Apply now for the 2021 Fellowship in Sweden – Fully Funded. The 2021 Fellowship in Sweden is DUO-Sweden Fellowship Program and is open to all nationalities and the deadline is 20th May 2021.

DUO-Sweden Fellowship Programme was established in 2010 with the aim of promoting exchanges of people between Sweden and 21 Asian countries* on a balanced basis. In this respect, DUO-Sweden requires that a PAIR (two persons) of students be exchanged in an academic cooperative arrangement.

DUO-Sweden 2021/2022 is for exchange projects, which will start from August 2021 and end before September 2022 to avoid duplication of implementation period of exchange projects selected by DUO-Sweden in the ensuing years. The selection of DUO-Sweden 2021/2022 is made ONLY once a year. In this respect, those who are planning to exchange in Spring Semester of 2022 (January-August 2022) shall apply for DUO-Sweden 2021/2022.

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The duration of exchange should be at least one semester and the scholarship is only available for those studying full-time (minimum 24 ECTS/16 weeks). Exchange of less than one semester is NOT allowed. If a semester is longer than 4 months in the visiting institution, fellowship will be given for 4 months.

(A definition of full-time study in Sweden is 30 ECTS credits per semester, which is in general 20 weeks.)

In the event that a student exchange lasts for a fewer number of weeks than granted, then the scholarship will be adjusted on a pro-rata basis and repayment of the funds provided will be required.

Benefits of 2021 Fellowship in Sweden

Selected participants both from Sweden and Participating Asian countries will receive the following benefits

• Participants from Asian Institutions will receive 3,500 Euros and 3,500 Euros will be granted to Swedish students in a pair, in high income country.
• If the Exchange is done with a Middle and Low income country, the Asian student will get 4,000 Euros and the Swedish student get 3,000 Euros.

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Eligibility

Due to this unique nature of this program, in order to be eligible, the following are required:

Your exchange fulfills all three requirements below:

• An educational institution in Sweden (home institution) and an educational institution in Asia (host institution) have established an academic cooperative arrangement/inter-institutional agreement; and
• The Swedish home institution has selected an EU national student enrolled at the home institution to send to the Asian host institution, and such selection has been accepted by the Asian host institution; and
• The same Asian host institution has selected an Asian student enrolled at the host institution to send to the Swedish home institution, and such selection had been accepted by the same Swedish home institution.

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Application Procedure

An Online application form for DUO-Sweden can be found on the ASEM-DUO website.

• Enter your ID and password on the LOGIN page to fill out an online application.
• Home institution should fill out the whole application including the information of Host Institution. Application Form in PDF format can be downloaded from the ASEM-DUO website (http://www.asemduo.org) at the banner of Forms.
• The rest of the documents (cooperation agreement, passport copy, and transcript) can be uploaded in the last step of the application process.
• Once completed, please make it sure to submit your application by clicking “submit” button. Home Institution should get a confirmation email from the Secretariat within 3 days after completion of submission. If you don’t get a confirmation email, please contact [email protected] promptly.

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