FAQ

The Deutschlandstipendium is a matching funds program. The university acquires sponsors who donate half of the scholarship amount for one year. The other half is co-financed by the federal government. The funding period is two semesters, the funding amount for students is 300 euros per month.

The TU Braunschweig is allowed to support 1.5% of our students with a Germany scholarship. For comparison, in the first year of the program, the TU Braunschweig was allowed to award up to 60 Germany scholarships, which corresponded to 0.45% of our students at the time. The federal government plans to increase the number of scholarships per university every year, up to a maximum funding rate of 8%. Provided that the university finds a corresponding number of sponsors.

You can apply for a Deutschlandstipendium if you:

• are properly enrolled at the TU Braunschweig in the summer semester and are within the standard period of study in the coming winter semester, or
• if you are planning to start studying at the TU Braunschweig in the coming winter semester (in order to receive funding, you must start studying at the TU Braunschweig in the coming winter semester).

Funding for a doctoral degree is not possible.

International students are expressly encouraged to apply!

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Basically yes. Each sponsor can specify courses of study in which the Deutschlandstipendium is awarded. The university must follow to this request. However, the scholarship program law stipulates that at least 1/3 of all scholarships must be obtained without this subject connection - otherwise the total number of scholarships at the university will be reduced. This means that every student at the TU Braunschweig can apply. However, there is no guarantee that scholarships can be awarded in every subject.

The granting of the Deutschlandstipendium is clearly regulated in the scholarship program law. The universities have to award the Deutschlandstipendium on the basis of "talent and performance". The universities may also take voluntary commitment, a sense of responsibility or special personal circumstances into account when awarding the scholarship. We expect more from the Deutschlandstipendium scholarship holders of the TU Braunschweig than excellent grades. We expect you to think outside the box of your field of study and to think in larger contexts. The prospect of future performance is just as important to us in the evaluation and selection as your current average grade. We will therefore evaluate your previous performance when making the selection, but we will also examine your talent for your field of study and pay special attention to your personality. Criteria such as independence, originality or problem-solving skills are important to us. This means that an average grade of 1 does not guarantee a Germany scholarship - but an average of 2 does not have to be an exclusion criterion.

The selection is made by commissions of the TU Braunschweig. The decisions will be made on the basis of your written application (which we will process online in the scholarship portal) and, if necessary, on the basis of a selection interview.

The Deutschlandstipendium is awarded annually in the winter semester.

Please use the application portal per this Link.

As a student of the TU Braunschweig you can log in with your Single Sign On (SSO) ID. If you are not enrolled at TU Braunschweig yet, you can create a guest account. Please keep your access data safe so that you can also log into the portal in the future, for example to adapt your application during the application phase, to receive feedback on your application or to apply again next year.

Your complete application consists of: the online application including application agreement, a letter of motivation, your performance records, a tabular curriculum vitae and, if necessary, other evidence or certificates. As proof of performance, please send: if you are in at least the 2nd semester: your current transcript of records or your complete proof of performance. if you are going to start studying for a bachelor’s degree or a state examination in the winter semester: your high school diploma or your higher education entrance qualification. if you are going to start a master's degree in the winter semester: your overall bachelor's certificate or a complete overview of your academic achievements from the previous bachelor's degree including proof of achievement.

During the application process you will be asked for your weighted average grade, which you calculate yourself from your individual grades and the associated credit points or semester hours per week. Please include all completed examinations in this average grade. When it comes to the question of which performances must be included here, the following rule applies:

• In the higher semester: Every grade that is relevant for your final grade must be included here. Any academic achievement that is either not graded at all or its grade is irrelevant to your final grade may not be included here. As a student in a Diplomstudium (Direct master studies) in the main study, please calculate the grade from your performance in the main study. Please send your intermediate Vordiplom as an attachment with your application.
• If you are starting a course of study in the 2023/24 winter semester with the aim of completing a bachelor’s degree or a state examination, please state your high school graduation grade and send your high school diploma as an attachment.it.
• If you start a master’s degree in the winter semester 2023/24, please state your overall bachelor’s grade and send your bachelor’s certificate as an attachment. If you do not yet have your bachelor’s grade and/or your bachelor’s certificate, the weighted average grade of all examinations from the previous bachelor’s degree.

Failed exams must also be stated (exception: failed so-called "zero attempts").

Please also state the total number of credit points or hours per week per semester (examination and study achievements up to and including the winter semester 2022/23) in the application. If you start a course in the winter semester 2023/24, please enter "0" in the query.

Pharmacy students, in addition to their grades, please also submit the certificate of the 1st state examination, if this is already available!

You can expect a reply by the end of October.

We send letters of acceptance and rejection via email. However, you can track your current application status at any time in the application portal.

The scolarship will be paid out from October.

As a Deutschlandstipendium scholarship holder, you cannot receive double funding. This means that funding in this program is not possible for you if you receive a scholarship from another source at the same time (e.g. through a scholarship from the TU Braunschweig or a foundation). If in doubt, please contact us!

Your eligibility for funding is linked to the standard period of study in your course. Your eligibility for funding usually ends when you exceed the standard period of study. In exceptional cases, however, an extension of the maximum funding period is possible. For a leave of absence, an "Application for an extension of the maximum funding period" is mandatory. The application is to be submitted informally by the end of February and the end of August, and to the Vice President Prof. Dr. Katja Koch. Please send the letter to us, Office of the Executive Committee. We will then take over the further coordination. If in doubt, please contact us!

No. The BAföG funds and the Deutschlandstipendium are two complementary programs. Students can take advantage of both funding options at the same time without deductions.

The scholarship will continue to be paid during a subject-related stay abroad within the approval period. This also applies within the framework of the ERASMUS program if the scholarship holder also receives a mobility grant from the DAAD.

If you have any questions or require further information, please send an email to: stipendium(at)tu-braunschweig.de.