Fellowship Donors

A limited number of full fellowships are available to Malmö MSc students annually on a competitive basis. Including the 30 Sasakawa Fellowship Students who joined the University in 2020, The Nippon Foundation of Japan continues to be the largest fellowship donor to the University with an overall total of 699 sponsored students. The Government of Norway provided 10 fellowships in 2020 making it the second largest fellowship donor followed by the International Maritime Organization with 10 fellowships. The International Transport Workers’ Federation Seafarers’ Trust (ITF Seafarers’ Trust) provided five fellowships to WMU in 2020. Many member States provided support in 2020 by sponsoring their own students, in particular the Bahamas, China, Ghana, the Republic of Korea, Nigeria, Peru, the Philippines, South Africa and Tanzania. Additionally, many governments, organizations and companies provide funding for their own employees. Approximately 5% of the MSc students in Malmö are self-funded.

The following donors provided fellowships in 2020

The Nippon Foundation of Japan (30) Government of Norway (10) International Maritime Organization (10) Government of the Republic of Korea (6) ITF Seafarers’ Trust (5) Government of Germany (4) The TK Foundation (4) Orients Fond (3) Australian Maritime Safety Authority (3) Government of the Netherlands (2) Stena Rederi AB (2) Gard AS (1) International Chamber of Shipping (1) MPA Academy Singapore (1) Norwegian Seafarers’ Union (1)