Scholarships in Germany for International Students
91 verified awards, 21 of them fully funded. Every listing links to the provider’s official page.
Galvanize tracks 91 scholarships in Germany open to international students, across Masters (81), PhD (45), Bachelors (27), MBA (2). 59 are confirmed at their official source. Each award below carries its provider, funding type and eligibility, and links to the provider’s own page rather than a summary of it.
Go deeper by degree: Masters scholarships in Germany
| Scholarship | Provider | Level | Funding | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avicenna-Studienwerk International Scholarship Programme (ISP) | Avicenna-Studienwerk e.V. (funded by German Federal Foreign Office and Islamkolleg Deutschland) | Masters, PhD | Stipend | confirmed |
| Baden-Württemberg-Stipendium (BWS) for University Students | Baden-Württemberg Stiftung gGmbH | Bachelors, Masters | Stipend | confirmed |
| Bayer Foundation Scientific Fellowships | Bayer Foundation | Masters, PhD | Partial | confirmed |
| Bayer Jeff Schell Scholarship | Bayer AG / Bayer Crop Science (Agricultural Education Programme) | Masters, PhD | Partial | under review |
| Claussen-Simon-Stiftung Masterplus Scholarship | Claussen-Simon-Stiftung (Hamburg-based foundation; programme open to all public German universities) | Masters | Partial | under review |
| Constructor University Bremen Merit Scholarship | Constructor University Bremen (formerly Jacobs University Bremen) | Bachelors | Partial | confirmed |
| Cusanuswerk Scholarship (Episcopal Scholarship Foundation) | Cusanuswerk – Bischöfliches Studienwerk e.V. (Catholic Church Germany) | Bachelors, Masters, PhD | Stipend | under review |
| DAAD Development-Related Postgraduate Courses (EPOS) | DAAD – Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst | Masters, PhD | Stipend | confirmed |
| DAAD Helmut-Schmidt Programme (Master's Scholarships for Public Policy and Good Governance) | DAAD – Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst | Masters | Full | confirmed |
| DAAD KOSPIE – Combined Study and Practice Stays for Engineers with Indian IITs | DAAD – Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (in cooperation with Indian Institutes of Technology) | Masters | Stipend | confirmed |
| DAAD Research Grants – Doctoral Candidates and Young Researchers | DAAD – Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst | PhD | Stipend | confirmed |
| DAAD Study Scholarships – Master Studies for All Academic Disciplines | DAAD – Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst | Masters | Stipend | confirmed |
| DAAD Study Scholarships – Postgraduate Studies in Fine Art, Design and Film | DAAD – Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst | Masters | Stipend | confirmed |
| DAAD Study Scholarships – Postgraduate Studies in Music | DAAD – Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst | Masters | Stipend | confirmed |
| DAAD Study Scholarships – Postgraduate Studies in Performing Arts | DAAD – Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst | Masters | Stipend | confirmed |
| DLR-DAAD Research Fellowships | DAAD – Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst + German Aerospace Center (DLR) | Masters, PhD | Stipend | confirmed |
| Deutschlandstipendium | German Federal Government + private sponsors (50/50 co-funding) | Masters, Bachelors | Partial | confirmed |
| Development-Related Postgraduate Courses (EPOS) | DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) | Masters, PhD | Partial | confirmed |
| EDU_MIG – Erasmus Mundus Master in Education, Migration and Diversity | University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd (lead, Germany) + partner universities in Sweden and Italy + associate partners in Turkey and Benin | Masters | Full | confirmed |
| EMLE – Erasmus Mundus European Master in Law and Economics | Erasmus University Rotterdam (lead, Netherlands) + University of Hamburg (Germany) + Aix-Marseille University + Ghent University + Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona) + University of Haifa + LUMSA Rome + Warsaw School of Economics + Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (Mumbai, India) | Masters | Full | confirmed |
| EMLex – Erasmus Mundus European Master in Lexicography | University of Santiago de Compostela (lead, Spain) + FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg + University of Hildesheim + University of Minho + University of Lorraine + Roma Tre University + ILIA State University + Károli Gáspár University | Masters | Full | confirmed |
| EMMIR – Erasmus Mundus European Master in Migration and Intercultural Relations | Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg (lead, Germany) + 8 partner institutions in Europe, Africa, and India (Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group and Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata) | Masters | Full | confirmed |
| Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Groundwater and Global Change | IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (lead, Netherlands) + Technische Universität Dresden (Germany) + Instituto Superior Técnico Lisbon (Portugal) | Masters | Full | confirmed |
| Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters (EMJM) | European Commission / Erasmus+ | Masters | Full | confirmed |
| Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst Scholarship | Evangelisches Studienwerk e.V. Villigst (Protestant Church Germany) | Bachelors, Masters, PhD | Stipend | under review |
| Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) Scholarship | Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung | Masters, PhD | Stipend | under review |
| Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Scholarship | Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit | Masters, PhD | Stipend | under review |
| Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Scholarship for International Students | Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) | Masters, PhD | Stipend | confirmed |
| Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung Scholarship for Non-EU Students | Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit (FNF) | Masters, PhD | Stipend | confirmed |
| Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) Scholarship | Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung | Masters, PhD | Stipend | confirmed |
| Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung International Scholarship | Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung (HSS) | Masters, PhD | Stipend | confirmed |
| Hans-Peter Wild Talent Scholarships – Heidelberg University | Heidelberg University / Hans-Peter Wild Foundation | Bachelors, Masters | Stipend | confirmed |
| Heidelberg University STIBET Degree Completion Grants | Heidelberg University / DAAD (Federal Foreign Office funds) | Bachelors, Masters, PhD | Stipend | under review |
| Heinrich Böll Foundation Scholarship | Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (Heinrich Böll Foundation) | Masters, PhD | Stipend | confirmed |
| Helmholtz Information and Data Science Academy (HIDA) Graduate School Network | Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres — HIDA | PhD | Full | under review |
| Humboldt Research Fellowship (Postdoctoral) | Alexander von Humboldt Foundation | PhD | Stipend | confirmed |
| IMPRS for Computer Science (International Max Planck Research School) | Max Planck Institute for Informatics (MPI-INF) and Saarland University | PhD | Full | under review |
| InterMaths – Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Interdisciplinary Mathematics | University of L'Aquila (lead, Italy) + Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH, Germany) + TU Wien (Austria) + Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain) + Université Côte d'Azur (France) | Masters | Full | confirmed |
| International Max Planck Research Schools (IMPRS) | Max Planck Society (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) | PhD | Full | confirmed |
| KAAD Scholarship Programme 1 – Invitation Programme | KAAD (Katholischer Akademischer Austauschdienst – Catholic Academic Exchange Service) | Masters, PhD | Full | under review |
| KAAD Scholarship Programme 2 – Developing and Emerging Countries | KAAD – Katholischer Akademischer Ausländer-Dienst | Masters, PhD | Stipend | under review |
| KAAD Scholarship Programme 2 – In-Germany Programme | KAAD (Katholischer Akademischer Austauschdienst – Catholic Academic Exchange Service) | Masters, PhD | Stipend | under review |
| KIT Graduation Grant for International Students (STIBET I + MWK) | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) / DAAD STIBET I + Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science (MWK) | Bachelors, Masters, PhD | Stipend | confirmed |
| Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) International Scholarship | Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung | Masters, PhD | Full | confirmed |
| LMU Munich SIST Equality Scholarship | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) / Free State of Bavaria | Masters, PhD | Partial | under review |
| LMU Munich SIST Study Completion Scholarship | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) / Free State of Bavaria | Masters, PhD | Partial | under review |
| LMU Munich SIST Study Scholarship for International Students | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) / Free State of Bavaria | Masters, PhD | Partial | under review |
| MIPDaL – Erasmus Mundus Master of Intellectual Property and Data Law | Technische Universität Dresden (lead, Germany) + Université de Strasbourg + CEIPI + Tallinn University of Technology + partner institutions in Spain and UK | Masters | Full | confirmed |
| MS² – Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Mechanics of Sustainable Materials and Structures | Technische Universität Dortmund (lead, Germany) + University of Trento (Italy) + École Centrale de Nantes (France) | Masters | Full | confirmed |
| MaMaSELF+ – Erasmus Mundus Master in Advanced Materials Science | Université de Rennes (lead, France) + Technical University of Munich + Ludwig Maximilian University Munich + University of Turin + Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań + Montpellier University | Masters | Full | confirmed |
| Mannheim Business School German Language Proficiency MBA Scholarship | Mannheim Business School (University of Mannheim) | MBA | Partial | confirmed |
| Mannheim Business School Industry Diversity MBA Scholarship | Mannheim Business School (University of Mannheim) | MBA | Partial | confirmed |
| Mawista Scholarship for Students Studying Abroad with a Child | MAWISTA GmbH (German health insurance and services provider for international students) | Bachelors, Masters, PhD | Partial | under review |
| Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law – Research Fellowships | Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (MPIL), Heidelberg | PhD, Masters | Full | confirmed |
| Max Weber Programme – Free State of Bavaria | Free State of Bavaria (Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst) / Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes | Bachelors, Masters | Partial | under review |
| Opportunity Mannheim Scholarship | University of Mannheim Foundation (Universitätsstiftung Mannheim) | Bachelors, Masters | Partial | confirmed |
| RWTH Aachen Degree Completion Scholarship for International Students (DAAD STIBET I) | RWTH Aachen University / DAAD (Federal Foreign Office funds) | Bachelors, Masters, PhD | Stipend | confirmed |
| RWTH Aachen Equal Opportunity Scholarship (DAAD STIBET I) | RWTH Aachen University / DAAD (Federal Foreign Office funds) | Bachelors, Masters, PhD | Stipend | confirmed |
| RWTH Aachen Scholarship for Particularly Involved International Students (BEIS) | RWTH Aachen University | Bachelors, Masters, PhD | Partial | confirmed |
| Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Scholarship | Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung | Masters, PhD | Stipend | under review |
| Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Doctoral Scholarship | Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung | PhD | Stipend | confirmed |
| Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Study Scholarship (Masters) | Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung | Masters | Stipend | under review |
| SDW / Studienförderwerk Klaus Murmann Doctoral Scholarship | Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (SDW) | PhD | Stipend | under review |
| Sorgenfrei Campus Scholarship – University of Göttingen | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen | Bachelors, Masters | Partial | confirmed |
| Study Scholarships – Master Studies for All Academic Disciplines | DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) / German Federal Foreign Office | Masters | Partial | confirmed |
| TU Berlin STIBET I Scholarship for Promoting Equal Opportunities | Technische Universität Berlin / DAAD (Federal Foreign Office funds) | Bachelors, Masters, PhD | Stipend | confirmed |
| TU Darmstadt Graduation Scholarship for International Students (DAAD STIBET I) | TU Darmstadt / DAAD (Federal Foreign Office funds) | Bachelors, Masters, PhD | Stipend | confirmed |
| TU Darmstadt Scholarship for More Equal Opportunities (DAAD STIBET I) | TU Darmstadt / DAAD (Federal Foreign Office funds) | Bachelors, Masters, PhD | Stipend | confirmed |
| TUM Scholarship for International Students | Technical University of Munich (TUM) | Bachelors, Masters | Partial | confirmed |
| University of Bonn Degree Completion Scholarship (DAAD STIBET) | University of Bonn / DAAD (Federal Foreign Office funds) | Bachelors, Masters | Stipend | confirmed |
| University of Bonn Equal Opportunity Scholarship (DAAD STIBET) | University of Bonn / DAAD (Federal Foreign Office funds) | Bachelors, Masters | Stipend | confirmed |
| University of Bonn Scholarship for Exceptional Engagement (DAAD STIBET) | University of Bonn / DAAD (Federal Foreign Office funds) | Bachelors, Masters | Stipend | confirmed |
| University of Freiburg Study Completion Grant (Studienabschlussbeihilfe) | Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg / International Office | Bachelors, Masters | Stipend | under review |
| University of Göttingen Academic Degree Bursaries (STIBA) | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen / DAAD (Federal Foreign Office funds) | Bachelors, Masters, PhD | Partial | under review |
| University of Mannheim DAAD Graduation Scholarship (STIBET) | University of Mannheim / DAAD (Federal Foreign Office funds) | Bachelors, Masters | Stipend | under review |
| University of Mannheim DAAD Scholarship for Committed International Students (STIBET) | University of Mannheim / DAAD (Federal Foreign Office funds) | Bachelors, Masters | Stipend | under review |
| University of Stuttgart STIBET I Scholarship for Highly Committed International Students | University of Stuttgart / DAAD (Federal Foreign Office funds) | Bachelors, Masters, PhD | Stipend | under review |
| euroculture – Erasmus Mundus Master in European Culture and Global Challenges | Consortium of 7 European universities including Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Germany), University of Groningen, University of Strasbourg, Uppsala University, University of Padova, Jagiellonian University and University of Osnabrück | Masters | Full | under review |
| Carl Zeiss Foundation Qualification Scholarship (HEiKA Graduate School on Functional Materials) | Carl Zeiss Foundation, administered via the HEiKA Graduate School on Functional Materials (Heidelberg University / Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) | Masters | Stipend | under review |
| DAAD Zuse School of Embedded Composite Artificial Intelligence (SECAI) – Master's Scholarships | DAAD / TU Dresden and Leipzig University, funded by BMFTR | Masters | Stipend | confirmed |
| Festo Scholarship for Women in Technical Master's Programs | Festo SE & Co. KG | Masters | Stipend | under review |
| HPI (Hasso Plattner Institute) Scholarship for Computer Science M.Sc. | Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam | Masters | Stipend | under review |
| Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Reliable AI (relAI) – Master's Scholarship | DAAD / Munich Data Science Institute (Technical University of Munich & LMU Munich), funded by German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) | Masters | Stipend | confirmed |
| Linde / MDSI Master's Scholarship | Linde plc and Munich Data Science Institute (MDSI), Technical University of Munich | Masters | Stipend | confirmed |
| Max Planck School Matter to Life – Integrated Master's Scholarship | Max Planck School Matter to Life (BMBF/BMFTR-funded), delivered across nearly 60 partner laboratories at multiple German universities and Max Planck Institutes | Masters, PhD | Full | under review |
| Max Planck School of Cognition – Integrated Master's Scholarship | Max Planck School of Cognition (BMBF/BMFTR-funded, Max Planck Society) | Masters, PhD | Full | under review |
| Max Planck School of Photonics – Integrated Master's Scholarship | Max Planck School of Photonics (BMBF/BMFTR-funded), taught jointly by FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, University of Jena, and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) | Masters, PhD | Full | under review |
| RWTH International Academy – High Potential Student Grant | RWTH International Academy gGmbH, RWTH Aachen University | Masters | Partial | confirmed |
| RWTH International Academy – Women in Engineering Scholarship | RWTH International Academy gGmbH, RWTH Aachen University | Masters | Partial | confirmed |
| Zuse School ELIZA – Master's in AI Scholarship for Students from Underrepresented Groups | Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELIZA), coordinated by TU Darmstadt, funded by BMFTR and supported by DAAD | Masters | Stipend | confirmed |
| Zuse School ELIZA – Research-Oriented Master's Scholarship | Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELIZA), coordinated by TU Darmstadt, funded by BMFTR and supported by DAAD | Masters | Stipend | confirmed |
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