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CountryTop Universities/SchoolsOther programmes and orgs for talented studentsSocietiesThesis topic infoOther things to note
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SwedenKTH (most research focused)
Chalmers
Lunds tekniska högskola (lth)
Maybe "lunds universitet" in general
Stockholm school of economics (most prestigious, less research focuses)
Karolinska Institute (best medical school and highest ranking overall)		Olympiads
Rays Sommarforskarskola → summer research school
Unga Forskare 		Stockholm RationalistsStudents are allowed to do our own topic, but we get suggested a list of topics to choose from and people are more likely to seek advice and do their own thing for master thesis rather than for bachelor Engineering programmes are usually 5 years (both bachelor + master together).
Research-y people go to mathematics and economics programme.
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PolandJagalonia University in Krakow
Warsaw University
Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie (in Warsaw) (SGH)		Międzywydziałowe Indywidualne Studia Humanistyczne
Czerwonej Rozy
https://filozofia.uw.edu.pl/
https://www.mimuw.edu.pl/
http://mismap.uw.edu.pl/
https://wfis.uw.edu.pl/		Lesswrong Poland
Kolo Naukowe
NZS		Students can get large research grants even after bachelors or masters (they reward grants in all disciplines), about 100 people get these grants anually between 1-4 years. You are free to come up with any topic you want, but you need to secure a supervisor.In Poland there are interest groups and extracurricular groups and small labs ---> search department by department or reach out to contact persons at specific departments and ask them about it.
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GermanyWageningen - best in agriculture science
University of Bonn (especially for Math)
Humboldt Foundation
Scholarship: https://www.deutschlandstipendium.de/deutschlandstipendium/de/home/home_node
Scholarship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studienstiftung (biggest scholarship provider, non-political)
Math competition: https://www.bildung-und-begabung.de/
Political scholarships: Rosa-Luxemburg Stiftung (leftist), Friedrich-Naumann Stiftung (liberal), Heinrich- Böll Stiftung (green), Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung (social), Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung (conservative), Hans-Seidel Stiftung (conservative)
Mensa-type: https://www.mind-hochschul-netzwerk.de/
Young Academy: https://globalyoungacademy.net/ 		Universities” traditionally are more research focused--- in germany “Universität”
“Universities of applied sciences” are more practice-focused - they don't usually have PhD programmes.
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RussiaMoscow State University
Higher School of Economics
Saint-Petersburg State University
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology 		There is https://vk.com/science_career from https://viktoriakorzhova.com/, offers career consulting to students.
Competition: https://vos.olimpiada.ru/

Research group for pure maths students: https://chebyshev.spbu.ru/en/people/
Summer school: https://www.mccme.ru/dubna/eng/ 		In Russia, you usually don’t have to have a research proposal ready and don't have to apply to specific supervisor → you just apply to university and decide on supervisor and topic afterwards


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FranceEcole Normale Supérieure (ENS)
ENS Paris (Ulm),
ENS Rennes
ENS Cachan,
ENS Lyon,
Ecole Nationale d'Administration
Ecole alsacienea (HIGH SCHOOL)
Ecole de Mines - more research focused
Henry the 4th, Louis Le Gran and Ecole Alsacienea -> High Schools 		AMIMATH - advanced mathIn most schools, the ENS Maths groups and physics group are very hard to get into, Econ (for social sciences). AP
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SpainUniversity of Barcelona
Autonoma de Barcelona
Pompeu Fabra
Fabra
Universita Politechnika de Barcelona
Fellowship: Becas La Caixa
CSIC: https://www.csic.es/
Fundación Amancio Ortega (Zara)+
Fundación Del Pino
Santander Foundation
Comunidad de Madrid
Rafael Del Pino Foundation
Celera (student talent aggregator)
La Caixa foundation
Ramon Areces Foundation
Fundacion Barrie
Rotary Org
Valhundo Foundation		Logos group at uni of Barcelona
AISEC
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NorwayNTNU - biology and technology
University of Oslo: more humanities and social science oriented
PRIO - peace research institute
University of Burgen: Global health prioritisation, good economics programmes		Aker ScholarshipIt's common to do your Masters and PhD at the same University.
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NetherlandsGroningen
Utrecht
Tilburg: good for economics
Dutch Research School of Philosophy		Holland Scholarship - for International Students
Young Academy: https://www.knaw.nl/en/about-us/young-academy/the-young-academy
Or https://globalyoungacademy.net/gya-in-brief/ they try to influence science policy
VSB Fonds
Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds		There are special tracks for exceptional students in research masters (usually results in extra coursework and extra distinction), they are selective - not all people can enter -----> usually people find their supervisors there.
Coordinators of research master programmes → they are “labor market transitions” coordinators
For bachelor programmes there are “study advisors” who help students to plan their careers, they deal with specific degrees 		NWO and ERC (european research council) give out a lot of research fundings and fund PhDs → supervisors apply for funding for their PhD students on a specific topic → students then apply to specific supervisors and if accepted they get funding from the supervisor and have to work on the topic supervisor got funding for.
You can apply to PhD only after masters.
People usually change their focus during their PhD a lot
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IsraelTel Aviv University
University of Haifa
Reichman University
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Feinberg Graduate School 		1. Interdisciplinary Program for Outstanding Students at Tel-Aviv University - https://www.tau.ac.il/~excell/beintchumit/english.html
2. A list of faculty programs for outstanding students at Tel Aviv University (such as research B.sc programs in Biology, Chemistry, Philosophy+Economics+Political sciences and more) - https://go.m.tau.ac.il/b.a/excel
3. Neurosciences B.sc programs at Tel Aviv University (require high entry points and usually have very talented students) - https://go.tau.ac.il/b.a/neuroscience
4. Talpiot Program - an IDF Program for outstanding soldiers - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talpiot_program
5. Arazim Program - Similar to Talpiot but for Math and CS - https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%96%D7%99%D7%9D
6. Direct PhD Track program in Biology at TAU (the program I'm in) - https://en-lifesci.tau.ac.il/PhDdirecttrack
7. Direct PhD Track at the Weizmann Institute of Science - https://www.weizmann.ac.il/feinberg/admissions/about-direct-phd-program
8. List of outstanding student programs at the Hebrew University - http://info.huji.ac.il/registration-process/honors-programs
9. The Rothschild Scholars Technion Program for Excellence - https://excellence.technion.ac.il/en/
10. Shulich Leaders Schorlaship Recipients for STEM students with leadership skills - https://www.schulichleaders.co.il/leaders/#top
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DenmarkSociety for Medical Student Research
Exceptional high school programme: https://talentfuldeunge.dk/
High school mathematics competition https://www.europeantalentnetwork.com/
https://etsn.eu/
Maths Olympiad
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EstoniaUniversity of TartuTalended Tartusse https://www.teaduskool.ut.ee/et/koolidele/talendid-tartusse
Science project competition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakett_69
Youth Academy University of Tartu https://www.teaduskool.ut.ee/et
High school: Tartu Ülikooli Teaduskool
Estonian Student Satellite Foundation https://www.estcube.eu/en/foundation
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PortugalUniversity of Lisbon → Instituto Superior Tecnico
Universidade Aveiro
Universidade do Minho
National Science Foundation - https://www.fct.pt/index.phtml.en
Scholarship: Calouste Gulbenkian foundation
Summer School (high schoolers): Junior University
A bit more difficult to have control over what they can do with their thesis > mostly up to the person giving orientation of the work (science) > BiochemistryCurrently, everyone is doing integrated Masters and you write the thesis for your masters. Now it’s mandatory to have separate degrees > bachelors of 3 years and then masters of 2 years.
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SwitzerlandUniversity of Lausagne
University of Zurich
ETH Zurich -> especially social sciences		Reatch: https://reatch.ch/
Swiss Study Foundation: https://www.studyfoundation.ch/		Usually have 1 year to figure out the topic of your PhD after you get in. Topic submission is in the second semester of the PhD.
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ChileUniversity of Chile -- most traditional university
Catholic University of Chile (Universidad Católica de Chile)
University of Santiago de Chile (USACH)
Grantmaking: http://www.superacionpobreza.cl/postulacion-tesis-pais/
CONICYT (Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica or National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research)
FONDECYT
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BelgiumVUB (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Ghent University
UCLouvain		FWO (specific to Flanders and Belgium by extension)
Most pick a topic from a list > the bachelor's thesis is not that important in Belgium, the masters thesis is much larger. The grade you get in your masters thesis is pretty important for your PhD
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SingaporeNUS
NTU
SUTD
SMU		Scholarships: Brightsparks
Jardine scholarship
PSC scholarship (not really for research)
Astar scholarship (best for research)
School-based scholarships:
Nanyang scholarship for NTU:
NTU - URECA
NUS - UROP
CN Yang scholarship in NTU
Tsao foundation - ageing research		NTU Research Society
Google Science Fair (not Singapore specific but could be worth investigating
SMP (science mentorship program) > across different high schools in Singapore
SCELSE in NTU
ERIAN in NTU
SERIS NUS
NEWRI NTU
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AustriaEconomics University of ViennaDebattierklubwien.at (debate club vienna)
Initiativgruppe Alpbach Wien (small version of WEF)
Complexity science hub Vienna		PhD funding > different sources of funding: employed by the uni and also have to do some teaching; also like project positions (then get funding from EU or other international ORGS); if you’ve been working in austria for 6 months you can ask for it to do some education (and the government pays for you for one year > ) > everyone gets it! Bildungskarenz.

People go overseas if they really want to study but if not they stay with masters thesis.
Student society culture it’s not so much, at economic university they have something but at other not at all really.
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ChileUniversity of Chile
Catholic University of Chile (Universidad Católica de Chile)
University of Santiago de Chile (USACH)
Organisation which gives out grants to people who help to solve some poverty-related problems with their theses: http://www.superacionpobreza.cl/postulacion-tesis-pais/

CONICYT (Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica or National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research). It's a governmental institution, in charge of managing and executing the programs and instruments aimed at promoting and developing research in different areas: https://www.anid.cl/concursos/ 		https://www.uchile.cl/portal/english-version/research/49750/applied-research-projects. It's the main institution in the country in scientific and technological research. Most of their research programs are public-funded.
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ItalyResearch heavy Universities:
La Normale (Piza) (technical studies/scientific);
La Catholica di Milano (private);
La Sapienza di Roma (public).
La Bocconi de Milano
Erasmus Mundos (https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/opportunities/opportunities-for-individuals/students/erasmus-mundus-joint-masters-scholarships).
La Normale di Pisa
- La Cattolica di Milano
- Bocconi Milano
- La Sapienza di Roma
- Scienze Cognitive Trento
- Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna
Theses mostly exist for private schools in Italy.Most students are active on Facebook in Italy.

Scholarships are generally managed by the Universities themselves.
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China/Hong KongUniversity of Hong Kong
HKST Uni of Science & Technology
CUHQ > Chinese University of HK
Peking University
Fudan University
Xinjiang University
NYU Shanghai		Horizon FellowshipResearch fellowship granted by HKU to talented students offered to students in the last year of the fellowship > Undergraduate Research Fellowship > they’ll work on their thesis or dissertation

Generally, students in HK are more interested in finance than research. Students from mainland China are more interested in research.
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HungaryÚj Nemzeti Kiválóság Program (ÚNKP)National Student Research Conference There are lots of PhDs in Hungary. If you’re lucky/well-prepared you can get a PhD program that is funded by the government.
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AustriaEconomics University of ViennaTopleague
Debattierklubwien.at (debate club vienna)
Initiativgruppe Alpbach Wien (small version of WEF)
Complexity science hub Vienna
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