International Visegrad Fund - In-Coming Scholarships - scholarships for Master's and Post-Master's studies (1 or 2 semesters/in case of Master's scholarships - full studies)

International Visegrad Fund

Kráľovské údolie 8

811 02 Bratislava

Slovak Republic

Note: Please be informed that hard-copy ver­sions of the appli­ca­tion form printed out prior to their sub­mis­sion in the sys­tem are invalid.

• Certified trans­la­tion of a diploma (Master’s or the high­est obtained)

In the event the appli­cant has not fin­ished his/her Master’s stud­ies, he/she shall sub­mit a cer­tifi­cate stat­ing cur­rent year of study at home uni­ver­sity and the expected date of obtain­ing his/her next aca­d­e­mic diploma, issued by the home uni­ver­sity. Please note: Notarised copies of offi­cial trans­la­tions of a diploma (issued by sworn trans­la­tors) or sim­ple copies of the offi­cial English ver­sion of the diploma issued by the uni­ver­sity will be accepted. If apply­ing for the Master’s (MA) Scholarship, an up-to-date tran­script of aca­d­e­mic records cov­er­ing the entire uni­ver­sity stud­ies is also required.

• Original accep­tance let­ter from the host university/institution

If the appli­cant is apply­ing for courses that require admis­sion tests or a per­sonal inter­view (results of which will be known only after the dead­line), the appli­cant sub­mits a proof of his/her appli­ca­tion for the stud­ies or a pre­lim­i­nary accep­tance let­ter. The actual accep­tance let­ter shall be sub­mit­ted before the sign­ing of the con­tract with the Fund, by the end of July of the respec­tive year at the lat­est. The let­ter of accep­tance can­not be older than 3 months when sub­mit­ting the appli­ca­tion and needs to include the following:

• name of the applicant;

• work­ing title of the project/study program;

• lan­guage of instruction/communication;

• type of study/research (full-time);

• planned dates of the project/study;

• sig­na­ture and a stamp of the statu­tory rep­re­sen­ta­tive (or of the statu­tory rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the inter­na­tional stud­ies depart­ment of the host institution).

• Original work­ing plan of the study/research period (PhD) or Original list of courses (MA)

If the appli­cant applied for courses that require admis­sion tests or a per­sonal inter­view (results of which will be known only after the dead­line), the appli­cant sub­mits a draft of the work­ing plan. The work­ing plan accepted by the host university/institute shall be sub­mit­ted before the sign­ing of the con­tract with the Fund, by the end of July of the respec­tive year at the lat­est. If the appli­cant is apply­ing for the Master’s schol­ar­ship (MA), he/she shall sub­mit a list of courses that he/she plans to attend and state the length of these courses and their credit value.

• Recommendation let­ter (only for Post-Master’s level)

If apply­ing for a Post-Master’s schol­ar­ship (PhD), a let­ter of rec­om­men­da­tion from one’s home/present university/institution is required which indi­cates that the respec­tive super­vi­sor at the home/present insti­tu­tion agrees with the pro­posed stay abroad. This doc­u­ment is to be uploaded with the accep­tance letter.

• Master’s studies (the student must have completed at least 4 semesters at home university prior to applying),

• Post-Master’s studies (doctoral or other postgraduate programmes)

• The maximum length of supported studies for applicants within the In-Coming Scholarship scheme applying for Master’s Scholarship is 20 months (4 semesters); it is possible to support an entire Master’s study programme through one application.
• Citizens of Kosovo are eligible applicants for a scholarship within the In-Coming Scholarship scheme, too.

• The scholarships are awarded by the Selection Committee and the results are announced by mid-May.