Axel Adler Scholarship
Axel Adler scholarship 2025 is a tuition fee waiver and is awarded to students studying international Master’s or Bachelor’s Programmes at the University of Gothenburg. The selection of scholars is primarily based on the applicant's qualifications in regards to the study programme. Axel Adler Scholarship is funded by Adlerbertska Scholarship Foundation and Adlerbertska Grant Foundation and the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR).
Requirements
To be eligible for Axel Adler Scholarship:
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You are required to pay tuition in Sweden.
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You need to apply for an international campus-based programme at the University of Gothenburg, as your first priority.
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You need to submit your application for studies by 15 January 2025 and pay the application fee and document your eligibility for studies by 3 February 2025 through www.universityadmissions.se.
Application
Students who have applied to a programme at the University of Gothenburg as their first priority through universityadmissions.se and fulfill the requirements, will receive an email with application instructions around 11 February, 2025. The invitation to apply for Axel Adler Scholarship will be sent to the email address you have registered at universityadmissions.se.
If you are eligible and have not received an email by this date (and also checked your Spam mail folder), please let us know by sending a mail to scholarships@gu.se.
CV and Letter of Motivation
When applying for Axel Adler Scholarship you shall include a CV and a Letter of Motivation as written text. These are used for the selection of scholars. In the motivational letter you have the possibility to highlight merits from your CV. It is not possible to attach any other form of documentation to your scholarship application.
Selection process
Academic staff make the assessment and ranking, based on the CV and Motivation letter in your scholarship application. The assessment is made in collaboration with the assessment of your application to the study programme, to determine your suitability for the programme as well as your commitment and desire to study.
There is one scholarship awarded for each programme.
There is an exception for Master programmes in Fine Art, Crafts and Design and programmes in Music and Performance which will be awarded a total of four scholarships for all programmes.
Announcement
Decision of results will be sent out via email:
- 4 April 2025 Master's programme applicants
- 9 April 2025 Bachelor's programmes applicants
New: Scholarship for Sustainability
2024-12-13 New information about 2025 call
Sustainable development is a vital part of the University of Gothenburg’s vision. Therefore, we also offer the Axel Adler scholarship for Sustainability, an extra scholarship programme within the Axel Adler scholarship, for students studying one of our sustainability focused master's programmes.
- You need to meet the general requirements for Axel Adler Scholarship 2025 and the special requirements for Axel Adler scholarship for Sustainability
- If you are eligible to apply, you do this in the same application as the regular Axel Adler Scholarship application.
- A minimum of 2 students will be awarded the Axel Adler Scholarship for Sustainability. The scholarship is a tuition fee waiver.
- Please note that the distance learning programme, Education for Sustainable Developement is not eligible, only the campus based programmes.
Frequently asked questions
Here you find the most common questions for the Axel Adler scholarship. For more questions about Axel Adler Scholarship, please contact scholarships@gu.se.
