What is the Deutschlandstipendium?

Act on the creation of a national scholarship program:

• Scholarship Program Act (“Stipendienprogramm-Gesetz”, StipG)

Ordinance on the implementation of the Scholarship Program Act:

• Scholarship Program Ordinance (“Stipendienprogramm-Verordnung”, StipV)

Directly to:

• Faculty of Protestant Theology
• Faculty of Catholic Theology
• Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Research
• Faculty of History
• Faculty of Philology
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Management and Economics
• Faculty of Social Science
• Faculty of East Asian Studies
• Faculty of Sport Science
• Faculty of Psychology

Faculty of Protestant Theology

• General and faculty-specific scholarships
• The basic criteria of the scholarship program apply.
• No additional faculty-specific criteria

Faculty of Catholic Theology

• General and faculty-specific scholarships
• The basic criteria of the scholarship program apply.
• No additional faculty-specific criteria

Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Research

• General and faculty-specific scholarships
• The basic criteria of the scholarship program apply.

Preferred applicants:

• Students from the 3rd semester (Educational Science)

Faculty of History

• General and faculty-specific scholarships
• The basic criteria of the scholarship program apply.

Preferred applicants:

• 5th or 6th semester (Bachelor's degree)
• Master's program

Special scholarships for students with a thematic focus:

• History of the Ruhr region and structural change in heavy industrial conurbations
• Banking history

Faculty of Philology

• General and faculty-specific scholarships
• The basic criteria of the scholarship program apply.

Preferred applicants:

• At least in the 3rd university semester

Faculty of Law

• The basic criteria of the scholarship program apply.

Preferred applicants:

• Students who are at least in their 3rd semester and at most in their 6th semester in the winter semester of application.

Faculty of Management and Economics

• General and faculty-specific scholarships
• The basic criteria of the scholarship program apply.

Preferred applicants:

• Completion of the foundation phase
• Grade of the foundation phase is taken into account

Special scholarships:

• Bachelor: "Accounting, Finance, and Taxation"
• Master: "FAACT degree program"

Faculty of Social Science

• General and faculty-specific scholarships
• The basic criteria of the scholarship program apply.
• No additional faculty-specific criteria

Faculty of East Asian Studies

• General and faculty-specific scholarships
• The basic criteria of the scholarship program apply.

Preferred applicants:

• From the 3rd semester onwards
• Students who overcome biographical hurdles, e.g. special family circumstances, health conditions, refugee background

Faculty of Sport Science

• General and faculty-specific scholarships
• The basic criteria of the scholarship program apply.
• No additional faculty-specific criteria

Faculty of Psychology

• General and faculty-specific scholarships
• The basic criteria of the scholarship program apply.

Preferred applicants:

• Bachelor students are given preference if they are at least in their 3rd semester.

Directly to:

• Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
• Faculty of Computer Science

Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering

• General and faculty-specific scholarships
• The basic criteria of the scholarship program apply.

Eligibility criteria:

• Outstanding academic performance
• Social commitment
• Appropriate duration of studies

Special scholarships:

• For certain Master's degree programs

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

• General and faculty-specific scholarships
• The basic criteria of the scholarship program apply.

Preferred applicants:

• Second semester B.Sc.
• No student assistant at the faculty
• Overcoming biographical hurdles, e.g. family circumstances, health challenges, neediness
• Underrepresented groups, e.g. first-time graduates

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

• General and faculty-specific scholarships
• The basic criteria of the scholarship program apply.

Preferred applicants:

• Overcoming biographical hurdles, e.g. special family circumstances, health requirements, refugee background, etc.

Faculty of Computer Science

• General and faculty-specific scholarships
• The basic criteria of the scholarship program apply.

Preferred applicants:

• Overcoming biographical hurdles, e.g. special family circumstances, health requirements, refugee background, etc.
• Underrepresented groups, e.g. first-time graduates, women

Directly to:

• Faculty of Mathematics
• Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
• Faculty of Geosciences
• Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology

Faculty of Mathematics

• General and faculty-specific scholarships
• The basic criteria of the scholarship program apply.

Preferred applicants:

• Students who have successfully completed the beginner modules
• Students with children, especially single parents, with appropriate grades
• Special personal or family circumstances, e.g. family circumstances, health challenges, neediness

Faculty of Physics and Astronomy

• General and faculty-specific scholarships
• The basic criteria of the scholarship program apply.
• No additional faculty-specific criteria

Faculty of Geosciences

• General and faculty-specific scholarships
• The basic criteria of the scholarship program apply.

Preferred applicants:

• Students who are at least in their 3rd semester

For questions:

• dennis.edler@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry

• The basic criteria of the scholarship program apply.

Preferred applicants:

• Students in their 3rd or 4th semester (Bachelor) who have achieved at least 83 credit points

Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology

• General and faculty-specific scholarships
• The basic criteria of the scholarship program apply.

Preferred applicants:

• Students with children, especially single parents, with appropriate grades

The following grades are taken into account in the selection process:

• for Bachelor students: Grades of the basic module examinations
• for Master's students: Grade of the Bachelor's degree and, if applicable, grades of Master's examinations already taken

Faculty of Medicine

• General and faculty-specific scholarships
• The basic criteria of the scholarship program apply.

Preferred applicants:

• Students in the clinical phase of their studies

The following grades are included in the selection process:

• Grade of the Physikum

Note:

• No transcript of records needs to be submitted with the application.

Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict

• General and faculty-based scholarships
• The basic criteria of the scholarship program apply.
• No additional specific selection criteria of the institution.

Double funding

• You can only receive another scholarship under certain conditions.
• Anyone who already receives a talent- and performance-related material grant of 30 euros or more per month from another institution cannot receive a Deutschlandstipendium.
• Information on double funding can be found in the overview of double funding of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (link leads to a German-language web page).

Offsetting against social benefits & other funding

The Deutschlandstipendium is generally paid regardless of your income and BAföG.

• BAföG: no offsetting, unless the total funding exceeds 300 euros/month.
• Unemployment benefit II & other social benefits: no deduction.
• Child benefit: no effect.
• Housing benefit: parallel receipt possible, but half of the scholarship is counted as income. If you have any questions about housing benefit, please contact the relevant housing benefit office.
• Health insurance - compulsory insurance (up to the age of 30 or 14th semester): no effect.
• Voluntary health insurance: The scholarship may lead to higher contributions.
• Maintenance claim against parents: The scholarship is taken into account to reduce child maintenance and counts towards the scholarship holder's income.
• (Half) orphan's pension: No effect, as the Deutschlandstipendium is independent of income.

Taxes & social security contributions

• The Deutschlandstipendium is generally not subject to tax or social security contributions.

Secondary employment

• Working student activities or other part-time jobs are permitted.
• However, the scholarship may not be dependent on a consideration for the sponsor or a job commitment.

University sponsorship programs

• are only an exclusion criterion if they are based on talent and performance.
• Permitted: Mentoring programs, soft skills courses, interdisciplinary further training.
• Not permitted: Cash or non-cash benefits, e.g. internet allowance.

Transition from Bachelor's to Master's Degree

• Application possible if the transition takes place without interruption: no waiting semesters, no exmatriculation
• Required documents: current transcript of records, Bachelor's certificate (if available), certificate of study for the first Master's semester
• Completion of the Bachelor's degree must be reported to us immediately.

Graduation or Change of Subject

• If you successfully complete your studies: Funding ends with the announcement of the overall result, at the latest two months after the last examination.
• Otherwise: The scholarship ends at the end of the month in which the scholarship holder discontinues their studies, changes their field of study or is exmatriculated.

Change of University

• Change to the same field of study: Scholarship continues for one transitional semester.
• Applies to changes of university in Germany and abroad

Leave of absence

• Scholarship is suspended during leave of absence, e.g. pregnancy, raising children, caring for a close relative
• No payment for unscheduled internships or non-subject-related stays abroad
• Leave of absence must be reported to us, reclaim possible.

Internship & leave of absence

• Compulsory internship in Germany and abroad: Scholarship remains in place.
• Internship not provided for in the study regulations: Scholarship is suspended for the semester in question. The leave of absence must be communicated immediately. RUB reserves the right to reclaim any excess scholarship money paid.

Voluntary internship without leave of absence

• Short-term (lecture-free period, individual weekdays): Scholarship remains in place.
• Internship with the current sponsor: Scholarship remains in place.
• Long-term (longer than 8 weeks, full-time): RUB reserves the right to discontinue the scholarship and to reclaim any excess scholarship funds paid.

Study abroad

• Subject-related including ERASMUS+: Scholarship remains in place, even with DAAD grant.
• Recommendation: If possible, study abroad outside the funding period to ensure regular exchange and contact with donors and other scholarship holders.

Temporary waiver of the scholarship

• Possible, e.g. for the duration of a DAAD-funded study abroad program or during other funding that cannot be received at the same time as the Deutschlandstipendium.
• This does not extend the approval period.