The Fulbright-University of Turku Graduate Award is a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award run by the Fulbright Finland Foundation with the University of Turku.
Up to two American graduates go to Turku for study or research at master’s or doctoral level; full master’s degree study is preferred.
Benefits & funding
- EUR 1,000 a month for master’s students or EUR 1,200 for doctoral students, for 9 months, plus a US$1,600 travel award
- Full first-year tuition scholarship for a Turku master’s; second year also covered if the required ECTS credits are completed in year one
- Residence permit allowance, including accompanying family
- Accident and sickness cover; a subsidized Finnish language and culture summer school
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); PhD holders are not eligible
- Not eligible: anyone who lived abroad five or more of the six years before the deadline, or who resided in Finland (4 months or more) in the year before the grant
- Doctoral projects or non-degree master’s-level study are considered only if there are no eligible degree-seeking applicants
- No Finnish or Swedish needed unless the project requires it
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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 for this award with three recommendations by 6 October 2026; applicants through a US institution usually face a campus deadline 4–6 weeks earlier.
- 2Apply separately to the University of Turku for admission; master’s applicants need no affiliation letter, while research students submit the “Commitment to Host a Fulbright Research Student” form with 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