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Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic
Talent Scholarship for the Academic Year 2026/2027
A monthly cash scholarship of up to €15,000 for full-time bachelor’s, combined bachelor’s and master’s, or master’s study in selected programmes at eligible Slovak institutions. The scholarship is intended, for example, to cover living costs.
Do I qualify 12 requirements for everyone + route options
Do I qualify
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Everyone needs
- residence No permanent residence in Slovakia from 2021-01-01 through the application date
- institution No prior study at a secondary school in Slovakia, except for Slovaks living abroad with Slovak citizenship wh…
- degree Full-time bachelor's, combined bachelor's and master's, or master's study
- Not open to: degree Doctoral studies
- A selected full-time study programme at a selected public HEI under the Slovak SK RIS3 2021+ Smart Specialisa…
- admission Admission to the supported programme at a public Slovak HEI; having applied to a public Slovak HEI is suffici…
- enrolment Full-time, in-person study programme
- Upload a certificate for SAT or SCIO before the deadline; no substitute or waiver
+4 more requirements
- Application includes a structured CV in English and a motivation letter in English
- age Applicants under 18 need hand-signed legal guardian approval
- enrolment Officially enrolled in the first year of a selected study programme starting in autumn 2026 to become a schol…
- Citizenship confirmed by an acceptable notarised identification copy; generally passport, with national ID ac…
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- citizenship Citizenship of a country other than Slovakia; dual citizenship including Slovak and another citizenship is allowed
- citizenship Slovak living abroad with Slovak citizenship and the specified § 7 Certificate
- degree Bachelor's or combined bachelor's and master's route: secondary education completed outside Slovakia
- degree Master's route: bachelor's degree completed abroad and first entry to master's level in Slovakia
- degree Master's route: bachelor's degree completed at a Slovak HEI, continuous progression to master's level, and no…
- degree Master's route: supported by the previous RRP scheme at bachelor's level and continuously progressing to mast…
- institution Bachelor's-level applicants have not previously studied at a Slovak HEI, except for academic mobility
- SAT total score at least 1100 points
+2 more requirements
- SAT result taken from 2021-01-01 through the application submission deadline
- SCIO average percentile at least 63, calculated from Mathematics and General Academic Prerequisites
Not open to: doctoral studies
- Eligible residence
- No permanent residence in Slovakia from 2021-01-01 through the application date
- Level of study
- Master's, Undergraduate
What's covered Stipend only
- Funding type
- Stipend only
- Funding details
- may have their tuition fees waived; waiving the tuition fees is exclusively on HEIs decision; The scholarship programme grants up to €15,000. The scholarship is paid out monthly over the first three continuing academic years of the bachelor’s degree programme, combined bachelor’s and master’s degree study programme or two continuing academic years of master’s degree programme in Slovakia, with a payment of €500 per month.; The scholarship is a motivational tool; intended, for example, but not exclusively, to cover students' living costs; to cover students' living costs
- Duration
- 2-3 years
- Host country
- Slovakia
- Host institution
- Selected public or state Slovak higher education institutions
What I need Application materials must be in English
- English requirement
- Application materials must be in English
- In-person requirements
- Required in-person study/placement/event
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How to apply
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- Submit a separate study application directly to a selected public Slovak higher education institution for a supported programme. By the time you submit the scholarship application, it is sufficient to have applied to the HEI; admission is not required at that point. Required
- The scholarship portal provides a new-user registration page. However, the 2026/2027 application registration is officially closed, so do not treat registration as currently open for this cycle. Required
- After registering, use the verification link sent to your email address and check your spam folder if it does not appear. The 2026/2027 registration is officially closed. Required
- Submit the complete scholarship application exclusively online through the scholarship website; applications cannot be requested by email. The 2026/2027 registration is officially closed. Required
- Deadline
- Closed
- Deadline notes
- The page also contains an earlier notice that registration was still open and extended until 8 September 2026, 23:59 CEST; the current notice says registration has officially closed.
- Deadline timezone
- CEST
- Application cycle
- 2027 application cycle
- Notes
- Applicants must submit a standardized SAT or SCIO test result; the stated minimum is 1100 points for SAT or an average percentile of 63 for SCIO. The application must include a structured CV and motivation letter in English. A tuition-fee waiver may be available for qualifying recipients at a public HEI in a foreign-language programme, at the HEI’s discretion.
Details to confirm
- This cycle is closed or has passed. Watch the official page for a future cycle.
- A direct official application route has not been found yet.
- Some eligibility wording is ambiguous in the source — read the exact wording on the official page.
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