In principle, applicants and students of HfWU are eligible to apply, regardless of their nationality.

The following criteria apply in accordance with the HfWU statutes for the awarding of German scholarships:

•     Applicants and first-semester students on Bachelor's degree programmes: University entrance qualification grade (HZB grade).
•     Bachelor's students in higher semesters: average of grades achieved to date
•     First-semester Master's students: Final grade of the Bachelor's programme
•     Master's students in higher semesters: average of the grades achieved to date.

In addition, criteria such as special personal or family circumstances, social commitment, university involvement, completed vocational training as well as prizes and awards are also taken into account, provided the relevant evidence is submitted. Please also note the overview of the required documents here.

The scholarship will not be awarded if the student receives any other talent and performance-related material support (greater than/equal to 30 € / month). Information on whether it is possible to receive a scholarship at the same time as the Deutschlandstipendium can be found in the overview from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

The application period is from 15 July to 5 September of each year for the procedure of the coming winter semester and summer semester.

The application portal is only open during this period.

Applications can only be submitted online via the application portal. Please process the form carefully and attach all required documents as pdf files to your application. Applications not received by the deadline or in the correct form will not be considered.

Here you will find an overview of the FAQs, in which the most frequently asked questions about the Deutschlandstipendium are answered. We would like to ask you to look through these thoroughly first.

General information on the Deutschlandstipendium can be found on the BMBF website.

Data protection
The personal data you provide when applying will be treated confidentially and will only be collected and processed for the purpose of selecting suitable applicants and implementing the Deutschlandstipendium. The legal basis for this is § 10 of the Scholarship Programme Act (StipG). According to this, applicants for the scholarship programme are obliged to provide the information required for the examination of the aptitude and performance requirements and to submit the corresponding evidence.
In the event that you receive a Deutschlandstipendium, the above-mentioned data will be passed on to your sponsor on the basis of your consent on the application form.

Statistics
According to § 13 of the Scholarship Programme Act, we are obliged to transmit scholarship data to the State Statistical Office in order to compile federal statistics. This is done under a pseudonym, i.e. without disclosing your name.

Random checks to exclude double funding
In accordance with Article 4, Paragraph 2 of the StipG, the BMBF conducts random checks on the basis of the data of the funded students in order to avoid double funding. For this purpose, the BMBF may query and store the surname, first name, date of birth, address and university location of individual funded students and compare them with the data of other funding institutions. The higher education institution is legally obliged to transmit this data. After the sample has been carried out, the data is destroyed.

In case of differences between the German and English versions or in other cases of doubt, the German version applies.