Current Applications for the Deutschlandstipendium at the University of Greifswald 2023/24

To apply online, please fill out the application form on the Application Server. (You need to create an account first).

Apply online here

The online registration form is only available during the application period (16 June 2023 - 28 July 2023).

Start your application with the Application Agreement, this must be filled in, signed and sent to the University of Greifswald in paper format. You can interrupt the online application process at any time and continue it at a later date. All you have to do is log in again. Regardless of how often you edit your application, only submit your form once (“complete form” - “submit application”).

It is up to you if you want to indicate your bank details. You can also add these once you have been granted a scholarship.

You must submit the following application documents with your online application (as PDF):

1. a current letter of motivation (max. 2 A4 pages, 1.5 line spacing, 12pt Arial)
2. a current tabular Curriculum Vitae (CV)
3. current transcript of records, which shows all of the examinations taken (issued by the Central Examination Office or the Office of the Dean of Studies at University Medicine or printout via the self-service portal HIS), or for university entrants - the certificate of your higher education entrance qualification/Abitur
4. certificates (higher education entrance qualification/Abitur, traineeship/apprenticeship, career, if applicable interim examination, Vordiplom, bachelor etc. For foreign certificates, a translation that compares the foreign achievements with the German system and conversion into the German grading system)
5. Enrolment Certificate for the current semester (if it already exists)
6. certificates and proof of internships, side jobs, participation in community projects, special skills and awards, etc.

Please keep to this order when uploading! (Tip: label alphanumerically)

The number of possible attachments is limited due to technical reasons to a maximum of 10 files and a total size of max. 50 MB. All appendices can only be submitted in PDF format and must be named according to their content.

You will receive an application number immediately after submitting your application. Please keep this number in a safe place. You may add further supporting documents to your already sent application until 28 July 2023 by logging in again.

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Only applications that have been completed in full will be accepted, incomplete and/or applications that were not submitted within the application period will not be considered.

Only apply once! Multiple applications will not be considered.

If problems occur with the PDF file format, which you must use for uploading appendices, please take note of the detailed information to be found in “Technische Hinweise zum Anhängen eingescannter Bewerbungsunterlagen (Technical instructions for attaching scanned application documents)” on the homepage of the university providing the Deutschlandstipendium. 

You can find answers to frequently asked questions here [de].

Students who received scholarships in 2022/2023 can apply for the extension of their scholarship as long as they are still within the regular period of study (at least for one semester). Extensions to the regular period of studies should be applied for in good time at the University’s Students' Registration Office. The application for the extension of the scholarship is also only possible via the Application Server. Please specify here that you are applying for an extension.

You must attach the following current certificates of achievements as an appendix in PDF format:

1. Proof of credits gained during your studies (in particular exams, practicals, excursions)
2. Short evaluation from a member of teaching staff who was responsible for at least one examined module
3. Short description of your development since the last grant

If the maximum number of 10 documents that can be uploaded has been reached, exchange old documents for new ones (certificates of achievement, statement of development for letter of motivation, etc.).

The signed Application Agreement (Bewerbungsvereinbarung) 2023 must be sent to the University of Greifswald electronically (katrin.purpsuni-greifswaldde or stabstipuni-greifswaldde) or in paper format.

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The applicants must be enrolled at the University of Greifswald by the start of the funding period at the latest and first-time applicants must still have at least two semesters of the standard period of study ahead of them.

Students up to the start of the second subject semester of an undergraduate degree course will be evaluated according to:

• the average mark of the higher education entrance qualification with particular emphasis to be put on the individual marks for subjects relevant to the degree course or
• the special qualification which grants the student access to a place for the relevant degree course at the University of Greifswald.

Relevant documents for students in higher semesters are the credits that have already been gained, in particular the results of an interim examination or Vordiplom; for students doing master’s degrees, also the final mark of the preceding bachelor’s degree.

The following can also be included in the overall evaluation of the applicant’s potential:

• special achievements, awards und prizes,
• previous employment or subject-related internships,
• out-of-school or extracurricular activities such as voluntary work; involvement in civic, social or political activities, university politics or in religious associations, associations or societies
• special personal or family circumstances, such as illnesses, disabilities, looking after own children, in particular as a single parent, or close relatives in need of care, working in a family-run business, professional employment during studies, family origin or migration background.