Applying for the Deutschlandstipendium

• Signed application agreement (download from applications gateway – DSTIP)
• Eligibility for university
• Curriculum vitae – bullet-point format with photo, signed
• One-page personal statement (describing your personal and career aspirations, any plans for spending time abroad, also noting any delays in studying caused by corona)
• Evidence of activities outside school or not related to your subject
  • Duration and description of role
  • Signed by the executive board or director of the organisation
• If applicable – evidence of any particular successes or awards, periods spent abroad, internships
• If applicable – evidence of first degree
• If applicable – evidence of success in overcoming any obstacles during your education (evidence of educational progress) and/or of migration (copy of your birth certificate or ID)
• If applicable – evidence of caring for your own children (copy of birth certificate/s)
• If applicable – evidence of any disability (copy of disability ID)
• If applicable – evidence of the loss of one or both parents (copy of death certificate/s)
• If applicable – current BAföG award

• Enrolment confirmation at Kempten University of Applied Sciences
• Credit certificates for previous semesters, citing average grade (including most recent winter semester)

• If you your certificate of eligibility for university (e.g. “Abitur”) hasn’t been issued yet – most recent end-of-year / half-year school report.
• If your enrolment confirmation hasn’t been issued yet: Offer of a place on a degree programme

As soon as you receive your their school-leaving certificate (eligibility for university), please email a copy to franziska.lenk@hs-kempten.de.

• Check/recognition of certificates by e more than uni-assist (preliminary review documentation – “VPD”)
• In addition, applicants from China, Vietnam or Mongolia must also submit: Certificate from the Academic Verification Office (“Akademische Prüfstelle” – APS)
• Evidence of language proficiency
• All other evidence should be submitted in German or English.

• The gateway for registrations – DSTIP – opens on 4 April 2023 at 10 a.m.

• First, you should read the application agreement (download from the applications gateway – DSTIP. )
• Go through all the steps in the applications portal – DSTIP.
• Upload all the required documents.

• You will be notified of the decision on your application by the end of October. In some cases, there might be a second-chance offer, e.g. if someone has to decline funding.