Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
€1,025.50/month
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic (NSP) is funded by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic.
The National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic supports study/research/teaching/artistic mobility of international students, PhD students, university teachers, researchers and artists at higher education institutions and research organisations.
It supports two-way mobility - international scholarship holders to Slovakia, as well as Slovak scholarship holders abroad.
The programme offers scholarships to cover living costs during the stay and travel allowances (all categories in case of scholarship holders from Slovakia; students and PhD students in case of international scholarship holders).
Applicable programmes
Benefits
Amount of the scholarship and organisation of the stay:
PhD student: 1025,50 EUR.
university teacher/researcher/artist:
without PhD degree (or its equivalent) and at the same time less than 4 years of work experience as a university teacher/researcher/artist: 1025,50 EUR.
with PhD degree (or its equivalent) and at the same time less than 10 years of work experience as a university teacher/researcher/artist: 1,370 EUR.
with PhD degree (or its equivalent) and at the same time more than 10 years of work experience as a university teacher/researcher/artist: 1,470 EUR.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants for a scholarship in the framework of the NSP:
A) students who:
- are university students at universities outside Slovakia;
- are students of the second level of higher education (master's students), or are students who at the time of the application deadline have already completed at least 2.5 years of their university studies in the same/similar study programme;
- 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 higher education institution in Slovakia for an academic mobility[1] to study in Slovakia.
All 3 conditions must be met. This category does not apply to doctoral (PhD) studies (or their equivalent).
- Duration of a scholarship stay (students): 1 – 2 full semesters (i.e. 4 – 5 or 9 – 10 months) or 1 – 3 full trimesters, in case the academic year is divided into trimesters (i.e. 3 – 4 or 6 – 7 or 9 – 10 months).
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
Slovakia
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
Master
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
31 Oct 2025
Application deadlines:
30 April at 16.00 CET – scholarship stays during the next academic year
31 October at 16.00 CET – scholarship stays during the summer semester of the current academic year
Scholarship applications are submitted online. Online application system is opened at least 6 weeks prior to the application deadline. Applications can be filled in only in case that the online application system has already been opened.
Required documents that must be attached to online application for a study stay in case of international students (eligible applicants under the category A):
curriculum vitae;
motivation letter;
detailed study programme;
two recommendation letters issued by applicant’s university teachers;
confirmation officially issued by the applicant’s home higher education institution confirming that the applicant is a regular student of the respective higher education institution at the time of applying;