Each year the Swiss Confederation awards Government Excellence Scholarships to promote international exchange and research cooperation between Switzerland and over 180 other countries. Recipients are selected by the awarding body, the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS).
The Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships are aimed at young researchers from abroad who have completed a master’s degree or PhD and at foreign artists holding a bachelor’s degree.
The Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships for foreign students for the Academic year of 2017-2018 is opening of the call: 02.08.2016, Submission deadline: 30.11.2016
The Scholarship is offer by the Swiss Government via the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students FCS with the following objectives
To enable selected applicants to undertake a PhD at one of the 10 Swiss cantonal universities, the two Swiss federal institutes of technology or public teaching and research institutes, Universities Federal Institutes of Technology, Teaching and Research Institutes
University of Basel
University of Bern
University of Fribourg
University of Geneva
University of Lausanne
University of Lucerne
University of Neuchâtel
University of St Gallen
University of Zurich
University of Lugano
Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich)
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)
Validity
The scholarship is only valid for full-time PhD studies in Switzerland. It is not valid for mixed PhD programmes (part time in Switzerland and part time in another country).
Target group
Highly qualified postgraduate students (possessing the required degrees) from all academic fields.
Duration 3 years maximum (starting in September).
Amount and additional allowances
The scholarship amounts to a monthly payment of CHF 1,920.
Tuition fees are waived.
For non-EU and non-EFTA grantees only: mandatory Swiss health insurance is paid by the FCS.
Non-European grantees receive a lump sum for their airfare (provided at the end of the scholarship).
Selection
Applications are subject to preliminary selection by the relevant national authorities and/or the Swiss diplomatic representation. The short-listed applications are then assessed by the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS), which takes the final decision.
The FCS is composed of professors from all Swiss public universities. Scholarship awards are decided on the basis of academic and scientific excellence.
Awards
The FCS will announce its decisions regarding the new scholarship awards by the end of May at the latest.
Information more information kindly visit any Swiss embassy in your home country for relevant documents or Swiss website here
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