Czech Republic Government Scholarship For International Students

Czech Republic scholarships to residents of developing and specialized nations listed below for study at Czech public higher education institutions (referred to as “universities”) are a significant aspect of the Czech Republic’s long-standing international development cooperation.

Since the late 1950s, nearly 20,000 foreigners have studied at Czech universities on Czech government scholarships.

Government scholarships for studies at universities in the Czech Republic are governed by a Resolution of the Government of the Czech Republic No. 77 as of 28th January 2019 as part of a joint foreign development cooperation program pursued by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (https://www.msmt.cz/) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (https://www.mzv.cz/), implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of Health (https://www.mzcr.cz/).

The Czech Republic’s government provides scholarships as part of its Foreign Development Assistance to foreign nationals from developing and specific third countries listed below to study at public institutions of higher education in the Czech Republic.

Scholarship Requirements:

Scholarships for the academic year 2024/2025 are offered only to the citizens of the following countries:

• Belarus,
• Bosnia and Herzegovina,
• Cambodia,
• Ethiopia,
• Georgia,
• Moldova,
• Ukraine,
• Zambia.

The scholarships are only intended to support the studies of foreign people from developing and specific third-world countries. As a result, neither a Czech citizen nor a European Union citizen, nor any other foreign individual having a permanent residency permit in Czech Republic territory, may apply for a scholarship.

Scholarship Duration and Reward

These so-called Government Scholarships are designed to cover the standard length of study:

• In Follow-up Master’s study programs, as well as a one-year preparatory Czech language course (which is integrated with additional field-specific training). Graduates of Bachelor’s degree programs are eligible for government scholarships in this category. They can only enroll in study programs from specific fields of study where instruction is delivered in Czech. Depending on the subject, applicants are usually needed to take entrance exams at the university in question. Entrance examinations must be passed in order to be considered for a scholarship.
• In follow-up Master study program or Doctoral study program. Government scholarships of this category are awarded to graduates from Bachelor or Master study program, respectively, who enroll in study program with instruction in the English language.

How To Apply

Each applicant is obliged to fill in an electronic application form at the latest by 30 September 2023. The successful applicant starts studying in the academic year 2024/2025.

Detailed information on the terms and conditions of scholarship awards is provided in the binding “Guidelines for Granting Scholarships of the Government of the Czech Republic”, issued in Czech and English.

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DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 30, 2023