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.
DUO-Sweden 2021/2022 is for exchange projects, which will start from August 2021 and end before September 2022 to avoid duplication of the implementation period of exchange projects selected by DUO-Sweden in the ensuing years. The selection of DUO-Sweden 2021/2022 is made ONLY once a year. In this respect, those who are planning to exchange in the Spring Semester of 2022 (January-August 2022) shall apply for DUO-Sweden 2021/2022.
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The duration of the fellowship is limited to one semester (or 4 months, whichever comes earlier).
The duration of the 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, a 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 fewer weeks than granted, then the scholarship will be adjusted on a pro-rata basis, and repayment of the funds provided will be required.
Selection Procedure:
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 2021. Selection criteria are at the discretion of the Swedish Selection Committee.
The notification will be displayed on the website and the Secretariat will directly notify Contact Persons/Awardees in writing.
Benefits
- 3,500 Euros for Asian students and 3,500 Euros for Swedish students in a pair, in a high-income country.
- For Middle and Low-income countries, the Asian student get 4,000 Euros and the Swedish student get 3,000 Euros.
Eligibilities
- An educational institution in Sweden (home institution) and an educational institution in Asia (host institution) have established an academic cooperative agreement/inter-institutional agreement.
- 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.
- 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 has been accepted by the same Swedish home institution.
Eligible Regions: Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam
Application Process
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.
Required Documents:
- 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 the passport of paired applicants.
- A copy of the transcript of paired applicants (should include the grades until fall semester 2020).
- An Online application form for DUO-Sweden can be found on the ASEM-DUO website at www.asemduo.org.
For further detail, please visit the official website.
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Note: The application should be written in English.
Application Deadline: May 20, 2021
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