National Scholarship Program of the Slovak Republic for International students

The National Scholarship program of the Slovak Republic offers scholarships to international students, PhD students, university teachers, researchers and artists. It is funded by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic.

Eligibility

Applicants (Master) who meet all of the following criteria:

• are university students at universities outside Slovakia;
• are 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 program;
• 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 mobility to study in Slovakia.

• Duration of a scholarship stay (students): 1 – 2 full semesters (i.e. 4 – 5 or 9 – 10 months) or full 1 – 3 trimesters, in case the academic year is divided into trimesters (i.e. 3 – 4 or 6 – 7 or 9 – 10 months).

PhD students:

•  whose higher education or scientific training takes place outside Slovakia and
• are accepted by a public, private or state university or a research institution in Slovakia eligible to carry out a doctoral study program for an academic mobility to conduct research/artistic stay in Slovakia.

• Duration of a scholarship stay (PhD students): 1 – 10 months.

International university teachers, researchers and artists 

• who are invited to a teaching/research/artistic stay in Slovakia by an institution with a valid certificate of eligibility to carry out research and development, (business company excluded and it has its seat in Slovakia).

• Duration of a scholarship stay (university teachers, researchers or artists): 1 – 10 months. 

Citizens of any country in the world (Slovakian nationals excluded) can apply for a NSP scholarship.

Scholarship Benefits (monthly allowance)

University student of the second level of higher education (Master student)	400 €
PhD student	734 €
c) university teacher/researcher/artist:
without PhD degree (or its equivalent) and at the same time less than 4 years of work experience as a university teacher/researcher/artist	734 €
with PhD degree (or its equivalent) and at the same time less than 10 years of work experience as a university teacher/researcher/artist	980 €
with PhD degree (or its equivalent) and at the same time more than 10 years of work experience as a university teacher/researcher/artist	1 050 €

In addition, students and PhD students can be awarded a travel allowance, if they apply for it along with their scholarship application. Travel allowance amount depends on the distance (in a direct line) between applicant’s place of residence and the place of his/her stay in Slovakia:

• distance up to 350 km – 0 €,
• distance more than 350 km, max. 2,000 km – 250 €,
• distance more than 2,000 km, max. 7,000 km – 500 €,
• distance more than 7,000 km – 1 000 €.

Application deadlines

• 18 May 2020 – scholarship stays for 2020/2021

and after the application deadline mentioned above always on:

• 31 October – scholarship stays (summer semester of the current academic year)
• 30 April  – (next academic year)

Complete information and Application procedure on Official website.