Hamburg University of Applied Sciences Academic scholarships for Master Students

Hamburg University of Applied Sciences awards scholarships to academically strong foreign students studying in Master degree programmes*. 

Scholarship:

Up to 400 Euros/month (4 months per semester)
The scholarship is for one semester; an extension for a further two semesters is possible.   

Scholarship prerequisites:

• Applicants must be enrolled in a Master's programme* at the HAW Hamburg
• Applicants must have completed their school education outside of Germany or have graduated from a Studienkolleg
• Applicants must not be eligible for BAföG**

* Master students in Design (Illustration, Communication Design, Fashion- Textile and Costume Design) cannot apply for a scholarship.
** If you fulfill the basic application criteria according to §8 of the BAföG law (Federal Training Assistance Act), you will not be eligible for this scholarship according to the scholarship regulations. This is independent of whether you actually receive funding from BAföG or not.

Academic requirements:

Applicants must fulfil one of the following academic requirements:

a) Non-engineering students: completion of a Bachelor's degree or Diplom in the "Regelstudienzeit" with a grade of at least 2.0 (or equivalent to German system, if the degree is from outside Germany)

b) Engineering students: completion of a Bachelor's degree or Diplom in the "Regelstudienzeit" with a grade of at least 2.2 (or equivalent to German system, if the degree is from outside Germany)

c) All grades for the first semester in a Master's programme at the HAW Hamburg better than at least 2.5, also for extensions.

Ideally students should also have completed an internship and have been involved in a social project or worked as a volunteer.

Application process:

Please complete the application form and submit it to the International Office of the HAW Hamburg. The scholarships are awarded by a commission of the HAW Hamburg.

Application deadlines:

30.10. (for the winter semester)
30.04. (for the sumer semester)

For further details and application visit the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences Academic scholarships for Master Students page.