For students and prospective students

The Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences has been participating in the Deutschlandstipendien program since 2011. For the winter semester 2023/2024, several scholarships were awarded to students from various degree courses at our university.

For the 2024/2025 academic year, we have already received commitments to support students at Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences by co-financing one or more Deutschlandstipendium scholarships.

Applications for a Deutschlandstipendium can only be made online. The online application portal provided by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research is available for this purpose. The portal is activated once per academic year exclusively for the application period.

Your application must be uploaded to the application portal in full with all necessary attachments within this time window. Only then will it be valid and processed accordingly. Unfortunately, incomplete applications cannot be considered.

The regular approval period covers one academic year (01.09.2024 - 31.08.2025). The monthly funding amount is €300.

Applications that are not submitted on time and in the correct form will not be considered in the selection process. This means that written applications sent by post will not be admitted to the application process and will therefore not be processed. The basis for the application is the revised regulations on the awarding of Deutschlandstipendien dated April 13, 2022.

• You must first create an account. You can then use your password to log into the system at any time.

• You will need to download the application agreement (here or in the portal). Print it out, sign it and attach it to your application later (scan).

• It is possible to save your application documents temporarily and continue later. However, you must send your application within the application period for it to be valid.

• Mandatory fields that must be completed urgently are marked with a blue star*.

• The selection menu in the portal makes the process easier for you. You can easily switch between the different parts of the form.

• You must upload your attachments in PDF format.

• The uploaded documents should not be photographed from the screen. Only legible documents can be considered in the application process.

• Please send your cover letter, which you upload under the attachments, to the Rector of Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences,
  Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Kratzsch, Theodor-Körner-Allee 16, 02763 Zittau.

For first-year students

a) the average grade of the university entrance qualification with special consideration of the individual grades relevant to the chosen course of study or

b) the special qualification that entitles the applicant to study in the respective degree program at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences.

For students already enrolled

The academic achievements to date, in particular the ECTS points achieved and the results of the module examinations, for students on a Master's degree course also the final grade of the previous degree course.

In the overall assessment of the applicant's potential, the following should also be taken into account in particular

• special achievements, awards and prizes, previous professional experience and internships,

• extracurricular or extracurricular commitment such as voluntary work, social, social, university or political commitment or participation in religious societies, associations or clubs,

• special personal or family circumstances such as illnesses and disabilities, caring for own children, especially as a single parent, or close relatives in need of care, working in the family business, gainful employment while studying, family origin or a migration background.

Please upload your attachments in PDF format in the fields provided under "Attachments" in the online application form. (Maximum data volume of 2 MB per document.)

You must attach the following documents to your online application:

1. a signed application agreement (includes a declaration of consent to the processing of personal data in the application and selection process and must be completed)
2. a letter of motivation of no more than two pages
3. a curriculum vitae in tabular form
4. the certificate of higher education entrance qualification; in the case of foreign certificates, a translation that can be transferred to the German system and converted into the German grading system
5. if applicable, proof of a special qualification that entitles the applicant to study in the respective degree program at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences
6. for applicants for a place on a Master's degree course, the certificate of a first university degree and, if applicable, other certificates of achievement in accordance with the admission and selection regulations for the Master's degree course
7. Proof of previous academic achievements, if applicable
8. If applicable, internship and work references as well as proof of special awards and prizes, other knowledge and other commitments

Note: To support the selection process, you will be asked in the portal to upload the attachments once individually and once bundled (i.e. all attachments together) in the respective mandatory field. We apologize for this duplication.

If the application documents are not in German or English, an officially certified translation into German must be attached.

The application must be for the degree program in which you are enrolled or for which enrollment has been requested.