Hamburg University Academic Scholarships for Master Students

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

Applicants must have completed their school education outside of Germany or have graduated from a Studienkolleg. They must also have completed their Bachelor's degree or Diplom at a German university and be enrolled in a Master's programme at the HAW Hamburg.  

Scholarship
400 Euro / month (5 months per semester)
The scholarship is for one semester; an extension for a further two semesters is possible.

Application requirements
- 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)

- 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) or

- 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
The application forms are available from the International Office of Hamburg University of Applied Sciences and are to be handed in there. The scholarships are awarded by a commission of Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. Download here.

Application deadlines
30.10. (for the winter semester)
30.04. (for the summer semester)

Students in Design degree programmes as well as students of Public Health, Public Management, Sozial- und Gesundheitsmanagement and Erneuerbare Energien cannot apply for scholarships.

Griffith International Undergraduate Excellence Scholarships

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Level of study: Undergraduate.

Citizenship: Citizen of a country other than Australia or New Zealand.

Award value and benefits: $5,000 in total. (Two tuition payments of $2,500 each).

Duration: 2 semesters.

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