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Approved programmes

Update: The MKP Scholarship is no longer offered.

These are the master's level programmes approved for scholarship support under the Master Programme for Key Personnel in Developing Countries.

Technology and Engineering

Electric Power Engineering
Chalmers University of Technology
These Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Low Income Countries (LICs) and Lower Middle Income Countries (LMICs).

Quality and Operations Management
Chalmers University of Technology
These Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Low Income Countries (LICs) and Lower Middle Income Countries (LMICs).

Sustainable Energy Engineering
KTH, the Royal Institute of Technology
These Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Low Income Countries (LICs) and Lower Middle Income Countries (LMICs).

Sustainable Technology
KTH, the Royal Institute of Technology
These Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Low Income Countries (LICs) and Lower Middle Income Countries (LMICs).

Water Resources (WaterLU)
Lund University
Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia (incl. Kosovo), Montenegro, Croatia, Georgia, Armenia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova and these Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Infrastructure
KTH, the Royal Institute of Technology
Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Central African Rep., Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Dem. Rep., Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea (Dem. Rep.), Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Uzbekistan. Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia.

Ecosystems, Governance and Globalisation
Stockholm University
These Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

Transport Systems
KTH, the Royal Institute of Technology
These Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Low Income Countries (LICs) and Lower Middle Income Countries (LMICs).

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU
These Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Low Income Countries (LICs) and Lower Middle Income Countries (LMICs).

Design for Sustainable Development
Chalmers University
These Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Low Income Countries (LICs) and Lower Middle Income Countries (LMICs).

Environmental Engineering
Luleå University of Technology
These Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Low Income Countries (LICs) and Lower Middle Income Countries (LMICs).

Atmospheric Science
Göteborg University
These Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

 

Business and economics

Economics
Umeå University
Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia (incl. Kosovo), Montenegro, Croatia, Georgia, Armenia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova

Management: People, Projects and Processes
Umeå University
Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia (incl. Kosovo), Montenegro, Croatia, Georgia, Armenia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova

Environmental Management and Policy
Lund University
Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia (incl. Kosovo), Montenegro, Croatia, Georgia, Armenia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and these Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Low Income Countries (LICs) and Lower Middle Income Countries (LMICs).

Development and Management (LUMID)
Lund University
These Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

Management and Economics of Innovation
Chalmers University of Technology
Georgia, Armenia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova

Integrated Water Resource Management
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU
These Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

Coastal Zone Management
Gotland University
These Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

 

Health and Medicine

Health and Society
Linköping University
Georgia, Armenia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova

Public Health
Lund University
Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia (incl. Kosovo), Montenegro, Croatia, Georgia, Armenia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova

Public Health
Umeå University
Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia (incl. Kosovo), Montenegro, Croatia, Georgia, Armenia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova

Rural Development and Natural Resource Management
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU
These Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

 

Natural Science

Environmental Science / Studies (LUMES)
Lund University
These Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Low Income Countries (LICs) and Lower Middle Income Countries (LMICs).

Marine Biology
Stockholm University
These Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

Marine Sciences
Göteborg University
These Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

Systems Biology
Göteborg University
These Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

Physical Oceanography
Göteborg University
These Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

Ecology
Linköping University
Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia (incl. Kosovo), Montenegro, Croatia, Georgia, Armenia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan

 

Social Science and Humanities

Applied Statistics
Dalarna University College
Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia (incl. Kosovo), Montenegro, Croatia, Georgia, Armenia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova

Social Work
Göteborg University
Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia (incl. Kosovo), Montenegro, Croatia, Georgia, Armenia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova

Science for Sustainable Development
Linköping University
Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia (incl. Kosovo), Montenegro, Croatia, Georgia, Armenia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and these Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

International European Relations
Linköping University
Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia (incl. Kosovo), Montenegro, Croatia, Georgia, Armenia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova

European Spatial Planning and Regional Development
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Serbia (incl. Kosovo), Montenegro

Urban Planning and Design
KTH, the Royal Institute of Technology
These Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Low Income Countries (LICs) and Lower Middle Income Countries (LMICs).

Spatial Planning
KTH, the Royal Institute of Technology
These Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Low Income Countries (LICs) and Lower Middle Income Countries (LMICs).

Development Studies
Uppsala University
These Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

Maritime Law
Lund University
These Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

 

Education

Adult Learning and Global Change
Linköping University
Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, China, Colombia, Croatia, Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Iraq, Kenya, Laos, Macedonia, Mozambique, Namibia, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia (incl. Kosovo), Montenegro, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Turkey, Ukraine, Vietnam

Child Studies, distance learning
Linköping University
Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, China, Colombia, Croatia, Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Iraq, Kenya, Laos, Macedonia, Mozambique, Namibia, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia (incl. Kosovo), Montenegro, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Turkey, Ukraine, Vietnam

Comparative and International Education
Stockholm University
Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, China, Colombia, Croatia, Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Iraq, Kenya, Laos, Macedonia, Mozambique, Namibia, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia (incl. Kosovo), Montenegro, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Turkey, Ukraine, Vietnam

Education in Democracy and Social Justice
Örebro University
Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, China, Colombia, Croatia, Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Iraq, Kenya, Laos, Macedonia, Mozambique, Namibia, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia (incl. Kosovo), Montenegro, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Turkey, Ukraine, Vietnam

Outdoor Environmental Education and Outdoor Life
Linköping University
Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, China, Colombia, Croatia, Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Iraq, Kenya, Laos, Macedonia, Mozambique, Namibia, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia (incl. Kosovo), Montenegro, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Turkey, Ukraine, Vietnam

 

Least Developed Countries (LDCs):
Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Central African Rep., Chad, Comoros, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia.

Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Low Income Countries (LICs) and Lower Middle Income Countries (LMICs):
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo (Rep.), Congo (Dem. Rep.), Cuba, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea (Dem. Rep.), Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Palestinian Administered Areas, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia (incl. Kosovo), Montenegro, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St Vincent & Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen, Zambia.

 


 
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