Tuesday, November 13, 2012

University of Bern, Switzerland Masters Grants


The Universität Bern offers six Master Grants for the academic year 2013/14 for excellent international students. The grant consists of 1'600 CHF per month for the duration of the Master's programme (standard period of study).
Application files will be examined by a selection committee. Criteria for selection are academic excellence and the candidate's potential and motivation.

Master's Degree Programmes in English (docx, 93KB)

Preconditions:
  • Applicants must have graduated at the latest by the end of July 2013 with at least a Bachelor's degree in the desired field of study
  • This Bachelor's or Master's degree must be from a non-Swiss university
  • The applicant’s permanent place of residence up to the application must have been outside of Switzerland
  • The applicant's file must include the following in duplicate:
  1. application form :
Application Form (doc, 99KB)
Application Form (pdf, 105KB)
Additional Documents to be Submitted (docx, 112KB)
  1. curriculum vitae (max. 5'000 characters without blanks)
  2. letter of motivation with objectives
  3. letters of recommendation from 2 professors of the current home university (with institutional letter paper and signature)
  4. evidence of sufficient language proficiency in German or English 
  5. original certified copies of the Bachelor's Diploma and transcript of the grades obtained during the Bachelor's studies or recent confirmation (not older than 3 months) by the home university that the Bachelor's degree (in the same study field as the intended Master's programme) will be completed by the end of July 2013 (with a list of grades obtained up to now)
  6. copy of record of school-leaving examination 
  7. 2 passport photos
  8. copy of passport
  9. additional documents depending on Master's programme: see Additional Documents to be Submitted (docx, 112KB)
The application must be written in the language of the corresponding Master's programme.
Closing date:

The complete application package must be submitted in duplicate by postal mail. It must arrive no later than 1st December 2012 at:
Universität Bern, International Office, Hochschulstrasse 4, 3012 Bern, Switzerland

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