A fund titled “Bangladesh-Sweden Trust Fund” was constituted in 1984 with the financial assistance of Government of Sweden. The main purpose of this fund is to provide one way travel grant to those student who have gone abroad for higher studies with scholarship but unable to bear the travel cost due to financial constraints.

Eligibility of the candidate:
(1)    Those Bangladeshi Students who got admission into foreign University/Institute for higher studies (Under Graduate/Post Graduate) with scholarship(full or part)
(2)    The academic year is usually to be considered as October- September.
(3)    The applicant did not receive any travel grant under Bangladesh-Sweden Trust Fund earlier, of from any other sources.
(4)    The persons having third class/equivalent GPA are not eligible to apply.
(5)    Priority is to be given to those subjects which have much contribution to economic as well as socio-economic development of the country.

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Bangladesh-Sweden Online Application System

Prospective Scholarship Information for Long Courses:

• Australia Awards
• NORAD Scholarship
• Joint Japan World Bank Graduate Scholarship Programme (JJWBGSP)
• ADB-Japan Scholarship Programme
• The Netherlands Fellowship Programme(NFP)
• Erasmus Mundus Scholarship programme
• Swedish Institute Scholarship
• Mawista Scholarship
• Commonwealth Scholarship
• Indian Govt. Scholarship
• JDS Scholarship
• Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Scholarship
• Huber Humprey Fellowship (non-degree course)
• IDB Merit Scholarship
• Colombo Plan Scholarship
• Thiland International Cooperation agency (TICA)
• Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme (MTCP)
• JICA
• ITEC
• ESCAP
• IMF Institute
• Schengen Visa Information for the students