Overview
Mauritanian applicants can apply for the 2027–28 Swiss Government Excellence Research Fellowship or PhD Scholarship through the official ESKAS system.
Complete scholarship details
For applicants whose country of origin is Mauritania, Switzerland's official 2027–28 country list opens the call on August 20, 2026 and sets the submission deadline at November 30, 2026, 11:59 PM Swiss local time. Available types are Research Fellowship and PhD Scholarship. The Mauritania country contact is handled through the Embassy of Switzerland in Senegal. Research fellowships support 6–12 months of full-time research in Switzerland; PhD scholarships are initially 12 months and may be renewed twice up to 36 months subject to academic progress. The official monthly scholarship contribution is CHF 2,450 for one person. Tuition or semester fees are not automatically covered.
Eligibility requirements
Applicants must meet the official 2027–28 research or PhD criteria. For both routes, a Master's degree or equivalent must be completed by July 31, 2027 (June 30, 2027 for ETH Zurich), applicants must have been born after December 31, 1991, and an academic supervisor in Switzerland must support the proposed project. Additional route-specific requirements apply.
Tips for this scholarship
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Secure a Swiss academic supervisor before submitting; applications without supervisor support are not considered.
- Check the route-specific criteria before choosing Research Fellowship or PhD Scholarship.
- Check eligibility, funding coverage, study/project level and every required document before investing time in the application.
- Prepare transcripts, references, language tests, proposal/motivation statement and proof documents early.
- Separate the scholarship deadline from any university/program admission deadline; they may be different.
- Treat “fully funded” as a source fact only when the official provider explicitly confirms the covered costs.
Verification notes
The official Africa country list states Mauritania: call opens 20 Aug 2026; deadline 30 Nov 2026 at 11:59 PM Swiss local time; available types Research Fellowship and PhD; country contact handled by the Embassy of Switzerland in Senegal. November in Switzerland is CET (UTC+1), normalized here to 22:59 UTC. Benefits and eligibility were cross-checked on SERI's 2027–28 official pages.
Job and Scholarship is the discovery and verification layer. Confirm eligibility, dates, salary/funding and application instructions on the original source before submitting anything.
State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), Switzerland ↗