Minor Field Studies - degree project abroad
Would you like to conduct a field study in a developing country while adding a new approach and a global perspective to your degree project? Then Minor Field Studies (MFS) is for you!
What is MFS?
Minor Field Studies (MFS) is a scholarship, financed by Sida (The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency), for students who wish to conduct a field study as part of their degree project on undergraduate/bachelor or graduate/master level, connected to global development issues.
Through MFS you will gain international experience, new perspectives on your field of studies and knowledge about Swedish development cooperation. At the same time you can get a deeper understanding of yourself and the world around you. The aim is to make you prepared to work with development related questions with a global perspective.
An MFS project can be conducted in any field of study, under academic supervision from Linnaeus University. You also need to find a contact person in the host country before you apply.
Through the scholarship students can conduct a field study in a low or middle income country for a minimum of 8 consecutive weeks (56 days), to gather material for their degree project.
MFS scholarships are only available for students who are Swedish citizens, students with a permanent residence permit (PUT), or citizens of other Nordic countries who have been registered in Sweden for at least one year.
No MFS scholarships during the academic year 2025/2026
Linnaeus University will not announce any MFS scholarships during the academic year 2025/2026.
More information about future possibilities to apply for MFS scholarships, in order to conduct degree projects abroad, will be posted on this website later on.
Other opportunities
Apart from the MFS scholarship, there are also other opportunities to write your degree project abroad. You can for instance write your thesis in countries other than those included in the list of countries valid för MFS. Contact your faculty for more information. Contact information to your faculty representative can be found further down the page.
Contacts at the faculties
School of business and economics
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Faculty of Social Sciences
Contacts at International Office
Contact persons at International Office
Field studies outside of the MFS programme
If you are planning to collect data for an essay or to do fieldwork in another EU country, you may have the possibility to apply for an Erasmus Traineeship Scholarship. Please read more about the application and the requirements under Internship abroad.