Financing opportunities

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.

The application deadline, requirements, benefits, and detailed information about the application can be found on our Baden-Wuerttemberg Stipendium website.

Scholarship of the Baden-Wuerttemberg Stiftung.

1. semester scholarships
2. short-term scholarships for completing a thesis
3. scholarships for interns

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:

• you can freely choose your host university (except for universities with counter-scholarships)
• 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

STUBE-BW provides support for a career-oriented internship or a study visit (BPSA). The BPSA programme bears the travel expenses for a study visit or an internship in the home or in a neighbouring country.

Application deadline:  January 1 bis June 10 / September 1 bis November 1 (for the current year) 

Benefits:

• Airfare
• Travelling allowance  (Single payment / for double costs of living)             

What will be funded? 

• A stay for preparation of a course assignment/thesis/research paper 
• A stay for a completion of a career-oriented and study-related internship

Who will be funded?

Students who come from Africa, Asia, Latin America and East Europe   

• who study at a university in Baden-Württemberg
• who don’t receive a scholarship  
• who haven’t visited their home country in the last 18 months and have been enrolled at a university in Baden-Württemberg for at least 3 semesters    
• who are not able to pay the travel expenses themselves 
• Who demonstrated their interest in developmental issues and have attended at least 2 STUBE seminars and a BPSA Seminar

Please note: PhD student and students, who are already scholarship holders are not eligible for BPSA.

Further information can be found at STUBE-BW.

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

Eligible Projects:

• One- to two-year study visits to earn a U. S. master's degree.
• Study visits for the course phase of a PhD program
• Ten- to twelve-month research projects within the framework of dissertation projects

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 on the website about the ERP scholarship program. 

Application deadline: beginning of February

Requirements:

• 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
• scholarship for tuition fees 

You can find detailed information on the website 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.

You can find detailed information in the GKSand SKS flyers.

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)

The Taiwanese Ministry of Education awards two scholarships to German citizens in Germany.

• The Huayu Enrichment Scholarship is for language acquisition and is awarded for either 6 or 12 months.
• A scholarship in the Taiwan Scholarship Program is awarded for a complete course of study with a degree (Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD).

The DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) conducts the application and selection process for both scholarship programs and accepts your applications for the academic year 2025/26 until the end of September (presumably until 26.09.). The application portal opens approx. 6 weeks in advance.

This offer is open for bachelor, master, PhD, and research students as well as degree-seeking students (depending on the call for applications). Further information can be found on the website.

Fully-funded Science & Engineering Scholarship Program (SESP) at Hanyang University ERICA, Korea

Hanyang University ERICA in South Korea offers a Science & Engineering Scholarship Program (SESP) for international students. This prestigious program is designed for undergraduate students in their 3rd and 4th years, providing a pathway to pursue combined Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in various fields of science and engineering.  

Key Benefits:

• Full tuition coverage for graduate programs
• Monthly stipend (KRW 600,000 for undergraduates, KRW 800,000 for graduate students)
• Guaranteed dormitory accommodation for up to two years in the graduate program

Eligibility:

• Non-Korean citizens
• Students in the 3rd or 4th year of an undergraduate program at a recognized university
• Minimum GPA of 85% (or 4.0 out of 4.5)
• English proficiency: TOEFL iBT 80 or IELTS 5.5 (or equivalent)

Application Deadlines:

• Spring Semester: October 30
• Fall Semester: April 30

Contact

EU Window Chinese Government Scholarship is a full scholarship provided by the Ministry of Education of China (MOE) to promote mobility between China and Europe in higher education sector. It sponsors students and scholars from EU member countries to undertake degree studies (bachelor, master and PhD), Chinese language study or academic researches in Chinese higher education institutions. Entrusted by China Scholarship Council (CSC), the Mission of P. R. China to the EU is responsible for the recruitment every year.  

• China scholarship program of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German Academic Scholarship Foundation)
• Chinese Government Scholarship High-level Postgraduate Program at Beihang University for international students seeking a master's and doctoral degree
• 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

• Ranke Heinemann Institute
• Studium-DownUnder (studies down under)
• GOstralia!-GOmerica!
  

  In the coming weeks, GOstralia!-GOmerica! will be offering various online info sessions on studying abroad and financing options:

  Semester abroad
  Thursday, 30.01. at 17:00
  Tuesday, 04.03. at 17:00

  Master's program
  Tuesday, 11.02. at 16:00

  Application workshop
  Thursday, 13.02. at 16:00

  Financing workshop
  Monday, 17.02. at 16:00

  Registration at: gostralia-gomerica.de/termine

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.

• Scholarships for study-related internships

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.