Worldwide
Application deadline: please check with the respective institute
Requirements:
- please check with the respective institute
Benefits:
- travel contribution
- contribution to health insurance
- monthly stipend
Please note:
- guaranteed partial credit transfer
More information can be found on our ISAP programs website.
Scholarship of the Baden-Wuerttemberg Stiftung.
The application deadline, requirements, benefits, and detailed information about the application can be found on our Baden-Wuerttemberg Stipendium website.
- semester scholarships
- short-term scholarships for completing a thesis
- scholarships for interns
- scholarships for language courses abroad
- DAAD-PROMOS application documents
The application deadline, requirements, benefits, and detailed information about the application can be found on our PROMOS website.
Scholarships of the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service).
Application deadlines: depending on the host country (except architecture: 31 October)
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree students: application possible from the 2nd semester
- Master’s degree students: start of stay abroad possible from the 1st semester
- outstanding study achievements
- very well-grounded motivation for the study project
- proof of language proficiency (normally a DAAD language certificate)
Benefits:
- contribution to tuition fees
- travel contribution
- contribution to health, accident, and personal liability insurances
- monthly scholarship installment
Please note:
- the scholarship can be applied to all universities in the host country
- you can freely choose your host university
- you will have to arrange your admission yourself
- application documents can be found on the DAAD homepage
Application deadline: 3 - 6 months before going abroad
Requirements:
- stay abroad during the maximum funding period
- enrollment as a full-time student at the host university
- partial credit transfer required
- proof of language proficiency
Benefits:
- tuition fees of up to EUR 5,600
- travel expenses
- contribution to health insurance
- monthly allowance for living expenses abroad (depending on the host country)
Please note:
- the time spent abroad will not be taken into account for the maximum funding period
- more information about the BAFöG grant for studies abroad
- application form and BAföG grant calculator
Scholarships for exchange programs in the United States and Canada
Application deadline: beginning of August
Requirements:
- bachelor’s degree at the start of the scholarship
- very good grades / outstanding study achievements
- activities / engagement outside university studies
Benefits:
- tuition fees
- health insurance
- monthly scholarship
- visa application free of charge
Please note:
- possible arrangement of a place to study
You can find detailed information about the scholarship and the application on the Fulbright website.
Application deadline: 1 October
Requirements:
- at least a bachelor’s degree by the end of the application period
- outstanding study achievements
Benefits:
- monthly full scholarship of USD 1,900
- one time payment of USD 500 at the beginning of your stay
- travel contribution of USD 1,000
- allowance of up to USD 25,000 for tuition fees
You can find more information in the flyer about the ERP scholarship program.
Application deadline: mid-January
Requirements:
- bachelor’s degree at the start of the scholarship
- very good grades / outstanding study achievements
- activities / engagement outside university studies
Benefits:
- travel expenses
- health insurance
- visa application free of charge
You can find detailed information about the scholarship and the application on the Fulbright website.
Application deadline: 1 November
Requirements:
- open to all disciplines
- bachelor’s, master’s, diploma, or doctoral degree at the time of departure and completed with at least “good”
- international experience
Benefits:
- monthly full scholarship of USD 1,900
- one time payment of USD 500 at the beginning of your stay
- travel contribution of USD 1,000
- full payment of tuition fees (approx. USD 56,000 per year)
You can find detailed information in the flyer of the McCloy Scholarship Foundation.
Application deadline: 1 November
The Association for Canadian Studies in German-Speaking Countries (GKS) and the Foundation for Canadian Studies (SKS) award a number of different awards and scholarships to students and early career researchers every year.
Scholarships for exchange programs in Asia
The Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) offers scholarships for qualified international students who have been accepted at a Japanese university, higher education institution, technical university, technical college, junior college, or vocational school as an exchange student for a duration of between 8 days and one year.
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS): Short and long-term stays for doctoral students, postdocs, and researchers
- Canon Foundation in Europe: Scholarships for a stay in Japan for doctoral students and master’s degree graduates
- DAAD: JSPS research scholarships for a short stay in Japan for doctoral students and postdocs
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation: JSPS research scholarships for postdocs, for a stay in Japan of at least 6 months (application possible at any time)
- China scholarship program of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German Academic Scholarship Foundation)
- Language and Practice in the People’s Republic of China program of the DAAD
- Heinz Nixdorf Program to promote Asia-Pacific-related work experience for young aspiring managers holding German citizenship (for German graduates with a commercial or technical university education)
- Canon Foundation in Europe: Scholarships for a stay in Japan for doctoral students and master’s degree graduates
- Other scholarship providers
Scholarships for exchange programs in Australia
- Scholarships of the Ranke Heinemann Institute
- GOstralia!-GOmerica!
- Studium-DownUnder (studies down under)
Scholarships for exchange programs in Europe
The Studienstiftung endeavors to enable all students supported by the foundation to study abroad. To this end, it offers a large number of publicly and privately funded scholarships to support one-semester, one-year, and two-year projects, or even short stays.
Since 2001, the “Carlo Schmid Program for Internships at International Organizations and EU Institutions” has been offering highly qualified students and graduates the opportunity for an internship to get to know the working methods in the field of international administration.
The scholarship program “Metropolises in Eastern Europe“, which was launched in 2004, is aimed at cosmopolitan German students who wish to study in one of these countries or realize a scientific project. Applications are open to students of all disciplines up to the master’s degree, diploma degree, or state examination who can demonstrate very good academic performance. As a rule, the support is for a one-year stay abroad.
Scholarships for a stay in France
The DFJW wants to improve the mobility of students and early career researchers in a Franco-German and international context. The scholarships are therefore aimed at all young people who undergo a training program, without giving preference to specific disciplines. The DFJW is working together both with universities that organize exchange programs and with students who are independently doing an internship or research project in the partner country.
Every semester, the GFPS partner associations in Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic award scholarships to students and doctoral candidates for a study visit or a one-semester language course. Polish, Czech, and also Belarusian students can apply for a stay in Germany, Germans can apply for a semester in Poland or the Czech Republic.
Other scholarships (subject to correctionchange)
- Foundation database of the Federal Association of German Foundations
- British Council IELTS Award
- Scholarship guide
Scholarship database of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research - ELFI
Service point for electronic research funding information - Overview of foundations and scholarships
on the homepage of the University of Stuttgart - Student loan
- College Contact
- Language study travel grant
- Toptal
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