SAIA, n.o, Government of the Slovak Republic Scholarships has announced its new call of applications for the National Scholarship program of the Republic of Slovak for International students to students to continue their higher studies in the higher education institutions of Slovakia. The government of Slovak is accepting the applications for the academic year of 2020-2021 from all around the world to apply on a fully-funded scholarship program National Scholarship program.

The aim of this national scholarship program of the Slovak Republic for international students to support the exchange of the students, study, Phd Applicants, University teachers, researchers, and artists from all around the world with Slovak institutions. The National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic (NSP) is designed and funded by the Ministry of Education, science, research and sports of the Slovak Republic. The National Scholarship Programme of the Republic Slovak is supporting the mobility of the students, PhD, University teachers, researchers and artists for the scholarships to continue their higher studies at higher education institutions and other research organizations in Slovakia.

The government of Slovak is offering a National scholarship program to support international applicants to continue their higher studies in any offered programs or fields in the higher education institutions of Slovakia. For more Details and Information Please read the complete post for the Scholarships in Slovak, National Scholarship Program 2021.

Brief Description

• Organization: SAIA, n.o, (National Scholarship program, Government of Slovak Republic Scholarship)
• University: Higher Education Institutions of Slovakia
• Areas/Major: All Programs (offered programs)
• Course Level: Research (Short Period) for Master Currently enrolled/PhD/Researcher/University Teachers
• Award: Fully Funded
• Access Mode: Online
• Number of Awards: Not Known
• Nationality: International (All Nationalities)
• The program can be taken in  Slovakia
• Application Deadlines; 31 October 2021

Eligibility Criteria

All Interested applicants who are willing to avail the National Scholarship Program 2020 in Slovakia must fulfill the following eligibility criteria;

• Applicants should be International (from all nationalities except Slovakia).
• There are total three categories for the National Scholarship Program 2020 in which students can apply in one of the category by following;

A) students who are:

• University students at universities outside Slovakia;
• Those students of the second level of higher education (master’s students), or
• who at the time of application deadline have already completed at least 2.5 years of their university studies in the same study
• 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.

B) 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.

C) 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, which is not a business company and it has its seat in Slovakia.

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Duration of National Scholarship Programme 2022

As I mentioned National Scholarship Progamme 2020 of the Republic of Slovakia is the short funding exchange program to continue their research in higher educational institutions of the Slovakia. Duration for all above categories are given below

1. 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).
2. Duration of a scholarship stay (PhD students): 1 – 10 months.
3. Duration of a scholarship stay (university teachers, researchers or artists): 1 – 10 months.

Higher Educational Institutions and Research Organizations of Slovakia

List of Higher Education Institutions and Research Organizations of the Slovak Republic in which Students can apply and secure admission with scholarship are given below;

Higher Education Institutions: Click Here to Check

Research Organizations: Click Here to Check

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• DAAD Scholarship in Germany 2022 for Developing Countries (Fully Funded)
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• Undergraduate Scholarships 2022
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• PhD Scholarships 2022

How to Apply

Step 1;

You need an admission letter from Host University in Slovakia

For admission letter or invitation letter you have to apply for admissions in higher education institutions or research organizations of the Slovak Republic ( Please see the list of institutions in above section)

Step 2;

After getting the Admission letters from the Slovakia institutions you need to submit your online application along with uploading the all required documents

Click Here to Apply Online

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Documents Required

For Category A

• curriculum vitae
• motivation letter
• detailed study programme (it is necessary to state the date of the beginning of the stay, duration of the stay, list of subjects that the applicant would like to study during his/her stay and number of credits that the applicant will gain for the respective subjects);
• two recommendation letters issued by applicant’s university teachers 
• confirmation issued by the applicant’s home university confirming that the applicant is a regular student of the respective university – the confirmation must contain information on the expected date of the completion of applicant’s studies; confirmation cannot be older than 3 months on the day of the application deadline;
• scan of applicant’s bachelor’s diploma, diploma supplement and state examination certificate (if applicable);
• admission letter issued by applicant’s host university in Slovakia.

For Category B

• CV
• Motivation letter
• Detailed study/research/artistic program (it is necessary to state the date of the beginning of the stay, duration of the stay and a detailed time plan of the stay);
• Recommendation letter issued by the applicant’s dissertation supervisor 
• confirmation issued by the applicant’s home university/research organization confirming that the applicant is a regular PhD student of the respective university/research organization – the confirmation must contain information on the expected date of the completion of the applicant’s PhD studies; confirmation cannot be older than 3 months on the day of the application deadline;
• scan of applicant’s master’s diploma, diploma supplement and state examination certificate (if applicable);
• list of publications/artistic activities in required form
• admission/invitation letter issued by applicant’s host university/research organisation in Slovakia.

For Category C

• curriculum vitae
• detailed teaching and/or research/artistic programme (it is necessary to state the date of the beginning of the stay, duration of the stay and a detailed time plan of the stay);
• scan of applicant’s diploma of the highest academic degree achieved;
• list of publications/artistic activities in required form
• invitation letter issued by applicant’s host university/research organisation³ in Slovakia.

Benefits

The National Scholarship Programme of Slovak Republic will cover Educational and living cost, research/artistic or teaching stay at universities and in research organisations³ in Slovakia. And Monthly Scholarship of

• university student: 400 €
• PhD student: 734 €
• university teacher/researcher/artist: 734 €
• without a PhD degree (or its equivalent) and less than 4 years of work experience as a university teacher/researcher/artist:  734 €
• with PhD degree (or its equivalent) and less than 10 years of work experience as a university teacher/researcher/artist: 980 €
• with PhD degree (or its equivalent) and more than 10 years of work experience as a university teacher/researcher/artist: 1,050 €

For Application

Click Here to Apply Online

For Official Announcement

Click Here to See the Official Announcement

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• International Scholarships 2022 Worldwide
• Undergraduate Scholarships 2022
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