This scholarship programme is designed for international students who plan to pursue higher education in Slovakia in the academic year 2024/2025. The scholarship is exclusively designated for full-time bachelor's and full-time combined bachelor's and master's studies at a Slovak higher education instution. It is not applicable to master's studies.
Applicants may choose from any public or private higher education institution, as well as any full-time study programme. To view the list of English-language study programmes offered in Slovakia, please visit the following website: https://www.portalvs.sk/en/studijne-odbory?from=menu1
For more information about studying in Slovakia, please check out the following resources: https://www.studyinslovakia.saia.sk/or the website of any higher education institution in Slovakia you are interested in.
We strongly advise individuals to start communication with a preferred higher education institution in time. In many times such timely communication can help with some questions and save individual's time as well as beware of potential misunderstandings.
Important information regarding the tuition fee, health insurance, VISA and migration:
Based on the current legislation, scholarship recipients accepted into this scholarship scheme and enrolled and entered to a full-time study programme to a public higher education institution will have their tuition fees waived in accordance with Section 92, Para 11 of Act No. 131/2002 Coll. on Higher Education.
According to Act No. 580/2004 Coll. on Health Insurance in the Slovak Republic, a person who does not have a permanent residence in the territory of the Slovak Republic, is also publicly health-insured if he/she is not health-insured in another European Union member state or in a contracting state of the European Economic Area Agreement or in the Swiss Confederation, and is a scholarship holder under a program approved by the Government of the Slovak Republic. More information available here: https://www.minedu.sk/list-of-programs-public-health-insurance-in-slovak-republic/
We recommend visiting the following website for further information: https://www.mzv.sk/en/web/en.
In case you need any help or support regarding the migration inquiry as well as any inquiries related to your stay in Slovakia such as Legal Advice, administration processes, health insurance, cooperation with higher education institutions, Slovak language courses, other courses, integration, Cooperation with Migrant Communities, common Q&A and many others, do not hesitate to contact the International Organization for Migration.
This organization will be happy to help.
Contacts:
mic@iom.int
Visa check at mic.iom.sk/visacheck/en/home/
0850 211 478 (from Slovakia)
+421 2 5263 0023 (from abroad)
We strongly advise individuals to personally verify all the necessary requirements related to a potential study-related stay in Slovakia and act in time.