Overview
Scholarship type
Merit and need based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
EUR 1,250
Scholarship coverage
- living expenses
- accommodation
- health
Description
The scholarship is available to students from Slovakia, applying to a graduate course at a university in Austria.
Benefits
Monthly grant rate (payment by OeAD-GmbH): 1,250 Euro
Assistance in arranging accommodation and health insurance.
It is possible for OeAD scholarship holders to book accommodation (dormitory or apartment) with the OeAD student housing. The monthly costs are:
Monthly rent: EUR 330,- to EUR 800,- (depending on the amenities).
Monthly administrative fee: 24 EUR.
The costs for medical care abroad within the EU are offset by the respective national health care institutions. Doing an academic exchange within the EU, the candidates should take a EU health insurance card with them. If necessary, the OeAD can help with taking out an additional Austrian insurance.
Scholarship holders have to pay the costs for accommodation and insurance themselves.
Grant holders have to pay for all their travel costs.
Eligibility
- Students of public, state and private Higher education institutions who have completed at least one semester of their studies at the 2nd stage by the submission deadline are eligible to apply for these scholarships (if the applicant’s degree programme combines both stages in one programme – § 53 para. 3 of the Slovakian higher education act – applicants must have completed at least 7 semesters).
- Eligible are currently enrolled scholars (minimum of 5 ECTS in the last term) or scholars who are presently involved in research activities at their university.
- The objective of the grant for diploma candidates is to offer students the opportunity to use sources in Austria, too, for the preparation of their degree/master/diploma thesis and thus to improve the quality of their thesis. The stay in Austria must be clearly related to the topic of the degree/master/diploma thesis and be planned accordingly.
- Austrian citizens who have a permanent residence in Austria and who study at a Slovak institution can receive a scholarship from the Action for a stay in Austria only if there are at least 100km (linear distance) between the place of their host institution and the place of their permanent residence.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Multiple disciplines
Locations
Austria
Nationality
Slovak
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
15 Oct 2026
Closing date for applications: the latest 15 March and 15 October.
The following documents have to be uploaded with the online application:
Confirmation of supervision by the target organisation.
2 letters of recommendation by university teachers of the home institution (lecturers, professors or other academic staff with equivalent ranking; one of the letters of recommendation must be from the academic supervisor of the applicant).
Photocopy of the diploma and of the state examination certificate after completion of the first stage of your university studies (Bachelor programme).
Proof of proficiency in German (or other language, e.g. English, if English is the working language).
Approval of your research project by your home institution.