The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung awards full scholarships to international students

The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung awards full scholarships to international students for a master’s degree, a doctorate or a research stay of at least four semesters at a university in Germany.

Financial support
The amount and duration of financial support depends on the study objective. Graduates, ie students in the master’s or postgraduate degree, receive a monthly grant of € 861.00. The standard funding period here is two years. Doctoral candidates, provided that they have met the requirements for admission to a doctorate at a university in the Federal Republic of Germany without any conditions, as well as scholarship holders with a university degree comparable to the German master’s degree who come to Germany for research purposes and who have at least two years of academic activity at the start of the scholarship period can provide evidence of receiving a monthly scholarship of € 1,200. The standard funding period for doctoral candidates is three years.

We also pay a number of grants and allowances: On request, we subsidize the costs of health and long-term care insurance up to an amount of € 120. A family allowance of € 276 can also be paid if the spouse stays in Germany for more than three months. For children traveling with you, a monthly child benefit of € 194 can be paid after submitting a German translation of the birth certificate and a rejection letter for state child benefit from the family benefits office.

We also subsidize research trips by doctoral students abroad, but not for attending scientific congresses and symposia.

Tuition fees incurred at the university can, in exceptional cases and on request, be reimbursed with up to € 1,500 per semester. However, costs incurred in connection with enrollment or re-registration (student union social contribution, semester ticket, etc.) or de-registration cannot be reimbursed.

Non-material support
To be a scholarship holder of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation does not only mean receiving financial support, but also being part of an active network. In our non-material support, we rely on three pillars: on personal support from the speakers of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and our liaison lecturers at the universities, on our course-accompanying seminar program and on the university groups supported by the scholarship holders themselves .

The foreigner support scholarship program is aimed at international students and doctoral candidates who have already successfully completed their studies and would like to pursue further studies (postgraduate or master’s degree), a doctorate or a research stay of at least four semesters at a German university.

The formal requirements

You should:

* have a completed basic course (we do not sponsor students in bachelor’s degree programs),
* demonstrate above-average academic performance,
* not be older than 30 years at the time of application,
* already have a good command of German (B2 level),
* volunteer,
* stay in Germany for at least four semesters to study or be in our sponsorship for at least four semesters,
* have a broad general education and a pronounced interest in political issues,
* have a positive basic attitude towards democracy and human rights,
* be able to do a develop
your own point of view and practice tolerance towards those who think differently, * be highly motivated and convince us with your plans and your potential.

Further requirements:

* Students of medicine and pharmacy must already have successfully completed their respective preliminary exams or have achieved comparable study progress.
* Human or dental specialist training as well as postgraduate research stays cannot be funded.
If you already have a doctorate, we are unfortunately unable to fund you.

Non-material funding:

We expect our scholarship holders to actively participate in non-material funding. This includes:

* attending at least four events in our seminar program during the funding period,
* regular participation and committed work in the university groups.
* These groups enable a unique, interdisciplinary, political and personal exchange with our scholarship holders, alumni and our volunteer representatives at the universities, the liaison lecturers.

After completing their studies or after completing their doctorate, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung expects its former scholarship holders to work for the benefit and expansion of relations between their home country and the Federal Republic of Germany.

Please fill out the application form for your application and send us the following documents:

* CV in tabular form: Please also state your previous voluntary work here.
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Letter of motivation * Copies of previous exam certificates (Please also in German translation, if these are not in English.)
* Copies of your performance
records from German universities (if you have already studied at a German university) * Proof of your German language skills (at least B2)
* Informal university professor’s report: the personality and talent of our scholarship holders mean that special academic achievements can be expected. The university professor’s report is intended to provide initial information about potential in the area of ​​professional qualifications. The author of these reports should be a university professor or a member of the mid-level academic staff with a doctorate. The report should not be older than two months.
* Declaration of acceptance or certificate of enrollment: If you have already been accepted or are studying at a German university.
Applicants for a scholarship for a doctorate should also submit:
* a detailed justification of the dissertation topic: This synopsis should be in German or English (4-5 pages) and include information on the motive for * the choice of the dissertation topic, problem outline, solution approach as well as information on methods and procedures, work plan and schedule with an additional bibliography contain.
* Another informal professor’s report: This should be issued by the supervisor of your dissertation project, if you already have one.
* a confirmation of supervision for the doctorate

Application deadline: July 15. every year.

Funding categories

• all funding categories
• General funding (cost of living)
• tuition fee
• Promotion of graduates
• Non-material support

Target regions

• Germany

Target groups

• women
• foreign students

Educational phase

• studies
• promotion

Desired degree

• Bachelor

Funded subjects

• all disciplines