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Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM

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The University of Freiburg accepts applications for the Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM for students for the academic year 2024/25. This call for applications is subject to final approval of the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung. The aim of the Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM for students is to promote the international exchange of highly qualified German and international students. The ties between the universities in the state of Baden-Württemberg and their international partners are to be developed and strengthened in accordance with the principle of reciprocity. The scholarship is an award for particularly qualified students whose social and intercultural skills are also emphasized. The foundation supports1 to 2 exchange semesters for international students at the University of Freiburg (call for applications for incoming students) and for students from Baden-Württemberg at a partner university abroad (call for applications for outgoing students).

 

Outgoings (Freiburg students going abroad, who will study at one of our partner universties in overseas as exchange students)

Before Applying

After Applying

Start of the scholarship

Further Information

 

Incomings (Students from out international partner universities who will study at the University of Freiburg as exchange students)

Application Regulations

The Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM is only available for exchange students within the university-wide exchange programme “Freiburg Global Exchange”. This means that only students who are studying at UFR for 1 or 2 semesters as exchange students within this programme (coming from one of the partner universities that are part of this programme and who are accepted as exchange students by the International Office at UFR) to UFR, are eligible to apply. Erasmus students, students studying a joint study programme, those who plan to study here via a departmental exchange programme or as free movers (outside the mentioned exchange programme), or who are planning on completing a complete course of studies in Freiburg (degree-seeking students) are not eligible to apply! In cases of doubt or questions please contact .

Please also note that the scholarship is only intended for regular study stays. Therefore, all scholarship holders are required to complete a regular study period in Freiburg on a full-time basis (or doctoral students a research period on a full-time basis).

Amount and Duration of Funding

Master and bachelor students from our partner universities who are awarded the scholarship will receive 800 euros per month; doctoral candidates will receive 1000 euros per month. The scholarship period depends on the lecture periods at UFR (October 2024 – February 2025 and/or April 2025 – July 2025). As there is a special
programme line of the Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM for certain countries called „Regionale entwicklungspolitische Komponente (REK)“, students from our partner universities in South Africa and Ghana can be funded with 1000 euros per month.

Special needs of scholarship holders with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses:

Students with disabilities or chronic illnesses can apply for additional assistance (Beihilfe). If required, please contact Ms. Obert before applying for the scholarship:

Application Procedure

Please apply to the International Office at your home university with the official application form.

Applications from incoming students are accepted only if they are forwarded by the International Office at your home university to the International Office of the University of Freiburg. Applications sent directly to the University of Freiburg will not be accepted.

1st step: So please hand in the completed and manually signed application form to the International Office at your home university and ask them to send it to us by email to , before the end of the deadline.
Please also remind your International Office of the fact, that they should send a ranking of their students together with the application forms, in case there are several applicants from your university.

2nd step: After submitting the completed and signed application form to the International Office at your home university, you must apply online. The online application can be found here: 

Reapplications
If you have previously applied for a Baden-Württemberg scholarship at the University of Freiburg, please contact Ms. Obert first and let her know that you would like to reapply. You should not apply again with a new online profile, your online profile must first be activated for the reapplication then.

In addition to inserting your personal information, you must upload the following documents, exclusively in German or English language (it can also be mixed, i.e. for example letter of motivation in
English and CV in German):

- a letter of motivation
- your resume
- current transcript of records issued by your home university
- language certificate (German or if all courses taken at UFR will be English-taught, English). You can use the form provided here or also other tests that include the categories oral interaction, reading and writing (such as e.g. the TOEFL or IELTS test or Test DaF). Please contact us by email if you have doubts whether your test will be accepted, or not.
If you are only attending English-taught courses and English is your native language, please write a simple letter with your signature, stating that this is the case.

- Additionally for doctoral candidates: Letter of acceptance issued by the professor who will supervise the studies at the University of Freiburg, including the start and end date of your stay, the working language, and a handwritten signature of the supervisor in Freiburg.
Please make sure that the online application is completed before submission and to SEND it, once completed and before the end of the deadline. You will receive an automatic email confirming your online application afterwards.
All information about the application procedure can also be found in the call for Applications for Incoming students on the start page.

For stays starting in the winter semester of the same year (i.e. winter semester or winter semester AND summer semester), the application must be complete (online application and application form received by the International Office at the University of Freiburg) by April 1st, the latest. For stays starting in summer semester of the next year (students starting their exchange semester in the summer semester should be nominated by their home university as soon as possible), the application must be complete by November 1st, the latest.

Only complete applications received by the deadline will be considered.

Applicants will be notified by the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung if they have been selected for the scholarship around in June of the same year of the application or by the end of December of the year before (for stays starting in the summer semester).

Departmental Exchange Programmes

Applications from students studying here in Freiburg via a departmental exchange programme will be possible for specific departmental partnerships only. Before applying, please inquire with Ms. Obert whether this applies to your partnership by telling her, what your home university is, what you study and from when to when you want to study here as an exchange student:

Additional Information

You cannot receive any other scholarships that support living and studying in Freiburg in addition to the Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM. However, you are allowed to receive additional scholarships for other purposes, e.g. for travel costs. In case of doubt or questions please contact bw-stipendium@io.uni-freiburg.de.

Contact person

Your contact person in the International Office at UFR is Ms. Obert. Please contact her by email: .

The Baden-Württemberg Stiftung has given the operational control of the scholarship program to the individual universities. General information about the scholarship can be found on their website. Please direct all questions to the International Office of the University of Freiburg. All announcements, deadlines, and other information regarding the scholarship amount and duration are determined by the University of Freiburg.