Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences awards PROMOS partial scholarships funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). They amount to between €350 and €550 per month of funding, depending on the destination country. Eligible for funding are international study visits outside the Erasmus programme countries with a minimum stay of three months.

Applications can be submitted via the International Office. Scholarship holders are selected twice a year by the Advisory Board for International Affairs.

Application deadlines:

• for stays abroad in the summer semester: 15 January
• for stays abroad in the winter semester: 15 June

Application documents:

• Online application
• Learning Agreement for PROMOS/Free Mover
• Current grade extract from QISPOS
• Letter of Motivation (approx. 1 page)

See also: Steps to studying abroad

Selection criteria:

• Conclusiveness of the letter of motivation
  • Relation to the study programme
  • extracurricular activities
• Grade point average/grade point average for language courses

Want to find out more about PROMOS? Take a look here.

International study visits by German students are possible under the Federal Training Assistance Act (BAföG) can be funded. One or two semesters of study that are integrated into the degree programme (i.e. the credits earned abroad are credited to the degree programme) are funded relatively easily. It is also worthwhile for students who do not receive BAföG in Germany to apply, as the funding rates are higher due to the additional costs incurred abroad. The application must always be submitted to the BAföG office responsible for the destination country (not the BAföG office in Nordhausen).

By the way: The funding can be combined with Erasmus+ or PROMOS, as these are only partially offset against BAföG.

Further information is available at: www.bafög.de.

In addition, there is a whole range of different scholarships to support study abroad. An overview can be found at Scholarship database of the DAAD.