Study year 11 and 12 abroad at an international boarding school - with a full scholarship

The application season for the years 2024-2026 is now closed. The next application season will open on September 1st, 2024. Those who are in the first or second year of high school (gymnasium) have the opportunity to apply for our scholarships. If you are applying for the academic years 2025-2027, you must be born between January 1, 2007 and September 1, 2009.

All aspects of the application should be completed or uploaded on our external application portal. 

The last date to submit an application and our deadline for all parts of the application is December 15th, 2024 at 23:59. For more information, see the Important dates page.

Below you can read a summary of the written application and what you need to complete.

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Application form

Here you should answer questions about yourself and why you are applying. Please answer in detail, as this will help us to get to know you and make a good assessment of your application.

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Application fee

The application fee is 200 SEK. Instructions for payment can be found on our external site. The money is used for the costs associated with the selection process (snacks, rental of premises, etc.). If you have difficulty paying the application fee, that's no problem. Everyone should be able to apply to the UWC. Reach out to us at ansokan@se.uwc.org to be exempted from the fee.

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Recommendation letters

You should invite two people who know you well to each write a letter of recommendation about you. One of them should be your head of class in Year 9, or a teacher who knows you well in secondary school (gymnasium). The second letter of recommendation can be from any teacher or other adult who knows you well, e.g. your mentor, coach, etc; it cannot be a relative or acquaintance. Please note that they should not share what they have written with you.

We reserve the right to contact your mentors/referees/class teachers/etc. to ask questions about the review/recommendation letter and if they think you would be a good fit for UWC.

If you want to help your referees write the best possible letters of recommendation, it is usually helpful if they know a little more about UWC. You can refer them to our FAQs for referees for information specifically aimed for them.

You need to invite your referees through the application portal by navigating to the tab "Lärarrekommendationer".

Your referees have up until the 29th of December to submit their recommendation letters, provided that you invited them before the 16th of December.

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Grades

You should upload a scanned copy of your final certificate from primary school (grade 9/MYP4/equivalent).

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Parental approval

You need to download and print our template from the external website and ask your parent/guardian to authorise your application for a UWC scholarship by signing the document. Then upload a scanned copy of the signed document. Talk to your parents/guardians about what the UWC is and why you are applying! You will need their steady approval to receive the scholarship.

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Questions?

For questions about the application and selection process, please contact the selection coordinator at ansokan@se.uwc.org.