The International Office at Trier University is able to provide financial support for students using sponsorship funds from the German Academic Exchange Service and the Scholarship Foundation for International Students and Young Academics for the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The primary aim of this financial support is to enable qualified international students to concentrate of their degree and final dissertation.
Any international student can apply who is in need of financial support, as long as their previously achieved grades are very good and they are in the final stages of their degree.
Applications are accepted from students who…
- are not of German nationality,
- are registered at Trier University in order to acquire a degree qualification
- need financial support,
- and who, based on their previously achieved grades, are likely graduate within a maximum of two semesters.
Applications are NOT accepted from students who…
- are exchange students or short-term students at Trier University
- are registered at Trier University only to acquire an academic certificate but not a full degree qualification
- are of German nationality or who have completed their under-graduate studies in Germany
- receive BAföG payments
- are receiving a full stipend or scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service or similar organisation
- are planning to complete a study programme or work placement abroad during the period of the scholarship
- are in the first term of a one-year Master’s degree programme
Value of the scholarship:
- up to 350 Euros per month for students in Bachelor’s programmes
- up to 400 Euros per month for students in Magister, Master’s, Diploma, or State Exam degree programmes
Scholarship period:
- Period of support: maximum 6 months
- For Bachelor’s and Master’s students and students in one or two-year postgraduate programmes (e.g. LLM etc.) the period of support is usually not extended.
- For students in State Exam degrees, an extension of the scholarship period for up to 6 further months is allowed in exceptional circumstances.
- The scholarship holder can be in the final stages of their Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.
- The scholarship support ends at the end of the month in which the scholarship holder sits their last exam or submits their final dissertation.
Application Documents:
- Properly completed, printed and signed application form
- Current certificate of enrolment at Trier University
- Evidence of completed modules/courses and exams
- If possible: Registration of the topic of your final dissertation or final examination(s)
- Provisional time-table for the completion of your degree (in monthly steps)
- CV with a passport photo
- Evidence of current finances (e.g. pay-slip of your partner)
- Reference from a professor
Official website
Application deadline: 10th September 2021
