Fully funded Slovak government scholarships for international students

2022 Fully funded Slovak government scholarships for international students

The Slovak Government Scholarships is one of the most popular government scholarships around the world. This distinctive scholarship have long been a part of Slovakia’s official development assistance, which itself is a programme and project activity of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs within the international community. Fully funded Slovak government scholarships accept applications from international students from different countries around the world to study the Slovak language and enroll in one of the bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral programs in one of the Slovakian universities included in the scholarship.

Through this article, you can find all information regarding Fully funded Slovak government scholarships 2022 information, conditions, and how to apply for this scholarship step by step.

All You Need to Know about Fully funded Slovak government scholarships 2022

Slovak government scholarships have always been a part of Official Development Assistance to Slovakia, which in itself is a program and project activity of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs within the international community. The Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sports of the Slovak Republic will implement bilateral development cooperation through the Government Grants Program as defined in the Medium-Term Development Cooperation Strategy of the Slovak Republic for the period 2019-2023 (Government Decision No. 40 of 2019).

Through this decision, the Slovak government offers fully-funded scholarships to study the Slovak language and to enroll in one of the master’s or doctoral programs at one of the Slovakian universities included in the scholarship. These grants are provided for a considerable number of academic majors in public universities, and the language of instruction in this grant is exclusively in the Slovak language, and it is not possible to enroll in programs taught in other languages

  • Hosted Country: Scholarships in Slovakia.
  • awarded Slovak government.
  • Duration: 4-5 years for undergraduate, 2-3 years for Master, 4 years for PhD.
  • Coverage: Fully Funded.
  • No. of scholarships: Not specified.
  • Language of Instruction: Slovak language.
  • Study Mode: Full-Time Study.
  • Eligibility: Undergraduate, Master and PhD.

Slovak government scholarships Areas

  • Teacher training and educational sciences.
  • Economics and management.
  • Environmental and Environmental Sciences.
  • Biotechnology.
  • Agriculture and landscaping.
  • Wood Science and Technology.
  • Forestry.
  • Veterinary medicine.
  • General medicine (excluding medical biophysics, medical,
  • Clinical and pharmaceutical biochemistry, and medical
  • Neurosciences).
  • Dentistry.
  • pharmacy.
  • Health Care Sciences. (Excluding dental health, physiological and
    clinical nutrition, physiotherapy, radiology technology, and dental technology)
  • Public Health.
  • Nursing.
  • Mechanical engineering.
  • Civil Engineering.
  • Computer science.
  • The science of self-control.
  • Electrical and electronics engineering.
  • Chemical Engineering and Technology.
  • Food Sciences.
  • Transportation; (Excluding transport,
  • Mail and logistics services)
  • Extraction and processing of land resources.
  • Architecture and Urbanism.

Slovak government Undergraduate & Graduate scholarships BENEFITS

As follow:

Funding for preparatory year of the Slovak language:

  • Exemption from fees.
  • A monthly stipend of 280 euros.
  • One-time stipend upon the commencement of study in the SR of 35 euros.
  • Monthly stipend for public university of 80.
Study at university is allowed only in Slovak language under this scholarship program.So if you do not speak Slovak, mark in your account, section 2. Basic data, that you do not speak Slovak language (reply”no” to question “My knowledge of the Slovak language is sufficient to pass the study:”). If your application for the provision of scholarship will be accepted you will take part in Slovak language and academic preparatory course which starts in September and lasts for 10 months, after finishing the course you can apply to university.

Funding for Undergraduate / Master programs

  • Exemption from fees.
  • A monthly stipend of 280 euros.
  • One-time stipend upon the commencement of study in the SR of 35 euros.
  • One-time stipend upon the completion of study in the SR of 100 euros.
  • Monthly stipend for public university of 80.

Funding for PhD programs

  • Exemption from fees.
  • A monthly stipend of 330 euros.
  • One-time stipend upon the commencement of study in the SR of 35 euros.
  • One-time stipend upon the completion of study in the SR of 100 euros.
  • Monthly stipend for public university of 240.

In the event of a significant change in the living standards in Slovakia, it is possible to adjust the amount of monthly scholarship in the form of valorization in accordance with the financial possibilities.

Government Scholarships are provided for a specific period of time. In exceptional cases, the Commission of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the SR may pass decisions regarding changes of this period.  The Commission shall assess the reasons stated by the applicant in the written application and credibly confirmed by required documentation. Such decisions are final and may not be appealed. A scholarship that is revoked due to poor academic performance will not be provided to another applicant.

Scholarship required documents

  • a record of the highest level of education attained,
  • a completion certificate from a secondary school if attached to an application for language education for studies in a first-level academic program or an academic program combining the first and second-levels or studies in such an academic program; otherwise, a transcript of university studies is required,
  • an acceptance letter if attached to an application for studies at university,
  • birth certificate,
  • a photograph measuring 3.5 cm x 4 cm showing the person’s full face, with no glasses with dark lenses, with the face height from the eyes to the chin of at least 13 mm; minimum resolution of 350 x 400 pixels is required for digital images,
  • A copy of the pages of a passport (travel document) containing the personal details of the holder.
  • recommendations:
    • from two educational staff members of the secondary school issuing the completion certificate under letter b) above if attached to an application for language education for studies in a first-level academic program or an academic program combining the first and second-levels or studies in such an academic
      program, or
    • from two university instructors from the university issuing the transcript under letter b) above if attached to an application for language education for studies in a second-level academic program or a third-level academic program or studies in such an academic program,
  • a signed curriculum vitae,
  • bibliographical details of publication activities in the scope of the name, author and publisher details with respect to language education for studies in a third-level academic program or studies in such an academic program,
  • a copy of the pages of a passport (travel document) containing the personal details of the holder

Application Procedures for Fully funded Slovak government scholarships  2022

If you have not got your account and log in information you have to register. Click at the home page on Registration and complete the registration form according assigned instructions, confirm by clicking on Register.

After successful registration, you will receive a confirmation e-mail and a password which you need to log in to your account.

Please fill in the application according to the instructions. Compulsory attachments must be added to the application. In the event that any of compulsory attachments will not be attached to the application the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sports of the SR will not accept this application and at the same time it will be automatically disqualified from the process of nomination for study.

Once you finish with filling the online application form, go to section 1. Applications in your account, download PDF file named “Document”, print the last page of it “Confirmation”, sign it and attach the scan of it as “Signed application”.

Scholarship Deadlines

The Slovak Government Scholarship is an annual scholarship and the deadline for applying is the 30th of May each academic year.

Notice of student acceptance or non-acceptance of the government scholarship is sent by the Ministry electronically using the email address provided by each applicant by July 15.

Scholarship Official Website

You can check the scholarship website following this link.

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