Faculty of Social Sciences

Grants for International Students

In general, the University of Helsinki does not offer grants to foreign students. Therefore, the primary source of funding has to be found elsewhere.

Here are a few links, that might be of assistance in looking for alternative sources of funding:

• The University of Helsinki grants for talented and successful students.
  Application period and closing date usually in autumn.
  
  

• International Scholarships online. A free searchable database of scholarships and awards for students studying outside of their home country.

• Community of Science offers a variety of funding opportunities, but the database is primarly meant for researchers and can only be used from the domains *.helsinki.fi .


• International Education Financial Aid. This site offers a free searchable database of scholarships and awards for international students around the world.


• CIMO. Mostly scholarships for young researchers and university teaching staff. Also grants for students coming from the former Eastern Europe.


• Finnish Cultural Foundation Grants are mostly meant for postgraduate (doctorate) studies. Grants are not awarded to finance undergraduate study nor for student exchange programmes.

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