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Funding opportunities for studys abroad

Have you decided to study abroad, or are you coming from abroad to study at Hochschule München as a degree-seeking international student?

While studying abroad is a transformative experience that broadens your horizons, it can also stretch your finances. Fortunately, a variety of funding opportunities are available to help ease the financial burden and bring your international ambitions within reach.

Below, international degree-seeking students from EU or non-EU countries, as well as HM students who wish to spend a semester studying or undertaking a practical semester abroad, will find a selection of possible funding programs.

For outgoing students

International Office at Hochschule München

Students at HM have the opportunity to submit applications to the university’s International Office for travel grants and other funding for study-related stays abroad (whether for study or an internship).

HM’s International Office

The Heinrich and Lotte Mühlfenzl Foundation

Financial support for work placements or semesters abroad for committed students from all departments at Hochschule München.

The Heinrich and Lotte Mühlfenzl Foundation

BAföG for study abroad

Depending on the destination country, different central international offices in Germany are responsible for BAföG funding for study abroad.

BAföG for study abroad

German National Academic Foundation

The open scholarship programmes run by the German National Academic Foundation support study periods abroad in a variety of destination countries. All programmes are organised and funded in cooperation with other foundations, companies and institutions.

Scholarship Foundation

Association for Student Exchange in Central and Eastern Europe (GFPS)

The GFPS partner associations in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic award scholarships to students and doctoral candidates to enable them to undertake a study visit or a semester-long language course in Poland or the Czech Republic.

GFPS

HAW.International: Semester-long stays and final-year projects for students

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) supports students at universities of applied sciences (HAWs) during their stays abroad as part of their studies or thesis work.

DAAD Scholarship Database

HAW.International: Conference and trade fair trips

The ‘Conference and Trade Fair Trips’ programme enables students, doctoral candidates and researchers at Universities of Applied Sciences and technical colleges (HAW/FH) to take an active part in international conferences and trade fairs abroad.

DAAD Scholarship Database

British Council IELTS Award

The British Council, the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations, offers the British Council IELTS Award in Germany. Successful candidates receive funding to cover the tuition fees for one academic year on an English-language degree programme.

IELTS Awards

For international degree-seeking students

Deutschlandstipendium (Germany scholarship)

The Deutschlandstipendium (Germany scholarship) supports students and first-year undergraduates whose track record suggests they are likely to achieve outstanding results in their studies and careers. All students at HM are eligible to submit an application.

Deutschlandstipendium (Germany scholarship) at the HM

Book Allowance Scholarship

Students who are enrolled at Hochschule München for at least their second semester may submit an application for the Oskar-Karl-Forster Book Grant.

Book allowance at the HM

BAföG for international students

In certain circumstances, international students may also be eligible for BAföG. As the legal framework is very complex, it is advisable to contact the relevant student finance office at an early stage.

BAföG for international students

The GFPS e.V. scholarship programme for Ukrainian students

The Association for Student Exchange in Central and Eastern Europe (GFPS) e. V. offers a one-semester scholarship to students at Ukrainian universities who would like to study in Germany or who have already come to Germany from Ukraine to continue their studies.

GFPS

Scholarships for gifted students in financial need

The foundation primarily supports students who demonstrate above-average academic achievement but are unable to finance their studies sufficiently from their own resources.

Dr Jost Henkel Foundation

Financial support for single-parent students

Madame Courage, a project run by the Catholic Women’s Social Service, provides financial support to single-parent female students of all nationalities and faiths at Bavarian universities who are in the final stages of their studies.

Madame Courage – SkF Bavarian Regional Association

BMFTR Organisations for the Promotion of Gifted Students

Depending on the foundation, the funding programmes are aimed at students from EU or non-EU countries.

BMFTR Organisations for the Promotion of Gifted Students

STIBET & DAAD Prize

Through the STIBET programs, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) uses funding from the Federal Foreign Office to support the supervision of international students and doctoral candidates at German universities.

DAAD

bilateral exchange programmes

Fulbright Commission

The German-American Fulbright Commission (Fulbright Germany) facilitates academic exchange between the USA and Germany. Each year, Fulbright Germany awards up to 700 scholarships for study, research, teaching and professional development placements in the USA and Germany, thereby actively promoting transatlantic dialogue.

Fulbright Germany

Bavarian University Centres

The Bavarian State Ministry of Education, Science and the Arts has established its own centres of excellence to promote cooperation and exchange with specific regions; these centres, based at universities in Bavaria, foster international contacts and academic exchange.

Bavarian University Centres