Application Deadline: 1 September 2025
LOCATION: Germany
The Heinrich Böll Foundation awards scholarships to international students who come to Germany to study. The programme is being implemented in accordance with the guidelines issued by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMFTR) and the Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt).
ELIGIBILITY:
Master’s degree or after intermediate diploma/examination; a copy of the first degree certificate/proof of first professional qualification must be provided.
Degree courses at state or state-recognise universities in Germany
The Heinrich Böll Foundation’s selection procedure for scholarship applicants consists of three stages:
Stage 1: Submission of written application documents, including a personal reference on your social commitment and an expert reference from a university lecturer or, in the case of new students, a schoolteacher via an online portal, http://www.boell.de/scholarships. Two staff members from the Studienwerk and from another department of the Heinrich Böll Foundation decide whether the application will be forwarded to the second stage.
Stage 2: An interview with a liaison lecturer, usually at the place of residence of the liaison lecturer in Germany, by telephone or digitally.
Stage 3: Digital interview with 3 to 4 selection committee members, including 1 to 2 external members, one scholarship holder, and one staff member of the Studienwerk. At each stage only a small group is selected for the next stage. You will be informed in writing of the decision reached at each stage of the selection procedure.
At each stage only a small group is selected for the next stage. You will be informed in writing of the decision reached at each stage of the selection procedure.
Regular period of study may be extended by one semester
BENEFIT:
€992 per month plus various individual allowances, possibly health insurance or similar
For scholarship holders only: Funding is available for limited periods spent abroad for the purpose of study.
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