You do not pay any tuition fees as an exchange student, even though some administrative costs might apply at the partner university. To help cover costs, you might also apply for grants and scholarships related to your exchange, both from KTH and other organisations.
Student finance from CSN
If you are a Swedish citizen, you can continue to receive student finance from The Swedish Board of Student Finance, CSN, during your exchange studies. When you are going to study an exchange semester at a university abroad, you apply for student finance for the exchange university. In the application, fill in the start and end dates for your exchange period.
Learn more on csn.se (info in Swedish).
Are you a foreign citizen that wishes to go on exchange studies? Normally, only Swedish citizens can receive student finance for studies outside of Sweden, but in some cases foreign citizens can as well. First, you must satisfy the conditions necessary to be entitled to Swedish student finance.
Learn more on student finance for foregin citizens (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.
If you are going on exchange studies within Europe, there are various financial benefits via the Erasmus scholarship. You will receive a monthly scholarship amount and a travel grant. The size of the benefits is based on your exchange destination. In addition, you are entitled to inclusion support, for example, if you need compensatory support, have minor children, or have refugee status.
All KTH students on exchange studies to Switzerland are entitled to a scholarship. You receive a scholarship via Erasmus+ or the Swiss-European Mobility Programme, SEMP. Which scholarship you get depends on whether you are entitled to Swedish student finance from CSN.
If you are entitled to CSN, apply for an Erasmus scholarship.
You who are not entitled to CSN apply for SEMP. You will receive information about the application from your host university in Switzerland.
Contributions from KTH's school for studies within Europe
Language 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.
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.
Travel grant
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. It is possible to apply for a travel grant a second time; however, the amount will be reduced by half.
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
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.
Compensation for preparatory language courses for exchange studies
If you need to take a language course in the country you are going to and the receiving university doesn't organise courses that are free of charge, you can apply for a grant to be able to learn or improve the local language.
The maximum is 4000 sek. You can only receive the language grant on one occasion and not for courses in the English language.
Application
The grant for a language course is applied for by filling in travel grant application form. An original receipt stating the name of the school that gives the language course and the receipt of the paid fee must be attached to the application.
Fill in the application form and hand it in to the ITM Educational Office, preferably to your International Coordinator.
If you are travelling as an exchange student and the host university does not organise a language course, or if you need to prepare during the summer, you can apply for a grant for the language course.
The reimbursement is done after you have paid the course fee. You have to present a receipt and bank statement (where the amount is stated in SEK) for the language course for a maximum of 4 000 SEK. Language grants are not given for studies in the English language.
Contributions from KTH's schools for studies outside of Europe
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.
If you are accepted to exchange studies or a degree project through the CBH School to a university outside of EU and Switzerland, you will receive a travel grant of 7 000 SEK.
The travel grant is awarded for participation in an exchange programme and the studies abroad must consist of at least 10 weeks.
You may only receive the grant once during your time at KTH
Students are not eligible for the CBH travel grant if they receive another financial support for their studies abroad, such as Erasmus+ scholarships, SEMP (Swiss Mobility Program), LinnaeusPalme or Minor Field Studies (MFS).
Reimbursement for Language Courses
We want to encourage everyone to learn the local language of the country where you are going. In addition to the travel grant, we can cover the fee for a language course (maximum up to 4 000 SEK) taken in the country where you do your exchange. The reembursment is done after the course fee has been payed by the student. Submit the form below and include your receipt.
Reimbursement for language courses
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
Fill out, print, sign and submit the travel grant application to your international coordinator with your receipt from the language course.
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.
Travel grant
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. It is possible to apply for the travel grant a second time, but then the amount will be halved.
Travel grants levels:
• Countries within Europe that are not connected to e.g Erasmus+: 4000 kr
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. 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 program given by the School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM) and you are nominated for exchange studies (one or two semesters) outside Europe you can apply for a travel grant from ITM.
Notice that if you receive other scholarships from KTH, such as MFS 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.
North America: 6000 SEK
Rest of the world: 8000 SEK
If you are going to study in Europe, you should apply for Erasmus+ Scholarship, see information further down. Specific rules apply for Switzerland.
Travel grant for Degree project/ master's thesis
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 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.
Compensation for preparatory language courses for exchange studies
If you need to take a language course in the country you are going to and the receiving university doesn´t organise courses that are free of charge, you can apply for a grant to be able to learn or improve the local language.
The maximum is 4000 sek. You can only receive the language grant on one occasion and not for courses in the English language.
The grant for a language course is applied for by filling in travel grant application form.
An original receipt stating the name of the school that gives the language course and the receipt of the paid fee must be attached to the application.
Students who are nominated for exchange studies within one of KTH's exchange agreements or will do their degree project abroad can apply for a travel grant from the SCI student office. In order for you to apply for a the travel grant, you may not receive any other grant for your exchange studies from KTH, for example the Erasmus scholarship, Erasmus internship scholarship or Swiss Mobility Scholarship. In order for you to receive the travel grant, you must submit a study plan and have it approved by the programme director. The stay must be at least 3 months. You can only receive the travel grant once. Expect that it takes 2-3 months from submitting the application until the money is paid out.
Fill out the form Application & decision re Travel Scholarship/Travel grant and submit it to your International Coordinator.
Travel grant for exchange studies within exchange agreements:
• Australia, North America and South America 8000 SEK
• Asia 6000 SEK
Travel grant for degree project abroad
• outside of the EU 5000 SEK
Reimbursement for Language Courses
We want to encourage everyone to learn the local language of the country where you are going. In addition to the travel grant, we can cover the fee for a language course (maximum up to 4 000 SEK) taken in the country where you do your exchange. The reembursment is done after the course fee has been payed by the student. Submit the form above and include your receipt.
Scholarships from other organisations
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. Please note that these sites are not part of KTH.
