Aspiring international students eyeing a joint programme at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden can now apply for the KTH Joint Programme Scholarship 2025, which fully covers tuition fees for the study period spent at KTH.
In 2024, only 7% of eligible applicants were nominated for the scholarship, making it a highly competitive yet rewarding opportunity for deserving candidates. If you are planning to study at KTH as part of a joint programme in autumn 2025, here’s everything you need to know.
Scholarship Benefits
The KTH Joint Programme Scholarship offers a tuition fee waiver for the period spent at KTH. However, the scholarship does not cover living costs, and recipients must arrange their own financial support for expenses beyond tuition.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must:
- Be a fee-paying student as defined by Sweden’s national university admission system.
- Attend one or two semesters at KTH as part of an eligible joint programme in autumn 2025.
Eligible Joint Programmes
Students enrolled in the following joint master’s programmes are eligible:
- Computer Simulations for Science and Engineering (COSSE)
- Innovative Sustainable Energy Engineering (Nordic Five Tech)
- Polymer Technology (Nordic Five Tech)
- ICT Innovation (EIT Digital) – Only for students meeting specific conditions:
- First or third semester at KTH
- Paid the registration fee by April 3, 2025
- Not receiving an EIT Digital consortium scholarship
- Decentralized Smart Energy Systems (DENSYS, Erasmus+) – Only for students not holding an Erasmus Mundus or DENSYS consortium scholarship.
Application Process
- New students (First year at KTH) – Submit scans of your bachelor’s degree and transcripts (with official English translations if necessary) via email to [email protected] between April 1 and April 15, 2025.
- Returning students (Second year at KTH) – Submit transcripts from your first year within the joint programme to [email protected].
The application period for the KTH Joint Programme Scholarship 2025 will open on April 1, 2025, and close on April 15, 2025. Candidates will be notified of the scholarship results in late April 2025.