FAQs – Deutschlandstipendium

Anyone who is due to start studying, is already enrolled, or is due to enrol for the subsequent semesters with the aim of earning a degree at Kempten University of Applied Sciences can apply.

Yes, you can – but you must submit proof of enrolment at Kempten University of Applied Sciences when the scholarship is due to commence.

The Deutschlandstipendium bursary is worth 300 euros per month.

Scholarships are usually awarded for one year (two semesters) in the first instance. In exceptional cases, awards for just half a year (one semester) can also be made.

The scholarship is valid for the period cited, but no longer than the end of the month in which you successfully complete your university education. This occurs when the final result is made known to this effect, i.e. the scholarship will expire no later than the end of the second month after that in which you completed the last examination for your degree programme.

Please inform us in good time of when you envisage finishing studying.
IMPORTANT: Please note that bachelor’s and master’s degree programmes are treated as separate entities, so the scholarship will also cease upon completion of final bachelor’s examinations!

No, there aren’t any direct obligations. The formal awards ceremony for the Deutschlandstipendium includes a private reception with the sponsors. Your attendance at this event would be greatly appreciated to establish personal contact between you and your sponsor. Recipients of a scholarship are also invited to attend a networking meeting at Castle Vöhlin in Illertissen, including interesting workshops and the opportunity to meet the sponsors and other scholarship recipients studying at Kempten University of Applied Sciences, Neu-Ulm and Augsburg.

Yes, you can – by submitting a fresh application during the next round. The maximum duration of the scholarship depends on the standard length of the degree programme in question.

Funding ceases upon:

• reaching the maximum duration according to the standard length of the degree programme, or
• leaving Kempten University of Applied Sciences (e.g. changing universities), or
• switching to a different subject at the university, or
• completing final examinations, or
• depletion of funding and an end to the Deutschlandstipendium

Yes, you can.

If you are selected for a Deutschlandstipendium scholarship, then the sponsor will be given your contact details. 

The scholarship will continue during a foreign semester, as long as you spend this time abroad during the award period. This also applies if you take absence of leave from the awarding university. If you study abroad on the ERASMUS programme, the Deutschlandstipendium scholarship will still be paid even if you receive a mobility allowance from the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst – DAAD); see BMBF FAQs.

Receiving two scholarship is basically not possible if one (e.g. for talented students) exceeds a monthly average of 30 euros. This will generally rule out recipients of book grants for talented students and anyone receiving the flat rate per semester on the Max Weber Programme. The double scholarship exclusion only applies to monetary funding. Idealistic support to promote talented students doesn’t count in this regard.

No. Funding from BAföG and the Deutschlandstipendium are two complementary programmes that are not offset against each other.

Yes – and then please email a copy of the certificate to us as soon as you receive it.

You can keep on adding to your online application and re-submitting by email it as you go along. We will only regard the latest version.

You will automatically be sent confirmation of receipt to the email address that you have given us.

New undergraduate students should enter the average grade on their school-leaving certificate (eligibility for university) – new master’s students should enter the final grade attained for their bachelor’s degree.