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The Swiss Study Foundation (German "Schweizerische Studienstiftung", French "Fondation suisse d'études") is a foundation that promotes outstanding students (top 0.3%) during their undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Requirements for admission are outstanding intellectual interests and capabilities, creativity, and character.
The Swiss Study Foundation was founded 1991 in analogy to the
The Swiss Study Foundation (German "Schweizerische Studienstiftung", French "Fondation suisse d'études") is a foundation that promotes outstanding students (top 0.3%) during their undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Requirements for admission are outstanding intellectual interests and capabilities, creativity, and character.
The Swiss Study Foundation was founded 1991 in analogy to the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
The German Academic Scholarship Foundation (German: , or ''Studienstiftung'' for short) is Germany's largest and most prestigious scholarship foundation. According to its statutes, it supports "the university education of young people who, on ac ...
, its German equivalent. Currently, about 750 students are in the programme.
Notable alumni
* Caroline Jaden Stussi, actress *Balthasar Glättli
Balthasar Glättli (born 12 February 1972) is a Swiss politician. He is a member of the National Council (Switzerland), National Council and, since June 2020, the president of the Green Party of Switzerland.
Political career
Glättli joined ...
, politician
* Daniel Hellmann, performance artist
* Oliver Schmitt
Oliver Jens Schmitt (born 15 February 1973 in Basel) is a professor of South-East European history at Vienna University since 2005. He is a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
His book ''Skanderbeg. Der neue Alexander auf dem Balkan'', ...
, historian
See also
*Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
The German Academic Scholarship Foundation (German: , or ''Studienstiftung'' for short) is Germany's largest and most prestigious scholarship foundation. According to its statutes, it supports "the university education of young people who, on ac ...
* National Merit Scholarship Program
The National Merit Scholarship Program is a United States academic scholarship competition for recognition and university scholarships administered by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), a privately funded, not-for-profit organizat ...
External links
* http://www.studienstiftung.ch Education in Switzerland Scholarships {{Switzerland-stub