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German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
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- Germany
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Summary
| Duration: | 2 months |
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| Quota: | Not defined |
| Application deadline: | 31 January |
| Benefits summary: | A part-cost grant of 1,300 plus additional benefits |
Last update: 18 October 2011
Description
These grants are awarded to enable students to attend intensive German courses at a language school or institute in Germany.
Eligibility
Applicants must meet the following requirements:
- Applications are open to students in Bachelor´s and Master´s programmes of all subject areas who will have completed at least two academic years of studies at the time of starting their funded stay, as well as to doctoral students.
- Graduates holding a Bachelor's degree are entitled to apply if a Master's programme will follow directly after the Bachelor´s degree. Please include the letter of confirmation by the higher education institution as proof.
- Applications are also open to graduates working in the higher education sector whose last degree was gained no longer than six years ago.
- At the time of commencing the scholarship, applicants must be registered in or working at a higher education institution in their home country or in a country in which they have permanent residence status (apart from Germany).
- Applicants from the fields of German studies, German as a foreign language, and from translation/interpretation degree courses are excluded from this programme.
- Applicants must present proof of German language skills which must at least be equivalent to level A1 and at most to level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
- The minimum age at the time of starting the funded stay is 18 years.
- An applicant may only be considered once for a DAAD Intensive Language Course or University Summer Course Grant in any three consecutive years.
- Alternative requirements may apply for some few countries as specified in the "Country Information" section.
Duration
The grants run for two months and can be taken between June and January. The grants cannot be extended.
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test. More information
Benefits
The DAAD awards a part-cost grant of 1,300.- euros, a flat-rate course fee allowance of 1,000,- euros, plus possibly a regionally graduated flat-rate travel allowance based on country of origin.
When completing the application form, applicants must specify which courses they wish to take. As far as possible, the DAAD will take these preferences into consideration when finally placing the grantholders; however, since the available places are limited, the DAAD reserves the right to choose an alternative course location.
Accommodation is generally booked via the course organiser.
Application information
Application papers
- Information on the application papers to be submitted is included on the application form ("Antrag auf ein Intensivsprachkursstipendium"/Application for an intensive language course scholarship - in German only), which can be obtained on the Internet ( www.daad.de/en/form) or from the DAAD regional offices, from DAAD- or IC- Lektors, from the diplomatic and consular representations of the Federal Republic of Germany, and from DAAD partner organisations.
- Consideration can only be given to applications if they are received on time and are complete, and if they provide details on all the examinations taken and document these appropriately.
- Please submit the grant application in a single copy.
- Additional information on the application process is available on the DAAD homepage: www.daad.de/deutschland/download/03118.de.html (further downloadable forms - FAQs for applicants and FAQs for scholarship holders)
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Additional information
Country-specific information, dates and deadlines, application address and advice
- Applicants must not send their application direct to the DAAD in Bonn.
- Applications must be sent to DAAD in Bonn, Section 513, via a DAAD Regional Office or via a DAAD-(IC-)Lektor, or via a Consulate-General or Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, or via a DAAD partner organisation.
- Applications must be received by the above offices in such good time that they can reach the DAAD, Section 513, at the latest by the following date: 31 January .
- Please go to www.daad.de/stipendien on the DAAD homepage to find further specific information for applicants from your home country. This information includes, inter alia, details on the offices to which applications have to be submitted.
- The above-mentioned website also contains the addresses of institutions that offer further information and advice in your country.
This listing is made possible as part of our cooperation with DAAD. The information about this scholarship originates from Stipendiendatenbank Ausland or Stipendiendatenbank Deutschland.
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