StudyDesk Scholarships
About the scholarships
Dalarna University, in central Sweden, offers two of its own scholarships for international Master’s students who pay tuition fees. The first, Choose Dalarna First, is a guaranteed SEK 5,000 off your first-semester tuition if you rank a Dalarna Master’s as your first choice and are admitted. The second, Academic Excellence, rewards students who perform at the top of their class: SEK 5,000 to SEK 15,000 a semester, with a total possible value of SEK 20,000 to SEK 90,000 depending on the programme, plus a programme distinction.
Be clear about what these awards are not. They are partial tuition waivers, not full scholarships: they do not pay your living costs, your housing or your travel, and the largest single-semester amount is SEK 15,000 against tuition fees that run far higher. If you need full funding, the separate Swedish Institute SISGP scholarship — full tuition plus SEK 12,000 a month — is a different scheme with its own February 2027 application, and this article does not cover it. What Dalarna’s own awards do well is cut the tuition bill for strong students, and the Choose Dalarna First award is guaranteed rather than competitive.
Eligibility
- Apply to a Master’s programme at Dalarna University (60 or 120 credits, including online programmes).
- Be a citizen of a country outside the EU/EEA/Switzerland who is required to pay tuition fees.
- Hold a Bachelor’s degree equivalent to a Swedish Bachelor’s.
- Meet the English proficiency requirement for your programme (aggregators generally give IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL iBT 90, but those scores were not confirmed on the official page).
- For the Choose Dalarna First award: rank your Dalarna Master’s as your first choice and be admitted.
- For the Academic Excellence award: complete all 30 credits in a semester with top grades (15 credits at the top grade) and remain in good standing.
Benefits
- Choose Dalarna First: a guaranteed SEK 5,000 off first-semester tuition for admitted first-choice applicants.
- Academic Excellence: SEK 5,000 to SEK 15,000 per semester plus a programme distinction, with a total possible value of SEK 20,000 to SEK 90,000 depending on the programme.
- The Choose Dalarna First award is guaranteed, not competitive — rank Dalarna first and get admitted, and the SEK 5,000 follows.
- Note that these are partial tuition waivers only — no living costs, housing or travel are covered.
Documents to prepare
- Your programme application on UniversityAdmissions.se, with the degree, transcripts and language proof that portal requires.
- The separate Dalarna scholarship application form, from the university’s scholarships page — it opens in January 2027.
- No fixed document list for the scholarship itself is published in the official notification, so use the programme application’s requirements and the scholarship form when it opens.
How to apply
- Choose a Dalarna Master’s programme and check its requirements on the university’s website.
- Apply to the programme on UniversityAdmissions.se, ranking it as your first choice, by 15 January 2027 at midnight CET.
- Submit your documents and application fee by 1 February 2027.
- When the scholarship form opens in January 2027, submit the separate Dalarna scholarship application from the university’s scholarships page.
- Submit the scholarship application by 15 February 2027.
FAQs
No. They are partial tuition-fee waivers only: SEK 5,000 off the first semester (Choose Dalarna First) or SEK 5,000 to SEK 15,000 a semester (Academic Excellence). Living costs, housing and travel are not covered.
Choose Dalarna First is a guaranteed SEK 5,000 off first-semester tuition. Academic Excellence pays SEK 5,000 to SEK 15,000 a semester, with a total possible value of SEK 20,000 to SEK 90,000 depending on the programme.
15 February 2027 for the scholarship application (autumn intake). But the programme application on UniversityAdmissions.se closes earlier, on 15 January 2027 at midnight CET, with documents and the fee due by 1 February 2027.
Yes. Apply to the Master’s programme on UniversityAdmissions.se first, then submit the separate Dalarna scholarship application form (it opens in January 2027) by 15 February 2027.
A guaranteed SEK 5,000 off your first-semester tuition if you rank a Dalarna Master’s as your first choice on UniversityAdmissions.se and are admitted. It is not competitive — it follows admission.
No. SISGP is a separate scheme (full tuition plus SEK 12,000 a month) with its own February 2027 application. Do not confuse it with Dalarna’s own partial tuition waivers.
Verified 25 Oct 2026: du.se/en/study-at-du/tuition-fees-and-scholarships/scholarships/ (official Dalarna University scholarships page, opened and read, last reviewed 16 Sep 2026) — Choose Dalarna First SEK 5,000, Academic Excellence SEK 5,000–15,000 per semester and SEK 20,000–90,000 total, scholarship deadline 15 February 2027, programme application 15 January 2027 midnight CET, documents and fee 1 February 2027, spring intake scholarship deadline 15 September; studyabroadwitharbaz.com, scholarships.af, oyaop.com — corroboration, English scores IELTS 6.5 / TOEFL iBT 90 (aggregator-reported, not confirmed on the official page). No fixed document list for the scholarship itself is published in the official notification.
