Fiftieth anniversary of Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS)
Bern, 2.12.2011 - For the past fifty years, the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS) has been awarding scholarships to talented young researchers, students and artists from other countries. Inaugurated in 1961, the FCS exchange scholarship programme is an important part of Swiss foreign policy, both at the scientific and cultural level as well as in terms of development aid.