1. Candidate must be a citizen of one of the following countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Georgia, Israel, Japan, Moldova, Ukraine, South Korea, a foreigner of Lithuanian origin from non-EU and EFTA countries.
2. Citizens of Belarus must hold a valid residence permit in Lithuania.
3. Candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree by the end of 2022/2023 academic year or be a 4^th year student of integrated studies if the studies last 6 years/3^rd year student of integrated studies if the studies last 5 years at a Lithuanian higher education institution.
4. Candidate must have an official letter of acceptance or pre-acceptance for full-time Master’s degree studies from a Lithuanian higher education institution. In case of integrated studies, candidate must have an official confirmation letter issued by a Lithuanian higher education institution certifying that the candidate is studying integrated study programme and indicating the year of studies.
5. Candidate must have a good knowledge of Lithuanian, English, or other language in which the study programme is being conducted (a minimum of a B2 level of command of the language of instruction according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
6. The state scholarship can be granted only once. A candidate who has already received funding under this instrument will not be eligible.
7. In case of an international joint degree programme with a portion of the studies (as a mandatory mobility period) being in the candidate’s home country, funding can be granted only to the portion of studies held in Lithuanian higher education institution.
8. The state scholarship cannot be granted to a candidate who has already received a Master’s degree.

A candidate should apply through the online application system and enclose listed scanned documents. All information in the application must be provided in English or Lithuanian

A candidate should submit a document certifying the completion of education at a higher education institution (diploma and its supplement) or a transcript of records to the Lithuanian higher education institution in order to be accepted to a Master’s degree programme. The Higher education institution will provide assessment results (arithmetic average) of the candidate’s academic grades (with all additional required information) to the Education Exchanges Support Foundation. 

A candidate must provide:

1. Personal and contact information (data should be filled in via the online application system);
2. A signed Declaration of Honour (Please open in a new tab; if you are using Google Chrome browser, please open in a new window and press “Enter” on the address bar);
3. A document certifying the level of command of the language of instruction: a document issued by a competent institution (e. g. home institution, host institution, language centre or school, etc.) certifying a minimum of a B2 level of command of the language of instruction according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). Please note that the diploma and supplement is acceptable only in case of English philology or translation (or similar) studies or if the level of English studied (a minimum of a B2) is indicated in the supplement.
4. Letter of motivation (must be filled in via the online application system).
   Please prepare a letter of motivation that includes the following information:
   1. Describe your experience and achievements which are related to the chosen study programme in Lithuania.
   2. Please explain why you chose a particular study programme and higher education institution in Lithuania.
   3. Please describe how, in your opinion, you will benefit from studies in Lithuania in terms of your future career and personal development.
   4. Please describe why you are a suitable candidate for the Lithuanian State scholarship.
   
5. One recommendation letter (must be provided through the online application system or added to the application form as an attachment. It is recommended to use this format). (Please open in a new tab; if you are using Google Chrome browser, please open in a new window and press “Enter” on the address bar).
6. For full-time Master’s degree studies: a copy of the acceptance or pre-acceptance letter issued by a Lithuanian higher education institution certifying that the candidate was admitted to or a confirmation letter certifying that the candidate is studying in a full-time Master’s degree study programme, including the candidate’s name, surname, the study programme in which the candidate studies and its state code, and the candidate’s study period. For full-time integrated studies: a copy of the confirmation letter issued by a Lithuanian higher education institution certifying that the candidate is studying integrated study programme, including the candidate’s name, surname, the study programme which the candidate studies and its state code, the candidate’s study year and study period.
7. For citizens of Belarus: applicants must submit a valid residence permit in Lithuania.
8. For foreigners of Lithuanian origin: applicants must submit a certificate or other document proving his/her Lithuanian origin, issued by the Lithuanian community of a respective country or other competent authority (such as an embassy or similar).

Selection of the candidates:

All eligible and complete applications are assessed by experts. The final decision on granting the State Scholarship to candidates will be based on:

1. Applicant’s motivation (30 %);
2. The level of command of the language of instruction (20 %);
3. Academic achievements (50 %):
   
   • Candidates for full-time Master’s degree studies in Lithuania: Bachelor degree academic achievements;
   • Students of full-time Master’s degree studies in Lithuania: Bachelor degree academic achievements and academic results of passed courses and modules during the 1^st year of the full-time Master’s degree study programme;
   • Integrated study programme students: academic results of the passed courses and modules of the integrated study programme.
   
4. Recommendation.

Priorities:

• Priority will be given to candidates who are planning to or have already started their full-time Master degree in the Lithuanian language.
• Priority will be given to candidates who are foreigners of Lithuanian origin.
• Priority will be given to candidates who hold a Bachelor or Professional Bachelor degree of a Lithuanian higher education institution.
• Priority will be given to candidates who are planning to study or are already studying:

Mathematics;
Informatics;
Physical sciences;
Life sciences;
Engineering;
Technological Sciences;
Health sciences;
Veterinary sciences;
Agriculture;
Education sciences;
Art;
Sport.

Note: Each priority equals to 1 extra point to the competition score of the first selection round.

More information about financial conditions.

Other Notes:

• Please note that the application for the State Scholarship is a separate procedure, not having any influence on admission to full-time Master’s degree programmes at Lithuanian higher education institutions: you should apply for full-time Master’s degree, then afterwards – for the Lithuanian State scholarship.
• Applications with the enclosed documents must be submitted to the online application system in any of the following formats: JPEG, GIF, PNG, PDF.
• All application documents must be submitted by the set deadline. Please note that after the deadline, no changes are possible. Incomplete applications or applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered.
• No other documents except for the listed enclosures will be considered.
• All application information and documents must be submitted in English or Lithuanian. No certified copies of the documents are required.
• Documents must be submitted only through the online application system. There is no requirement to send them by post or e-mail.

Important dates for applicants for the year 2023:

22 May 2023:deadline to apply for the scholarship. The online application system will be closed at 11.59.59 p.m. Vilnius European time;
1 June 2023:notification of applicants about the eligibility of applications;
1 July 2023: notification of eligible applicants about the final results.

Online system for applications: https://apply.scholarships.lt/courses/course/10

The list of Lithuanian higher education institutions: https://studyin.lt/universities/

Education Exchanges Support Foundation
Higher Education Programmes Unit
Rožių al. 2 Vilnius, LT-03106
Lithuania
Phone: +370 658 69443;
E-mail: master.scholarships@smpf.lt

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