Deadline:
May 21, 2024
Location(s)
Sweden
Overview
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.
Details
Application and Selection Procedure
Who Applies?
The educational institution in Sweden applies on behalf of both institutions and people who are to participate in the exchange. Asian institutions in partnership with Sweden institutions shall cooperate fully with Swedish institutions in supplying precise information of Asian applicants. Individuals wishing to take part in exchanges are advised to contact the relevant offices (e.g. International Relations Offices) of the educational institutions to file an application for this program.
Application Period
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Applications will be accepted from April 08 through May 21, 2024 local Swedish time.
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Applications sent after May 21, 2024 GMT+1 will not be accepted.
Application Material for Submission
- Filling out an online application Form ONLY
- A Copy of cooperation agreement (or Memorandum Of Understanding for cooperation) between paired institutions OR declaration of intention to set up new cooperation agreement, signed by Head of Swedish Higher Education Institution
- A copy of passport of paired applicants
- A copy of transcript of paired applicants (should include the grades until fall semester 2020)
※ N.B: Asian student’s total credit should be converted into ECTS upon applicant’s school grading system.
How and when is selection made
A Swedish Selection Committee, organized by the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR), will make the selection after the application deadline. The decision will be announced in June 2023. Selection criteria are at the discretion of the Swedish Selection Committee.
The notification will be displayed on website, www.asemduo.org and the Secretariat will directly notify Contact Persons/Awardees in writing. Hard copies of notification and Letter of Acceptance (forms are also available at www.asemduo.org) will be forwarded to both home and host institutions. Contact Persons may download forms of Letter of Acceptance, if they so wish.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Definitions of students are as below:
- Students: undergraduate and graduate students who are currently enrolled in universities
N.B.: All applicants shall maintain their “student status” at the time of application until the time they are engaged in the exchange, and the scholarship is only available for those who will study full-time during their exchange period.
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.
Dates
Deadline: May 21, 2024
Cost/funding for participants
The Duration and the Amount of the DUO-Sweden Fellowship
DUO-Sweden 2024/25 is for exchange projects, which will start from August 2024 and end before September 2025 to avoid duplication of implementation period of exchange projects selected by DUO-Sweden in the ensuing years. The selection of DUO-Sweden 2024/25 is made ONLY once a year. In this respect, those who are planning to exchange in Spring Semester of 2025 (January-August 2025) shall apply for DUO-Sweden 2024/25.
The duration of fellowship is limited to one semester (or 4 months, whichever comes earlier).
The amount of the fellowships is standardized as follows:
- 3,500 Euros for Asian student and 3,500 Euros for Swedish students in a pair, in high income country. For Middle and Low income countries the Asian student get 4,000 Euros and the Swedish student get 3,000 Euros.
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.
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