Since your degree project is part of your education at KTH, you can receive student aid equivalent to conventional studies. Here you find information on funding from CSN, Erasmus+, and various scholarships from KTH and external organisations.
Student finance from CSN
During your degree project, you can still recieve student finance from the Swedish Board of Student Finance, CSN, since you are enrolled and taking credits at KTH. This applies only if you already qualify for student finance. A so-called supplementary loan from CSN can be applied for to cover things such as higher living expenses, travel expenses and tuition fees.
Learn more on csn.se
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Register your bank account
Please note that Danske Bank handles KTH's payments. Payments from KTH will be handled in the same way as salaries. To receive payments to your bank account, you must register your account with Danske Bank.
Through KTH, you can apply for various funding for studies abroad. If you are going to study within Europe, you can apply for funding from Erasmus+. In addition, you can apply for scholarships and possible travel grants from KTH's schools.
Funding from Erasmus+
If you will carry out your thesis within the EU, you can apply for a scholarship through Erasmus+. You must study abroad for at least two months; scholarships include a monthly amount and travel allowance. You can also apply for inclusion support, for example, if you are a Funka student.
Through scholarships from the Karl Engver's foundation, you can apply for a scholarship for your degree project abroad. You can apply for a scholarship to cover travel and accommodation costs during your stay abroad, as well as to a certain extent other minor costs that arise in connection with the trip.
Scholarships for a project in a low- or middle-income country
If you choose to do your project as a field study in a low- or middle-income country, you can apply for a field studies scholarship. KTH Field Studies (KTH FS) is a KTH-funded travel grant, and Minor Field Studies (MFS) is a Sida-funded scholarship.
You are entitled for the language scholarship, if:
The language course is given after you have been nominated for the exchange studies, at least for one semester or two.
You are going on exchange within the Erasmus programme or Bilateral exchange agreements.
Your exchange university does not offer a free language course.
You take a language course with a fee at a private language school in the exchange country or in Sweden.
You are not entitled for the language scholarship, if:
You are not nominated for the exchange studies by the ABE Education Office.
You will go on exchange as freemover.
You have already received the language scholarship before.
You take a language course in Swedish or English.
You apply for the language scholarship retroactively for exchange studies you have done in previous study years.
The scholarship amount is a maximum of 5 000 SEK.
Application
In order to apply for the travel grant you need to fill out the application form. Fill out the form Application & decision re Travel Scholarship/Travel grant and submit it to your International Coordinator.
Students nominated by the EECS school are eligible to apply for a travel grant through the EECS Education Office. Travel grants are provided provided if you do not receive any other scholarship (e.g Erasmus scholarship) related to your exchange studies, thus studies in european countries do not meet the criteria. The grant is given for exchange studies through KTH and for thesis work abroad. The exchange studies must include at least one semester's studies and for the degree project, the stay at the receiving organization abroad must be at least eight weeks.
Travel grants levels:
• Countries within Europe that are not connected to e.g Erasmus+: 4000 kr
• North America / Asia: 6000 kr
• Rest of the world: SEK 8000
Complete the Travel grant application (pdf 187 kB) and send it to exchange.out@eecs.kth.se
Complete the travel grant application (doc 51 kB) and send it to exchange.out@eecs.kth.se
Language course grant
Students who have been nominated by the EECS School for exchange studies can apply for a grant to cover a language course. A criteria to be eligible for the language course grant is that the language is spoken in the country where the student has been nominated fort exchange studies. Students taking degree project abroad can also take part of this offer.
The language course grant cannot be given for a course in English. The application is made retroactive, with a receipt for the language course. The grant can only be applied for once per student.
If you are admitted to a study programme given by the ITM school and do your degree project (master's thesis) abroad, you can also apply to the travel grant. In order to be entitled for travel grant you need to spend a minumum of 8 weeks of your your thesis abroad.
Notice that if you receive other scholarships from KTH, such as MFS/Field Studies or Linnaeus Palme for the same period you are not entitled to the travel grant.
The amount available will depend on the geographic area as shown below.
Europe: 3000 SEK
North America: 4000 SEK
Rest of the world: 6000 SEK
Important notice: Students can only receive travel grant on one occasion during their studies at ITM.
Application
In order to apply for the travel grant you need to fill out the application form. Fill out the form Application & decision re Travel Scholarship/Travel grant and submit it to your International Coordinator.
We want to encourage everyone to learn the local language of the country where you are going. CBH school offer to cover the fee for a language course (maximum up to 4 000 SEK) taken in the country where you do your exchange or degree project. The reimbursement is done after you have paid the course fee.
How to apply
In order to apply for the travel grant you need to fill out the application form. Fill out the form Application & decision re Travel Scholarship/Travel grant, with your receipt from the language course, and submit it to your International Coordinator.
KTH's HR department will administrate the application. Payments are usually done on the 25th, the month closest to your exchange start together with the other salary payments that month. The payment is usually only marked on the receiver's account as "lön" (salary in Swedish). This means it will not be directly evident that the payment is a grant from KTH.
If you are planning a degree project abroad, you can apply for a travel grant of SEK 5,000 from the SCI office. A student who receives an Erasmus scholarship or equivalent or other scholarships for studies abroad through KTH (Field Studies, Linnaeus-Palme or GDH) is not entitled to a travel scholarship. You can only receive the grant once during your study period at the SCI school.
Expect it to take 2-3 months from the time you apply until the money is paid out.
In order to apply for the travel grant you need to fill out the application form. Fill out the form Application & decision re Travel Scholarship/Travel grant and submit it to your International Coordinator.
There are lots of other scholarships available, however often considerable efforts are needed to identify one that suits your needs. Below are a number of links to scholarship databases and organisations that advertise scholarships.
If you do your degree project for a company they might compensate you for your work. It is possible to receive compensation even if you are granted the Erasmus scholarship. Please note that you can be required to repay student aid if your annual income surpasses a certain limit. For more information,
CSN's website, csn.se
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