Minor Field Studies (MFS)

Minor Field Studies (MFS) was a programme where students who are reaching the end of their Bachelor’s or Master’s degree could gather material for their degree essay on-site, in a developing country. MFS means that a student studies issues of importance to economic, social, political or knowledge-based development in the country they travel to for at least eight weeks.

A MFS study could be done in all academic fields, from the humanities and social sciences to natural science, engineering and medicine. One aim of the programme was to prepare students for work in global contexts and organisations.

A MFS student received a grant of SEK 27,000 to cover some of the costs of the overseas stay.

Which countries can I travel to?

The programme is closed for application.

These were the countries available for MFS: 

Africa 

Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Kenya, Congo-Brazzaville Rep, Congo-Kinshasa Dem. Rep, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaskar, Malawi, Mali, Marocco, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, St. Helena (territory), Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Asia

Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Philippines, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Cambodia, Kazakhstan, China, Kirgizstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar/Burma, Nepal, North Korea Dem. Rep, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tadzhikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

Europe

Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Moldavia, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine, Belarus

North America

Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat (territory), Nicaragua, Panama, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Oceania

Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Salomon Islands, Samoa, Tokelau Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Wallis and Futuna Islands (territory), Vanuatu

South America

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Venezuela