Apply for the Deutschlandstipendium

The University of Applied Sciences Jena is awarding between 25 and 28 scholarships of 300 euros per month for the winter semester 2025/2026 to support talented students who are expected to achieve or have already achieved outstanding results in their studies.

Each scholarship is initially granted for two semesters. The funding period begins on 1 October 2025.
 

1. Requirements for the application

Applications are open to students of all disciplines and prospective students who will be enrolled at EAH Jena in the winter semester 2025/26. Doctoral students are excluded.

Applications can be submitted online from 15 April to 14 May 2025 (deadline). All applications not submitted in due time and form will not be considered. There is no legal entitlement to a scholarship.

2. Specialisation

Three of the 25 to 28 scholarships are tied to specific degree programmes:

• 2 scholarships for Industrial Engineering (Industry), Industrial Engineering (Industry International), Environmental Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Development and for the Master's degree programme in Industrial Engineering
• 1 scholarship for E-Commerce (BA or MA)

3. Selection of scholarship holders

Scholarship holders are selected on a departmental basis. This means that an application from the department of Social Work, for example, will only be compared with applications from the same department!

Scholarship holders are selected by a selection committee consisting of representatives from the university management and the faculties. All applicants will be informed of the results of the selection process by the Career Service by email after the selection committee has been held (expected at the end of August 2025).

Checklist

• CV (max. 2 pages)
• current certificate of enrolment (for applicants already enrolled at the University of Applied Sciences Jena)
• current proof of academic achievement/transcript of grades (for applicants already enrolled at University of Applied Sciences Jena)
• letter of motivation (max. 2 pages) - The 4 following questions should be answered:
  • What are your qualifications for this scholarship programme?
  • What do you expect from the scholarship?
  • What are your academic/professional objectives?
  • What do you expect to have achieved in 5 years?
• assessment by a university lecturer for the respective course of studies (for high-school graduates: assessment by a teacher)
  • One assessment is sufficient!
  • template of the assessment (in German)
• copies of certificates (Abitur/A-levels diploma, university transcripts, internship and job references)
  • Note: In case of foreign certificates, a translation and the conversion of the grades into the German grading system must be submitted (not for students of master`s degree "Scientific Instrumentation" AND not for students, who have completed "Studienkolleg")!
• other proof of societal and social commitment, particular skills, distinctions, prizes and stays abroad

You can find all important information concernig Deutschlandstipendium summarised in the Scholarship Guideline of the EAH Jena.

1. The application procedure for Deutschlandstipendium is exclusively online. Please complete the online form. The form is only available during the application period (15.04.-14.05.2025).

2. Please upload the attachments to your application in the online form according to the checklist:

• in a single PDF and
• in the specified order 

Please use one of the online forms. Select the department or degree programme to which you are scheduled to belong on 01.10.2025.

• Study programme Scientific Instrumentation (English)
• Fachbereich Betriebswirtschaft
• Fachbereich Elektrotechnik/Informationstechnik
• Fachbereich Gesundheit und Pflege
• Fachbereich Maschinenbau
• Fachbereich Medizintechnik/Biotechnologie
• Fachbereich SciTec
• Fachbereich Sozialwesen
• Fachbereich Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen

Please note that you cannot cache the online form!

• First-year students and students of all degree programmes at the University of Applied Sciences Jena
• Students within the standard period of study (at the time of - possible - funding)
• Enrolment at University of Applied Sciences Jena required
• No selection of students who are already funded by another institution (double funding of more than 30 euros/month is excluded)

• Scholarship holders receive 300 € per month.
• Payment of the scholarship is independent of income and parents as well as BAföG.
• One half is paid by sponsoring companies, foundations or private individuals. The other half is donated by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
• As a rule, scholarship holders receive Deutschlandstipendium for a period of 2 semesters. Funding for one semester is also possible if the scholarship holder's studies end as planned at the end of the first semester in which he or she receives funding.
• The scholarship starts in the winter semester (1 October of each year).
• Subsequent scholarships are possible, provided that the agreed performance and award criteria are met.

The Deutschlandstipendium is awarded on the basis of talent and performance. In addition to previous achievements and personal background, social commitment, willingness to take on responsibility or special social, family or personal circumstances are also taken into account.

However, these so-called "soft factors" do not have to be completely fulfilled (see points 3 and 4).

The selection criteria at a glance:

• Grades (A-level grades for first-year students, ECTS and average grades for students)
• Performance (e.g. ECTS, shortened study duration, special honours, successful participation in projects, vocational training)
• Social commitment (e.g. education, social affairs, politics, church, sport)
• Personal circumstances (e.g. studying with a child, care, disability, migration, social hardship)

• Department of Business administration: 3
• Department of Electrical engineering/information technology: 4
• Department of Health and nursing: 2
• Department of Mechanical engineering: 2
• Department of Medical technology/biotechnology: 3
• Department of SciTec: 4
• Department of Social work: 3
• Department of Industrial engineering: 4