How can you make sure that you can cover the costs that arise during your studies?
The easiest way to fund your studies is to rely on the financial means at your own or your family's disposal – but not everyone is that lucky.
Below, we share some possibilities to help you finance your studies.
If you want to earn your own money while studying, make sure that you know the relevant regulations that match your residency title etc. Students are limited in terms of hours they can work (there is a maximum number of hours allowed per week) and wages (only a certain amount is allowed).
For students from outside the European Union, the regulations are even more rigorous: a maximum of 140 days full-time work (or 280 half days) is allowed – compulsory internships not included.
The DAAD provides information about student work regulations in English.
Working at the university
We carry out numerous R&D projects in many labs, as well as design and social projects in the non-technical departments. Some of them are financed to include student cooperation that can be remunerated (so-called HiWi jobs). If your professor believes you are suitable, you may be able to participate in such projects, or alternatively offer tutorials to other students in a determined area.
There are several scholarship opportunities for exchange and degree-seeking students. Please check the information of each scholarship to find out if you are eligible to apply.
If you want to apply for a scholarship, please collect the neccessary information well in time. Some scholarships have deadlines a year before your arrival in Mannheim.
The DAAD data bank will help you find many other opportunities for obtaining financial aid, besides the DAAD scholarships.
Scholarships for particularly committed international exchange and degree-seeking students are intended to improve support for international students. The scholarship holders perform supervisory tasks or similar services that serve the international exchange.
You can find all the neccessary information here. Please also note the STIBET FAQs provided here.
The German state of Baden-Württemberg offers a limited number of scholarships for international exchange students each year.
Students from one of our international partner universities in the non-Erasmus area with a valid student exchange agreement who are nominated for a semester abroad at Hochschule Mannheim can apply for the scholarship. The only exceptions from the Erasmus region: Stockholm University and Jönköping University (however, simultaneous receipt of Erasmus+ funding and Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM is not possible).
You can find out more about this scholarship here.
For certain degree-seeking students before coming to Germany. Please check if you are eligible.
Target group:
This programme is aimed at students and doctoral candidates with a recognised refugee status and / or a right to asylum who can be shown to be at risk in their country of origin due to their ethnic, sexual, gender or religious identity or their political or civic engagement formally or de facto the right to education is denied.
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers the “Hilde Domin-Programm” scholarship programme with funds from the Federal Foreign Office. The programme is designed to support endangered students and doctoral students who are formally or de facto denied the right to education in their country of origin to start or continue studying in Germany in order to obtain a degree or doctorate at a German university. The students and doctoral candidates nominated and selected within the framework of the program are enrolled in courses of their personal choice and individual qualifications and receive a scholarship that covers the necessary costs of the study or research stay.
The long-term goal of the scholarship programme is to enable students and doctoral candidates to study at a university or a research stay in a safe environment so that they can make an important contribution to the political, economic and social development in their countries of origin after completing their studies or research project (respectively in Germany or third countries). All recipients of the scholarship programme receive interdisciplinary qualifications in an accompanying social science programme in order to increase the chances of free personal development and a contribution to society.
The nomination and selection process:
Potential candidates cannot apply for the Hilde Domin programme independently, but are nominated by the management (president / rectorate) of an institution that is based in Germany as a legal entity. The nominating institutions and organisations must submit a nomination form provided by the DAAD with a declaration of nomination to be added. Then, on the basis of an initial plausibility check, suitable candidates will be contacted by the DAAD and asked to apply via the DAAD's online application portal. The application documents submitted by the candidates are then checked by the DAAD for completeness and formal correctness. The final selection of the candidates is made by independent selection committees appointed by the DAAD. As part of the selection process, both the risk and the academic performance are assessed.
Further information on the DAAD website.
Contact: International Office, incoming.io@hs-mannheim.de
For exchange students. In order to be able to participate in the European scholarship programme Erasmus+, your home institution must have signed an agreement with the corresponding department at Mannheim University of Applied Sciences and specifically selected you for the scholarship.
If you have questions regarding your Erasmus+ scholarship, please contact the International Office of your home university.
Every year, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers numerous study scholarships on its own or in cooperation with national institutions in different countries. The application process usually takes place a long time in advance, so it is highly recommended that you enquire about deadlines and requirements early on.
The DAAD website provides comprehensive information about their scholarships and how to apply.
Together with the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. exchange organisation Institute of International Education (IIE), the DAAD has created a new scholarship program: the Gilman-DAAD Germany Scholarships. This means that up to 40 scholarships worth a maximum of 5,000 US dollars will be awarded each year to Bachelor students in the US who wish to study in Germany.
Scholarship recipients can take summer or winter courses in Germany, participate in selected study abroad programs, study for one or two semesters or do internships in companies.
Find out more on the Gilman scholarship website.
Did you know that small and medium-sized enterprises represent 99% of all German employers?
The Mannheimer Modell Mittelstandsstipendien is an entrepreneurial initiative in cooperation with Mannheim University of Applied Sciences and supported by the CCI Rhine-Neckar. Regional small and medium-sized enterprises sponsor selected students with scholarships. For more information about the firms involved, the scholarships available and the application procedure, visit this page (in German) or contact the Career Center.
Mannheim University of Applied Sciences awards and administers the so-called Deutschlandstipendium (Germany scholarship). Donations from different companies as well as private foundations facilitate this funding option.
Some calls for applications are specifically related to a department, whereas other opportunities are completely independent of the focus area.
For more information about the current scholarships and the application procedure, visit the this page (in German) or contact the Career Center.
The combined scholarship and support programme STIBET is aimed, among other things, at improving support for international students by awarding scholarships.
Mannheim University of Applied Sciences receives funding from the DAAD in order to support the programme with funds from the Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt).
The scholarships are provided by the DAAD and administered and awarded by the International Office of the Hochschule Mannheim. The payment of the scholarship is subject to the allocation of sufficient funds.
Who may apply depends on the type of scholarship.
Students should always fulfil the relevant requirements. Good to very good academic grades are also expected.
Please send your complete application documents via email to stibet.io@hs-mannheim.de
We will then confirm receipt of your documents and contact you if we have any further questions.
Applications are possible at any time. The application deadlines are at the end of February, end of April, end of August and end of October.
After the application deadline has ended, the selection committee decides on the applications received in good time.
Applications are possible for one semester, which corresponds to the next 4 to 6 months after the application deadline.
This means that if you apply for the deadline at the end of February, you could be accepted for the upcoming summer semester (March to August), if you apply for the deadline at the end of April, you could be accepted for the current summer semester (May to August), if you apply for the deadline at the end of August, you could be accepted for the upcoming winter semester (September to February) and if you apply for the deadline at the end of October, you could be accepted for the current winter semester (November to February).
Applications for more than one semester will not be accepted. Please reapply for the next semester by the next application deadline.
The approval period also depends on what you have indicated in your application. For example, you can also apply for a scholarship for just three months.
Please note that we cannot guarantee that you will receive a scholarship for the desired period.
No, as it is not possible to obtain several DAAD-funded scholarships at the same time.
Please only apply for the scholarship that best suits you and your situation. Please note the requirements and documents to be submitted. If the selection committee decides that another scholarship is more suitable for you, we will inform you and request additional information and documents if necessary.
The minimum duration for all scholarships is one month.
The maximum duration depends on the scholarship for which you are applying.
Please note that Mannheim University of Applied Sciences only grants scholarships for a maximum of one semester. It is possible to apply again to renew the scholarship.
Unfortunately, backdated funding is not possible. For example, if you apply for the deadline at the end of April, we can unfortunately only award scholarships from May onwards and not backdated to the start of the semester in March.
In addition to the completed data sheet, we require the following documents:
You can apply for a scholarship of between €250 and €992.
The minimum amount is €250. The maximum amount is based on the maximum rate of BAföG which is the financial support given to students under the Federal Training Assistance Act in Germany.
You specify the amount you require in your application. If you are accepted, the selection committee will review your application and determine the amount of the scholarship based on your documents and the available funds.
Please note that Mannheim University of Applied Sciences is unable to award full scholarships due to limited financial resources.
You are allowed to earn money as a scholarship holder.
However, your income and the scholarship may not exceed a certain amount. Therefore, please let us know the amount of your income.
If you start a part-time job during the term of your scholarship, please inform us of your income as soon as possible, as we may have to adjust the scholarship amount.
After the application deadline has ended, the selection committee reviews all applications received and decides on the selection of scholarship holders and the amount of the corresponding scholarships in a meeting. Depending on the number of applicants, the selection process may take shorter or longer, as the number of applications varies. For some applications, further information may be required.
Please do not send requests regarding the status of your application. We will contact you in any case.
If the selection process takes longer, you may receive the first scholarship payment together with the second scholarship payment in case you are accepted.
Please note that the selection committee is not obliged to justify its decision on the selection of scholarship holders.
Students should always fulfil the relevant requirements and submit the required documents in complete form. Good to very good academic grades are expected.
The selection committee will review your documents and the available funds to determine whether funding is possible and, if so, how much.
Please note that Mannheim University of Applied Sciences is unable to grant full scholarships due to limited financial resources.
Re-applications are possible. Please note the relevant requirements of the individual scholarships and the required documents.
To renew your scholarship, you must reapply for the scholarship. It is not sufficient to send an e-mail stating that you still need the scholarship. Please apply in good time before the application deadline ends and submit all the required documents (again). The selection committee will decide after the next application deadline whether the scholarship can be granted to you again and if so, in what amount. Please note that we can neither guarantee that you will continue to receive funding nor the same amount of funding.
Please note also the maximum funding period for your scholarship.
on the central website (in German)
Funding opportunities are regularly offered in research and management for postgraduate students. Watch out for calls for applications.
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