Deutschlandstipendium

If you are enrolled on a degree program at FAU and are studying for a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or the State Examination and have an IdM username, you can apply for the Deutschlandstipendium scholarship.

Anyone who is already receiving any other performance-based funding for gifted and talented students of more than 30 euros per month is excluded from applying for a Deutschlandstipendium. Further information is available on the website for the Deutschlandstipendium, under the heading “parallel funding”.

Doctoral candidates and exchange students are not eligible to apply either.

The most important requirements for receiving a Deutschlandstipendium at FAU are a students’ achievements.

Specifically, this means that applicants on an undergraduate degree program who are applying for a Deutschlandstipendium for the first time must have achieved very good grades in their university entrance qualification (average grade of 1.5 or better).

• If you are applying for a scholarship in the first semester of a postgraduate degree, it is the grade for the previous degree or the grade you used to apply for the postgraduate degree that is decisive (2.0 or better).
• If you are in a higher semester of an undergraduate or postgraduate degree when applying for a Deutschlandstipendium for the first time at FAU, you must prove that you have completed the achievements required for your degree program on the basis of the degree program and examination regulations up until the previous semester, obtaining an average grade of 2.0 or better (selection criteria quantity and quality of achievements).

In cases in which your duration of study is extended for serious reasons, such as a disability, pregnancy, acting as a caregiver or caring for a child, or for spending time abroad as part of your studies, the maximum duration of funding can be extended upon request.

The Deutschlandstipendium is usually awarded for two semesters (one funding year). Deutschlandstipendium scholarships are awarded during the standard duration of study only.

The funding period can also be shorter, for example if you receive funding from residual funds during the clearing procedure, terminate your degree program, no longer fulfill the requirements for awarding the funding or if there are no more funds available.

If you would like to continue to receive a Deutschlandstipendium scholarship from FAU after one year, you have to prove that you have completed the achievements pursuant to the degree program and examination regulations up until the most recently completed semester, with an average grade of 2.5 or better (selection criteria quantity and quality of achievements).

In cases of hardship, you may submit a certificate from a university lecturer confirming that you are either one of their most talented students or failed to demonstrate your true potential thanks to special personal circumstances.

As well as achievements while studying, personal circumstances may also be taken into account. These include caring for a child, supporting international students, caring for relatives, completed voluntary service, time spent abroad relating to your degree, voluntary work, and at least one year of professional experience or work in the family business.

For some scholarships, whether a student is receiving BAFöG or not can be taken into consideration during the selection process.

Some scholarship providers award their funding specifically to students of certain subjects or specializations. Please therefore indicate on your application if one of the following applies to your degree program:

Faculty of Engineering

• Microelectronics
• Metals within Materials Science and Engineering
• Battery technology
• Polymer technology
• Structural mechanics
• Manufacturing automation
• Supply chain management

School of Business, Economics and Society

• Finance, Auditing, Controlling, Taxation (FACT)
• Supply chain management
• Insurance marketing and/or insurance economics

Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology

• Bavarian State Archaeology Department

Faculty of Medicine

• Nephrology
• Urology

The following scholarship providers will be awarding scholarships in winter semester 2026/27:

Alumni Fund of the FAU Deutschlandstipendium scholarship

Alumni des Fachbereichs Physik e. V.

BASF SE

BBBank Stiftung

Berufsbildungswerk Philipp Jakob Wieland

Bürgerstiftung Erlangen

CFGI Germany GmbH

develop group AG

Diehl Stiftung & Co. KG

DR. MICHAEL MUNKERT STIFTUNG

Dr. Stefan Thürmer

Dr. Florian J. Schreiner

d-fine GmbH

Elfriede Dauer-Stiftung

Fackelmann GmbH + Co. KG

Gabriele und Helmut Münstedt Stiftung

Geis Industrie-Service GmbH

Gesellschaft für Archäologie in Bayern e. V.

Götz-Gebäudemanagement Nordbayern GmbH & Co KG

Holger und Iris Schmidt-Stiftung

Hans Thomann-Stiftung

HUK-COBURG

Ilse- und Dr. Alexander-Mayer-Stiftung

Intego GmbH

Klemens und Ursula Stehr Stiftung

Peter Kurz

MAN Truck & Bus SE

Malteser Waldkrankenhaus Erlangen gGmbH

MAUSS-Daeschler-Stiftung

Max und Justine Elsner-Stiftung

NürnbergMesse GmbH

Prof. Dr. Karl Hartmann

Prof. Dr. Heinrich Niemann

ProMik Programmiersysteme für die Mikroelektronik GmbH

PSD Bank Nürnberg eG

quattro-form GmbH

RÖDL

Rotary Club Erlangen-Schloss

Rotary Club Nürnberg

Rudolf Kempe GmbH & Co. KG

Schlaeger M-Tech GmbH

Schmitt GmbH

Signorotto, Massimiliano

STAEDTLER Foundation

Stiftung für Nephrologie

Stiftung NÜRNBERGER Versicherung

Stiftung “Zukunftsfähig durch Bildung”

TADANO FAUN GmbH

uniVersa Lebensversicherung a. G.

Urologische Privatpraxis Prof. Dr. Bastian Keck

VEDES AG

Versicherungskammer Bayern

Viola und Dr. Thomas Wagner

Hans Wormser AG

XITASO GmbH

As well as scholarship providers who do not wish to be named.

You will be sent the decision concerning the scholarship via campo. We expect to be able to announce the results at the end of September.

Until then, we cannot give you any information about the status of your application.