The Fulbright-LUT University Graduate Award is a Fulbright U.S. Student Program partnership award, run by the Fulbright Finland Foundation with Lappeenranta–Lahti University of Technology (LUT University).
It sends American graduates to Finland to study for a full master’s degree in social sciences, business or technology. If suitable degree candidates are lacking, master’s-level non-degree students and strong doctoral students may also be considered.
Benefits & funding
- Full tuition scholarship; LUT also covers second-year tuition if the first year goes well
- EUR 1,000 a month for 9 months, plus a US$1,600 travel award
- Residence permit allowance, including for accompanying family
- Supplemental accident and sickness cover, and a pre-approved summer school on Finnish language and culture
Eligibility
- US citizens or nationals at the deadline; permanent residents are not eligible; dual US–Finnish citizens may apply
- A bachelor’s degree before the grant starts (graduating seniors may apply)
- Not eligible: PhD holders, or anyone who lived abroad five or more of the six years before the deadline
- Not eligible: residence in Finland (4 months or more) in the year before the grant
- No Finnish or Swedish needed unless the study plan requires it
Can you apply?
Here's who can apply
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“Applicants who currently hold or will hold a doctoral degree (Ph.D.) by the national application deadline. … Anyone who has resided abroad for five or more years in the six-year period preceding the national application deadline.” Eligibility
Eligible nationalities
USA
Education required
Bachelor Enrolled · Bachelor
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Application process
- 1Submit the Fulbright online application, choosing this award, with three recommendations by 6 October 2026; applicants through a US institution usually have a separate campus deadline.
- 2Apply separately to LUT for admission to your master’s programme; no affiliation letter is needed for the Fulbright application.
Program timeline
6 October 2026
Fulbright deadline (2027–28 cycle)
recommended / not recommended notice
End of January 2027
final selections, on a rolling basis
Spring 2027
grant term begins
Early September 2027