Swiss Government is offering excellence scholarships for Sudanese scholars in Switzerland. These scholarships are available for pursuing Ph.D., postdoctoral and research programs at one of the public funded universities or recognized institution.
The Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships are aimed at young researchers from abroad who have completed a master’s degree or Ph.D. and at foreign artists holding a bachelor’s degree.
Each year the Swiss Confederation awards Government Excellence Scholarships to promote international exchange and research cooperation between Switzerland and over 180 other countries. Recipients are selected by the awarding body, the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS).
Applicants from outside the home country will often need to meet specific English language/other language requirements in order to be able to study there.
Offered Benefits
Scholarships will comprise of
PhD Scholarships
- The scholarship amounts to a monthly payment of CHF 1,920.
- Tuition fees are waived.
- For non-EU and non-EFTA grantees only: mandatory Swiss health insurance is paid by the FCS.
- Non-European grantees receive a lump sum for their airfare (provided at the end of the scholarship).
- Special CHF 300 housing allowance (paid once at the beginning of the scholarship).
- One-year half-fare public transportation card.
- Support services and various trips, dinners and sightseeing tours organized for Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship holders.
Postdoctoral scholarships:
- The scholarship amounts to a monthly payment of CHF 3,500.
- Tuition fees are waived.
- For non-EU and non-EFTA grantees only: mandatory Swiss health insurance is paid by the FCS.
- Non-European grantees receive a lump sum for their airfare (provided at the end of the scholarship).
- Special CHF 300 housing allowance (paid once at the beginning of the scholarship).
- One-year half-fare public transportation card.
- Support services and various trips, dinners and sightseeing tours organized for Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship holders
Research scholarships
- The scholarship amounts to a monthly payment of CHF 1,920.
- Tuition fees are waived.
- For non-EU and non-EFTA grantees only: mandatory Swiss health insurance is paid by the FCS.
- Non-European grantees receive a lump sum for their airfare (provided at the end of the scholarship).
- Special CHF 300 housing allowance (paid once at the beginning of the scholarship).
- One-year half-fare public transportation card.
- Support services and various trips, dinners and sightseeing tours organized for Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship holders.
Application Process
The application package can be obtained by email from the Swiss Embassy in Khartoum. Applications should be submitted in triplicate, with the number of copies indicated (hard copies only). The original, signed documents and attested translations should be submitted, along with two copies. The other two sets are copies of the first set. For details see the Application Guidelines available at their contact institution. The official FCS 2017-2018 application form (typed and printed). Handwritten forms will not be accepted.
- A full curriculum vitae with a list of academic publications.
- A letter of motivation (max. 2 pages).
- A complete research proposal (max. 5 pages). Use only the official research proposal form provided with the application package.
- A copy of the letter or email from a professor at the chosen Swiss university confirming that they are willing to supervise the Ph.D. studies.
- Include a short CV of your academic host supervisor.
- Short CV of your actual academic contact person/mentor at your home institution.
- Photocopies of all certificates and grade sheets from previously attended universities/colleges and diplomas with grades. (If the originals are not in English, French, German or
- Italian, the copies must be translated into one of these languages and attested. Attestations can be made by a university or government officer.)
- Two letters of recommendation from professors in the applicant’s field (use only the official reference form provided with the application package).
- A health certificate (use only the official health certificate provided with the application package).
- Each application set should contain two copies of the applicant’s passport (main page with personal data).