Fellowship Donors

A limited number of full fellowships are available to Malmö MSc students annually on a competitive basis. Including the 27 Sasakawa Fellowship Students who joined the University in 2019, The Nippon Foundation of Japan continues to be the largest fellowship donor to the University with an overall total of 669 sponsored students. The Government of Norway provided 12 fellowships in 2019 making it the second largest fellowship donor followed by the International Maritime Organization with 10 fellowships in 2019. The International Transport Workers’ Federation Seafarers’ Trust (ITF Seafarers’ Trust) provided five fellowships to WMU in 2019. Many member States provided support in 2019 by sponsoring their own students, in particular Chile, Iraq, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Nigeria, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia and South Africa. Additionally, many governments, organizations and companies provide funding for their own employees. Approximately 6% of the MSc students in Malmö are self-funded.

The following donors provided fellowships in 2019

The Nippon Foundation of Japan (27) Government of Norway (12) International Maritime Organization (10) ITF Seafarers’ Trust (5) Government of Germany (4) Government of the Republic of Korea (4) The TK Foundation (4) BCSEA (3) Orients Fond (3) Australian Maritime Safety Authority (2) SAFEMED IV (2) Stena Rederi AB (2) Gard AS (1) Government of the United Kingdom (1) International Chamber of Shipping (1) MPA Academy Singapore (1) Norwegian Seafarers’ Union (1) World Nuclear Transport Institute (1)