Offers for refugee students

BAföG: Government funding for students

As a recognised refugee in Germany, you are entitled to apply for BAföG funding. BAföG is an educational grant awarded to students by the German government if they or their parents are unable to meet the costs of their studies. Under this scheme, you can receive a monthly payment of up to € 934 for your living and study costs. At the end of your studies, you must pay back 50% of this grant to the German government. More information on BAföG can be found here:

More information about BaföG (only in German)

Scholarships at TU Braunschweig

TU Braunschweig does not offer scholarships with which you can fully finance your studies. However, there are various possibilities for enrolled students to receive partial scholarships or grants.

You can get further information from the Incoming Office.

DAAD scholarship search

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers a scholarship search for international students and researchers on its website.

Click here for here for scholarship search

Interest-free loans from the Hildegardis Association for refugee Ukrainian female students

The Hildegardis Association grants interest-free loans to refugee women from Ukraine who want to continue their studies in Germany or start another qualification measure.

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Hilde Domin Programme

The DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) offers grants in the frame of the "Hilde Domin Programme" with funds from the Federal Foreign Office. The programme supports students at risk as well as doctoral candidates in obtaining a degree or doctorate at a German university.

The long-term goal of the programme is to enable students and doctoral candidates to pursue higher education studies or a research stay in a safe environment so that they can make an important contribution to political, economic and social development in their countries of origin (or in Germany or third countries) after completing their studies or doctoral work.

Target group are:

• Students and doctoral candidates who are formally or de facto denied the right to education in their country of origin.

The students and doctoral candidates nominated and selected within the framework of the programme are enrolled in degree programmes of their personal choice and individual qualifications if they fulfil the necessary requirements.

The funding includes:

• A scholarship to cover the necessary costs of the study or research stay.

Application requirements:

• Fulfilment of the requirements for the chosen degree programme (school-leaving certificate, previous academic certificates, language skills).

Nomination and selection procedure

Potential candidates cannot apply for the Hilde Domin Programme on their own, but are nominated by the presidiums/rectorates of an institution that is a legal entity in Germany.

For a nomination by TU Braunschweig, please submit the following documents to the representative for refugees:

• Curriculum vitae
• Transcripts (school, university)
• Language certificates
• If you are unable to submit individual documents, please contact the representative for refugees.

A selection committee will then decide whether TU Braunschweig can nominate you.

The nominating institutions and organisations must submit a nomination form provided by the DAAD, with a nomination statement to be completed.

Afterwards, on the basis of an initial plausibility check, suitable candidates will be contacted by the DAAD and invited to apply via the DAAD's online application portal. The application documents submitted by the candidates are then checked by the DAAD for completeness and formal correctness. The final selection of candidates is made by independent selection committees appointed by the DAAD. In the course of the selection process, both vulnerability and academic performance are assessed.

Further information about the programme.

Download the application form here.

At TU Braunschweig you can acquire the necessary German language skills for your studies, your everyday life or for a later career.

• For prospective students who would like to study at TU Braunschweig but do not yet have sufficient German language skills, the Language Centre at TU Braunschweig offers German courses that prepare you for the start of your studies. In the courses, participants are trained for the German as a Foreign Language Test (TestDaF). Please note that the courses charge a fee.
• Unfortunately, we are currently unable to offer scholarship funding for students who wish to attend the preparatory German courses.

Learn German independently:

•  As a support to language courses or tandem programmes, there are many free platforms on the internet where you can improve your German independently. The Language Centre has compiled an overview of the most important links: Self-learning links for the German language

If your German language skills are not yet sufficient for regular studies, you can register as a guest student at TU Braunschweig. This can also be a good way to become more familiar with the German language and get to know the German study system.

You do not have to prove any language qualifications for the guest student programme. You will be charged no tuition fees by TU Braunschweig.

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