Deadline: 15-Mar-22
Applications are now open for the Visegrad Scholarship Program to support Bachelor, Master and post-Master students and researchers in all disciplines and in any language for up to four semesters at more than 190 higher education institutions across Central and Eastern Europe.
Eligible Countries
- Visegrad scholarship for Bachelor students from Visegrad countries (citizens of Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) to study abroad at any accredited university in other Visegrad country.
- Visegrad scholarship for Master and post-Master students from Visegrad countries (citizens of Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) to study abroad at any accredited university/institute in other Visegrad country and in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo*, Moldova, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Serbia and Ukraine.
- Visegrad scholarship for Master and post-Master students who are citizens of Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo*, Moldova, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Serbia and Ukraine to study abroad in the Visegrad countries.
Eligibility Criteria
- All appli¬cants for the scholarship support should have either com¬pleted a bachelor’s degree pro¬gram or—if their current study pro¬gram is not divided into dis¬tinct bachelor’s and master’s levels—should have completed at least 3 years (6 semesters) of higher-education when start¬ing the schol¬ar¬ship.
- Applicants for the bachelor’s level (only V4 citizens within the V4 region) are an exception from this rule and can apply having completed at least 2 semesters of bachelor’s-level studies (the first year) when starting the scholarship.
- The applicant’s pre¬vi¬ous university degree must have been com¬pleted in a coun¬try different from the one the appli¬cant applies to. The country of citizenship must also differ from the host country. The distance between the applicant’s current employer/university and the host university/institute must be more than 150 km. The applicant must also have a permanent residence more than 150 km from the host.
Conditions
- The country of your citizenship, permanent residence and home university must be different from the country of the host institution; moreover, the applicant’s previous level of university studies must be completed in a country other than where he/she applies for the scholarship
- The distance between the applicant’s current employer/university or the permanent residence and the host university/institute must be above 150 km
- Study period/length of support is 1–4 semesters for full-time Master’s level studies, and for Bachelor studies, or 1–2 semesters for post-Master’s full-time studies/research
- The amount of the support is €2,500/semester for scholar + €1,500/semester for the host institution
For more information, visit https://www.visegradfund.org/apply/mobilities/visegrad-scholarship/?c=about
