National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic

National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic is fully funded scholarship for international students. These scholarships are available for masters and PhD studies. The scholarship covers up to 734 € monthly.

The National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic (NSP) is funded by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research, and Sport of the Slovak Republic.

 The National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic supports the mobility of international students, PhD students, university teachers, researchers, and artists for scholarship stays at higher education institutions and research organizations in Slovakia.

Eligibility:

• Required Language(s): English
• Eligible Countries: All world countries
• students who:
  • are university students at universities outside Slovakia.
  •  students of the second level of higher education (master’s students), or are students who at the time of application deadline have already completed at least 2.5 years of their university studies in the same study programme;
  • will be on a study stay in Slovakia during their higher education outside Slovakia and who will be accepted by a public, private or state university in Slovakia for an academic mobility¹ to study in Slovakia.Eligible applicants for a scholarship in the framework of the NSP:A).
• PhD students whose higher education or scientific training takes place outside Slovakia and who are accepted by a public, private or state university or a research institution in Slovakia eligible to carry out a doctoral study programme² (e.g. the Slovak Academy of Sciences) for an academic mobility¹ to study/conduct research/artistic stay in Slovakia.

The National Scholarship Programme does not support:

• international students and PhD students accepted for full higher education (bachelor, master, doctoral studies) in Slovakia, or those already studying in Slovakia (full higher education) who would like to fund their studies in Slovakia by the NSP.
• international applicants who within the period of 36 months prior to the application deadline have spent in the territory of the Slovak Republic 12 or more months (in total);
• international applicants who are receiving a scholarship in Slovakia in the framework of other scholarship programmes funded from public resources (e.g. International Visegrad Fund, Erasmus+, CEEPUS, bilateral agreements, etc.)

Visit the official scholarship website.