Swiss Government Scholarships 2021
The Swiss Government is offering scholarships for international students in Switzerland. These scholarships are for those students who want to pursue their Ph.D. and Post Doctoral studies in different universities under the Swiss Government. The main objective of these scholarships is to enable the intellectual international students to complete and conduct their research in Swiss universities with international standards. Also, the goal of this scholarship program is to promote research cooperation and international exchange and to strengthen the relationship between Switzerland and other participating countries. This scholarship program is of two types:
- The Research Scholarship: This scholarship is offered to those candidates (post graduate researchers in any discipline) who are wishing to pursue research or further studies at doctoral or post doctoral level in Switzerland.
- The Art Scholarship: This scholarship is offered to those candidates (art students) who are planning to come to Switzerland to pursue an initial master’s degree.
Awardees for this scholarship program are selected by the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS). The FCS evaluates applications of scholarship according to three criteria:
- Profile of applicant
- Quality of the artistic work or research project
- Potential and synergies for future research cooperation.
Field of Study / Subjects:
Applicants can choose any field for their Ph.D. and post doctoral studies which are offered in different universities under the Swiss Government.
Other latest Scholarships in Switzerland are also offered for different degrees and subjects all over Switzerland.
Number of Scholarships:
Many numbers of awards are offered under this scholarship.
Duration of Scholarship:
The duration of awards is settled as three years for a Ph.D. program while one year for Post-doctoral studies.
Scholarship Description / Details:
This scholarship is offering many grants for the applicants, which are given as follows:
- The scholarship amounts to a monthly payment of 1’920 Swiss Francs for a Ph.D. Degree.
- The scholarship amounts to a monthly payment of 3’500 Swiss Francs for Post doctoral study.
- Exemption of the tuition fees (except for EPFL).
- Mandatory Swiss Health insurance is paid by the FCS (for non-EU and EFTA grantees only).
- A lump sum for airfare for non-European grantees only at the end of the scholarship
- Special 300 Swiss Francs housing allowance
- 1 year half-fare public transportation card
- Counseling and various trips, dinners, and sight-seeing tours organized for Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship holders.
Eligibility Criteria:
To be considered as eligible for the scholarship, applicants should possess the following eligibility criteria:
- Applicant should be from any developing country with a valid passport
- The applicant must not be more than 35 years old at the moment of the application for a Ph.D. degree
- Applicant for Ph.D. degree scholarship should be holder of a Master degree from any recognized university while Post Doctoral students should have a Ph.D. degree
- There should not be a gap of more than five years between the degree receiving time and grant of scholarship
- The applicant should not be a grantee of any Swiss scholarship before.
How to Apply / Download Scholarship Form / Documents Required:
Applicants, who want to apply for this scholarship:
- Should submit their application form before the final date of submission
- Applicants should attach all necessary documents mentioned on the website.
Participating countries:
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cap Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Côte d’Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic Republic of Congo
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haïti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, North (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea)
Korea, South (Republic of Korea)
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Luxemburg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Norway
Occupied Palestinian territory
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Republic of Congo
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Salomon Islands
Samoa
Santa Lucia
São Tome and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
St. Kitts and Nevis
St-Vincent and the Grenadines
Sudan
Surinam
Swaziland / eSwatini
Sweden
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United States of America
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City State
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe.
Scholarship information such as due dates, types of scholarship, eligibility criteria, and documents required etc may vary country to country. Visit the following site (A-L countries M-Z countries) to get more information about scholarship in your country.
Procedure of Application:
In August- release of programme
In September- Get a package of application from Swiss representation
From September to December- Application form submission deadline which varies from country to country
At the end of May- Selection by the Federal Commission for Scholarships (FCS)
In next September- The scholarship begins.
Contact us:
Ph: +41 58 462 21 29
Email: info@sbfi.admin.ch
Last Date to Apply / Deadline:
May (annual) or may vary country to country.
Official Website:
Visit the official website, to check out more info:
how we will find a supervisor in Switzerland universitys
Dear you need to first see that which professor has expertise in the area you want to do research. This is you can do by going to the faculty page of the related department of 4-5 universities. Then you can see one or two professor from each university. You can email them your CV for supervision request.
If your CV is of low level then dont select very high profile professor to send CV as he/she will not consider you. I hope its useful suggestion for you.
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scholarship link
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