Scholarships

Scholarships for Descendants of Slovenes

The Ministry of Education in cooperation with the Centre for Mobility and European Educational and Training Programmes and the Office for Slovenes Abroad provide scholarships covering tuition fees for members of Slovene ethnic minorities in other countries and descendants of Slovene expatriates and emigrants.

Conditions for obtaining a scholarship:

  • Slovene background
  • age up to 35 years

Scholarship sponsors will consider recommendations from:

  • Slovene émigré institutions to which candidates, or their parents, are members, evidence of extracurricular activities in Slovene institutions, or recommendations one of the leading Slovene ethnic minority organisations when deciding on scholarship awards. Also welcome are recommendations from,
  • Slovene teachers abroad,
  • diplomatic and consular missions of the Republic of Slovenia.

One society from abroad cannot have more than two applicants for scholarships. Priority shall be given to candidates who have never before received scholarships for the courses of the Centre for Slovene as a Second/Foreign Language.

PLEASE NOTE: Scholarship covers only the tuition fee for morning courses and additional activities. All other costs are covered by participants themselves.

You can apply for the scholarship by completing the APPLICATION. Possible recommendations should be attached to the application or sent by e-mail to [email protected]. If you fill out the scholarship application, you do not need to fill out the regular application intended for self-paying applicants.

Scholarships are available for the following courses:

Afternoon Course of Slovene Language, Spring 2025

  • deadline: 1 February 2025

Morning Course of Slovene Language, Spring 2025

  • deadline: 1 February 2025

Summer School of Slovene Language in Ljubljana 2025

  • deadline: 15 May 2025

Autumn School of Slovene Language 2025

  • deadline: 15 May 2025

Winter School of Slovene Language 2026

  • deadline: 31 August 2025

Spring School of Slovene Language 2026

  • deadline: 31 August 2025

Scholarships for Candidates without Slovene Ancestry

Candidates who do not have Slovene background, but are actively engaged in Slovene culture or in some other way contribute to the promotion of Slovenia in the world can apply for one of the scholarships of the Jana Zemljarič Miklavčič Scholarship Trust for the Summer School of Slovene. The deadline for applications is 1 May 2024. More…