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Deutschlandstipendium at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

Scholarship overview

The Deutschlandstipendium is a merit-based scholarship programme launched by the BMBF in 2011 to support talented and committed students. At JGU it is funded jointly by private donors and the federal government: each donor contribution of EUR 1,800 per scholarship is matched by the BMBF, so that recipients receive EUR 3,600 per funding year.

Beyond very good grades, selection takes into account social or civic engagement and personal achievements, including overcoming obstacles in one's educational biography, and special social, family or personal circumstances such as a migration background.

All JGU students can apply except doctoral candidates. Prospective students can also apply for the coming winter semester.

Award Information

  • Enrolment at JGU is required to receive the scholarship. Prospective students may apply for the coming winter semester.
  • Doctoral candidates are excluded; only students up to the consecutive Master's degree are eligible.
  • Very good study results, or a very good university entrance qualification (for example the Abitur certificate) for first-semester students.
  • Further criteria considered: special achievements, awards and prizes; extracurricular or non-academic engagement such as voluntary, social, university-political or political work, or involvement in religious communities, associations or clubs; special personal or family circumstances such as illness, disability, caring for own children (especially single parents) or relatives in need of care, part-time employment during studies, or a migration background.
  • The scholarship is not awarded if the student already receives performance-based funding from another institution, with exceptions under certain conditions.
  • International applicants may submit an application in English or German and, where necessary, have transcripts converted to the German grading system.
  • There is no legal entitlement to the scholarship.
  • EUR 300 per month, paid as a grant with no repayment (EUR 3,600 per funding year, half funded by the BMBF).
  • Payment requires continued enrolment at JGU.
  • The scholarship is not counted against BAfoeG benefits.
  • Awarded for two semesters at a time, at most for the standard period of study of the programme. The maximum funding period can be extended on request for serious reasons such as disability, pregnancy, child care or a subject-related stay abroad.
  • Payments continue during a subject-related stay abroad within the approval period, including Erasmus, even alongside a DAAD mobility grant.

Funding year 2026-27: the application phase closed on 1 June 2026, and applicants receive an e-mail response by mid-September 2026. Check the official page for the next call.

  1. Complete the online application and upload all documents. Written paper applications have not been accepted since 2021.
  2. Include a motivation letter explaining why you should receive the scholarship, your current situation (studies, focus, engagement) and your intended career path.
  3. An automatic confirmation is sent after the online application is submitted.
  4. Applicants in their second or later subject semester with exam results are selected by the faculty committees; first-semester applicants and those starting the following winter semester are selected by a central committee.

Contact

Referentin Deutschlandstipendium: [email protected]; [email protected]

Official links

Documents you will need

  • Online application with motivation letter
  • Proof of performance: entrance qualification for first-semester applicants, or proof of all passed courses and exams; copies need not be certified
  • Proof of awards or engagement, such as certificates of recognition
  • A statement (Stellungnahme) from a professor, which may come from a previous university; stamped by the institution or sent by e-mail from the professor's official address to [email protected]

How selection works

  • Students in at least their second subject semester with completed exams: selected by the committees of the faculties.
  • First-semester students and those starting the next winter semester: selected by a central committee.
  • Decisions weigh grades, achievements, engagement and personal circumstances. Unsuccessful applicants can apply again in later calls.

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