The Swiss Confederation grants Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships every year to encourage international interchange and research collaboration between Switzerland and over 180 other nations. The Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students, the granting agency, chooses the recipients (FCS).
Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships for Master & PhD
The Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships are for young international researchers with a master’s or PhD degree, as well as foreign artists with a bachelor’s degree.
Types of Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships
1. Research Scholarships
The research fellowship is open to post-graduate researchers from any subject (with a master’s degree or above) who want to come to Switzerland to conduct doctoral or post-doctoral research or study.
All Swiss cantonal universities, universities of applied sciences, and the two federal institutes of technology, as well as the four research institutes, provide research and study scholarships. Only candidates who have been suggested by an academic mentor at one of these universities will be considered.
2. Art Scholarships
Art scholarships are available to art students interested in pursuing a master’s degree in Switzerland. Scholarships for study at any Swiss conservatory or university of the arts are available. This award is only accessible to students from a select few countries.
How to apply for Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships
Documents for the application
For further information and the application materials, choose your country of origin based on your passport:
Examine the application deadlines as well as the many sorts of scholarships available. These differ from nation to country. You’ll also learn what to do next and where to go for further information.
Selection
Preliminary selection by the appropriate national authorities and/or the Swiss diplomatic mission is required. The Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS) evaluates the short-listed applications and makes the final decision.
The FCS evaluates scholarship applicants based on three factors:
Candidate information
- The study project’s or artist’s work’s quality
- Synergies and the possibility of future research collaboration
- Professors from all Swiss public universities make up the FCS. Scholarships are awarded based on academic and scientific achievement.
Awards
By the end of May, the FCS will have made its decision on the new scholarship allocations.
Outlook of the Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships
By the end of May 2022, the FCS will choose scholarship recipients for the 2022-23 academic year. Scholarships for the school year 2023-24 will be available online beginning in August 2022.
