The Bilateral Scholarships offer opportunities for study or research in any field of study during the granted mobility period at an accredited public Croatian higher education or research institute to be determined in advance. The awarded mobilities should be implemented during the upcoming academic year (from the 1^st of October 2025 to the 30^th of September 2026, July and August excluded).

Applications for the Bilateral Scholarships can be submitted through two different application pools:

APPLICATION POOL 1: BILATERAL AGREEMENTS
The Application Pool 1 is open to citizens of countries (and territories) that have a valid/effective educational co-operation programme with Croatia or a bilateral agreement signed by the Croatian Government and the relevant ministry of the given country (or territory). Potential candidates are invited to apply for the Bilateral Scholarships on offer through the Application Pool 1 by submitting their applications in the Agency’s online application system but the Bilateral Scholarships can be awarded only to the candidates who are nominated by the foreign partner institutions, i.e., national competent authorities responsible for the implementation of the Bilateral Scholarships Programmes. The preliminary selection of applications is usually performed by the respective foreign government ministries, agencies and/or authorities and applications ranked by these offices take priority.

Countries whose citizens may apply on the basis of a valid/effective educational co-operation programme and/or a bilateral agreement: Belgium (Flanders), Bulgaria, People’s Republic of China, Czech Republic, Germany (Bavaria), Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Türkiye and Ukraine.

Application Procedure
To successfully apply, the candidates should submit their application documents in the Agency’s online application system but it is also very important for the applicants to contact their national institution in charge of the preliminary selection of applicants to be nominated for the Bilateral Scholarships. The national competent authorities responsible for the implementation of the Bilateral Scholarships Programmes should send by e-mail (or post) the Nomination Letter by which they nominate the candidates for the Bilateral Scholarships to the following e-mail (or postal) address:

Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes
E-mail address: bilaterala@ampeu.hr
Postal address: Frankopanska 26, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia

A valid application for the Bilateral Scholarship in the Application Pool 1 should consist of:

• Required documents in English or Croatian submitted by the applicants in the Agency’s online application system

• Nomination Letter sent by e-mail (or post) to the Agency from the foreign partner institution by which it nominates the applicants for the Bilateral Scholarships.

The deadline for the candidates in the Application Pool 1 to submit the required application documents in the Agency’s online application system and the foreign partner institutions to send their Nomination Letters to the Agency is the 4^th of April 2025.

APPLICATION POOL 2: SCHOLARSHIPS FOR LEARNING THE CROATIAN LANGUAGE
The Application Pool 2 is open to international students who are currently studying (or learning) the Croatian language (or Slavic Studies) at universities outside of Croatia. Foreign students can apply regardless whether or not their respective countries have a valid cooperation programme or a bilateral agreement with Croatia and regardless of whether or not the language department of Croatian language and literature falls under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Science, Education and Youth.

Candidates for the Bilateral Scholarships in the Application Pool 2 should be nominated for the Bilateral Scholarships by their current Croatian language professor, i.e., his/her Recommendation Letter.

There are two types of Scholarships that are on offer in the Application Pool 2:

• Scholarships for one-semester studies (4-5 months) of the Croatian language at either the University of Zagreb (Croaticum) or the University of Rijeka (Rijeka School of Slavic Studies)
• Scholarships for the summer seminar (2 weeks) of the Croatian language and literature in Dubrovnik organised by the Zagreb School of Slavic Studies.

The deadline for the candidates in the Application Pool 2 to submit the required application documents (including the Recommendation Letter) through the Agency’s online application system is the 4^th of April 2025.

Contact Information
Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes
Web address: ampeu.hr
E-mail address: bilaterala@ampeu.hr
Postal address: Frankopanska 26, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Telephone number: +385 (0)1 5556 498

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Call for Applications Croatia 2025/2026