The Margarete and Walter Lichtenstein Foundation provides study grants through its medical division. University of Basel Social Services advises applicants and handles the student application route. The scholarship supports eligible students enrolled in human medicine, dental medicine, or nursing science at the University of Basel.
The University frames the support as needs-based and supplementary to primary study funding. The current pages publish two annual deadlines but no fixed award amount or duration.
Benefits & funding
- A study grant supporting eligible medical, dental medicine, or nursing science studies at the University of Basel.
- The current official pages do not publish a fixed award amount or funding duration.
Eligibility
- Swiss citizenship is required.
- Human medicine and dental medicine students must be enrolled at the University of Basel and be at least in the third Bachelor’s semester or second Master’s semester.
- Nursing science students must be enrolled at the University of Basel and be at least in the second Master’s semester.
- The University presents this funding route in a needs-based aid context for students with very limited resources or from low-income families.
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Eligible nationalities
Switzerland
Education required
Bachelor Enrolled · Master Enrolled
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Application process
- 1Confirm that the citizenship, degree program, enrollment, and semester-stage requirements are met.
- 2Contact University of Basel Social Services for advice and the link to the online application form.
- 3Complete the form and submit the required documents by the relevant semester deadline.
- 4Supply any documents that were unavailable at submission when Social Services requests them.
Program timeline
Next spring-semester application deadline under the published annual schedule.
January 15, 2027
Fall-semester application deadline.
June 15 each year