International Office RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CERTAIN GROUPS In general social commitment needs to be proven!  Good achievements in the course of studies so far ■ BAföG (Federal Education and Training Assistance Act) support  A successful degree should be achieved within the next 6 months Foreign students can be eligible to BAföG only in exceptional cases, e.g. ■ Protestant Student Community (ESG) when: For further information please contact Mr. Ulrich Melzer, pastor  Endorsement through a professor’s assessment  at least one of their parents has German citizenship, of the ESG Bielefeld: www.esg-bielefeld.ekvw.de Application deadlines: 15.07. (for the winter term) or 31.01. (for the summer term). For further information please contact Dr. Lucyna Darowska, Inter-  they have or had a German spouse, ■ Association of Protestant Students e.V. Villigst national Offi ce, room DO-144, email: [email protected],  they are asylum seekers, stateless foreigners or refugees, For Protestant students with EU citizenship. Application deadlines: offi ce hours: Tuesday 10 a.m. - 12 a.m. (individual appointment possible). 15.10.-01.03. (for winter term) or 15.04.-01.09. (for summer term).  one of their parents have worked in Germany for six years before the beginning of their studies or Further information: www.evstudienwerk.de ■ ViSiB and AStA (grants in fi nancial emergencies) ViSiB and AStA give out grants in cases of fi nancial emergency to students  they had worked in Germany for fi ve years before the beginning ■ Catholic Student Community (KHG) who unexpectedly and without any fault of their own have encountered of their studies. For further information please contact Julia Winterboer (advisor for fi nancial diffi culties. The fi nancial support is given in one amount, usually Further information: www.bafög.de and educational, cultural and social aff airs): www.khg-bielefeld.de to cover rent, and usually may not surpass 250 Euro. For further information: www.internationale-studierende.de ■ Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk (ELES) www.unibielefeld.de/visib ■ Dr. Willy-Rebelein Stiftung (scholarships for students with For Jewish students with EU citizenship or students with a settlement www.asta-bielefeld.de/CMS disabilities and chronic conditions) permit. Application deadlines: 15.06. (for winter term) or 15.12. (for This foundation supports students with disabilities and chronic conditions summer term). Further information: www.eles-studienwerk.de SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS FROM CERTAIN in need. Application deadline: anytime. Financial support: 300€/month ■ Avicenna Studienwerk COUNTRIES (E.G. PARTICULAR GROUPS OF Also all party-affi liated scholarships support students with disabilities or For Muslim students with EU citizenship or students with German PEOPLE: LATE RE-SETTLERS, PERSONS ENTI- chronic conditions. The following PDF fi le gives a good overview of funding university entrance certifi cate. Support amount: min. 300€/month. TLED TO POLITICAL ASYLUM, REFUGEES) for students with disabilities or chronic conditions: Application deadlines: 01.04. (for winter term) or 01.10. (for summer www.behindertenbeauftragter.uni-wuerzburg.de/ term). Further information: ■ Otto-Benecke-Stiftung fi leadmin/32500250/_temp_/Stipendienfuehrer.pdf www.avicenna-studienwerk.de For late resettlers, people entitled to political asylum, refugees and Jewish migrants. Support: subsidies e.g. to the costs of living, tutoring, special requi- STUDENT LOANS rements (translations) etc. Further information: www.obs-ev.de Scholarships SCHOLARSHIPS FOR LOW-INCOME ■ Graduation loan of the DaKa (Dahrlehenskasse der Studentenwerke STUDENTS/STUDENTS IN FINANCIAL ■ Diakonisches Werk im Land Nordrhein Westfalen e.V.) for international students DIFFICULTIES For people who have had to leave their country of origin for political, religi- An interest-free loan for students in the last phase of their studies; guarantee ous or ethical reasons and continue or begin their studies in Germany. must be provided. First repayment is due after one year the last fi nancial sup- ■ Stiftung Studienfonds OWL Further information: http://azf2.de port has been given. For further information please contact the Studierenden Social scholarship for students with personal and fi nancial need or in Werk Bielefeld or have a look at the homepage: http://daka.akafoe.de cases of emergency. Their academic achievements do not have priority. ■ Alfred Toepfer Stiftung Support: 1000€/year, ideational support (contacts with local companies, For students from Central and Eastern Europe. Further information: ■ Social loan from the AStA workshops, seminars etc.) Application deadline: Summerterm: the end http://toepfer-stiftung.de Further information: www.asta-bielefeld.de of February; Winterterm: the end of August, only in written form by post ■ Helmut-Skowronek-Stipendium ■ E.W. Kuhlmann-Stiftung or by email. Further information: www.studienfonds-owl.de For Polish students. For further information please contact The foundation provides interest-free scholarships for students in the end Dr. Lucyna Darowska, International Offi ce, room DO-144, email: lucyna. phase of their studies. Max. fi nancial support: 2000€. This amount must be ■ International Offi ce (Aid for Final Degree) [email protected], offi ce hours: Tuesday 10 a.m. – 12 a.m. paid back within fi ve years. Further information: The object of these grants is to enable international students’ prepa- (individual appointment possible). www.kuhlmann-stiftung-hamburg.de ration for fi nal exams to be free of fi nancial worries. The following criteria are required:  Financial need (e.g. if the student had to work in order to fi nance his/her studies)

www.uni-bielefeld.de/io MERIT-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS MERIT-BASED AND PARTY-AFFILIATED Type of university Non-German Non German German entrance certificate ■ Outside the EU ■ EU ■ EU Exceptional grades and social interest or commitment is essential for SCHOLARSHIPS ■ Outside the EU every application and must be proven! Exceptional grades and social and political interest or commitment is ■ DAAD essential for every application and must be proven! Scholarships of the DAAD for studies in the Federal Republic of Ger- Type of scholarships many can only be applied from the foreign student´s homeland, if ■ Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (close to SPD) necessary in the very first months of the study stay in Germany. Application deadlines: Merit-based scholarships • (DAAD) • (DAAD) • DAAD • Stiftung Studienfonds OWL • German National Academic Foundation • German National Academic Foundation Normally, the student must have already achieved and provide pro- • diploma / magister / state examination: by the end of 6th semester • Universitätsgesellschaft (MA • Stiftung Studienfonds OWL • Stiftung Studienfonds OWL of of an undergraduate degree. You can receive further informati- • Bachelor/ undergraduate programmes: until 3 semesters before english study programmes) • Universitätsgesellschaft (MA english • Universitätsgesellschaft (MA english on at the embassy or consulate general. The DAAD has branches in finishing the standard period of study (if 6 semesters by the end of study programmes) study programmes) many different countries, which can help to plan your studies. 3rd semester; if 7 semesters by the end of 4rd semester) Further information: www.daad.de/deutschland/de • postgraduate/ Master programmes: by the end of 1st semester. Further information: www.fes.de Merit-based and party- • Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (SPD) • Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (SPD) • Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (SPD) ■ German National Academic Foundation • Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung (FDP) • Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung (FDP) • Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung (FDP) affiliated scholarships ■ Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung (close to FDP) • Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (CDU) • Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (CDU) • Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (CDU) For students with outstanding academic achievements and social and Application deadlines: 30.04. or 31.10. Further information: • Heinrich Böll Stiftung (the Greens) • Heinrich Böll Stiftung (the Greens) • Heinrich Böll Stiftung (the Greens) political commitment. Admission into the German National Academic www.freiheit.org • Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (Lefties) • Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (Lefties) • Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (Lefties) Foundation is limited to students with German citizenship, students • Hans-Böckler-Stiftung (German with a European Union nationality studying at a German university, or ■ Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (close to CDU) Federation of Trade Unions) students of other nationalities with the German Abitur and studying at Application period: April to end of July. Further information: • Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung e.V. (CSU) a German university.Support: 300€/month, ideational support (sum- www.kas.de mer academies, personal attention etc.) Application deadline: January Religious Associations • Protestant Student Community • Association of Protestant Students • Association of Protestant Students e.V. (students in their first or second term may apply for the scholarship) ■ Heinrich Böll Stiftung (close to the Greens) (ESG) e.V. Villigst Villigst Further information: www.studienstiftung.de Application deadline: 01.03. (international students) 01.03. or 01.09. • Catholic Student Community (KHG) • Catholic Student Community (KHG) (all, as well as refugees) Further information: • Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk • Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk (ELES) ■ Stiftung Studienfonds OWL www.boell.de (ELES) • Avicenna Studienwerk (Muslim Merit-based scholarship (Germany Scholarship). Support: 300€/month, • Avicenna Studienwerk (Muslim students) ideational support (contacts with local companies, workshops, seminars etc.) ■ Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (close to the Lefties) students) Application deadline: according to experience March/April, please have a Application deadlines: 15.04. or 15.10. Further information: look at the homepage of the foundation, only application via online portal www.rosalux.de • Stiftung Studienfonds OWL • Stiftung Studienfonds OWL • Stiftung Studienfonds OWL possible. Further information: www.studienfonds-owl.de Scholarships for low-income ■ Hans-Böckler-Stiftung (Scholarship of the German students/students in finan- • IO (Aid of Final Degree) • IO (Aid of Final Degree) • IO (Aid of Final Degree) Ferderation of the Trade Unions) cial difficulties • ViSiB (grant in financial emergency) • ViSiB (grant in financial emergency) • ViSiB (grant in financial emergency) ■ Universitätsgesellschaft • AStA (grant in financial emergency) • AStA (grant in financial emergency) • AStA (grant in financial emergency) For students that cannot apply for any other scholarship and grant: Application deadlines: 01.02. or 01.09. Application via membership, scholarship holders group or liaison lecturer. Further information:  Partial scholarships for students of Bielefeld University students who www.boeckler.de Scholarships for students • Otto-Benecke-Stiftung • Otto-Benecke-Stiftung • Otto-Benecke-Stiftung cannot carry out their projects abroad without additional support from certain countries • Diakonisches Werk • Diakonisches Werk • Diakonisches Werk For further information please contact Ms. Karin Kruse, International ■ Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung e.V. (close to CSU) (e.g. particular groups of • Alfred Toepfer Stiftung • Alfred Toepfer Stiftung Office, room D0-144, email: [email protected], office hours: For foreign students who have a German Abitur. Application dead- people: late re-settlers, • Helmut Skowronek scholarship (only Wednesday 10 a.m. – 12 a.m. lines: 15.01. or 15.07. Further information: www.hss.de Polish students) persons entitled to political  Scholarships for qualified international englishspeaking masters´ asylum, refugees) applicants For further information please contact Dr. Lucyna Darowska, International For certain groups • (BAföG support) • (BAföG support) • (BAföG support) Office, room DO-144, email: [email protected], office CONTACT (BAföG support, students • Dr. Willy Rebelein Stiftung • Dr. Willy Rebelein Stiftung • Dr. Willy Rebelein Stiftung hours: Tuesday 10 a.m. - 12 a.m. (individual appointment possible). Dr. Lucyna Darowska (Advisor for international students) with disabilities or chronic (students with disabilities or (students with disabilities or (students with disabilities or Office hours: Tuesdays 10–12 p.m. (individual appointments conditions) chronic conditions) chronic conditions) chronic conditions) Please note that the application deadlines are permanently changing and the International Office assume no responsibility for the accuracy possible) Room: D0-144, Phone: 0521. 106-40 78 Please note: Additionally, there is the possibility to obtain an interest-free student loan that must be paid back later: Daka, AStA, E.W. Kuhlmann-Stiftung of information.