Deutschlandstipendium at KIT

• EUR 300 per month for one year, paid regardless of the student's or parents' income.
• Half of the amount is federal funding and half comes from private sponsors.
• Repeat application is possible after the year ends.
• Payment can be suspended during leave of absence (for example parental leave or a DAAD-funded study abroad programme) and resumed on return, but only until the end of the agreed period.
• Scholarship holders are assigned to a sponsor and join the Deutschlandstipendium network; a scholarship ceremony is held each autumn (12 November 2026) and attendance is voluntary.

• Application phase 2026: 13 to 30 April 2026.
• Next application period: 14 to 29 April 2027.
• Late uploads of university entrance qualification, bachelor's certificate, enrolment certificate and transcript: until 30 June.
• Acceptance or rejection by post: October to November.
• Scholarship ceremony: 12 November 2026. Duration: one year.

1. Apply online through the KIT Career Service website during the April application period. Use the KIT-account login form if you are a KIT student, or the school-leaver form if you are not yet enrolled. Applications by email are not accepted.
2. Upload all documents as PDF (maximum 4096 kB per document, one file per upload field; merge multiple documents into one PDF).
3. Keep the confirmation email you receive after submission until selection is finished. If it does not arrive, write to [email protected].
4. Submit outstanding documents through the link in the confirmation email by 30 June.
5. Receive the decision by post in October to November and keep your address and email current.

• Curriculum vitae in tabular form, 1 to 2 pages, up to date.
• Letter of motivation, maximum 1 to 1.5 pages, addressed to your faculty; describe honorary posts and personal circumstances there.
• Internship and work references.
• Proof of professional and social commitment, only on an official body's letterhead.
• Current grade transcript with the number of credits (can be submitted or corrected by 30 June).
• University entrance qualification (can be submitted by 30 June).
• Bachelor's certificate for master's students (by 30 June); mention it in the letter of motivation.
• Certificate of enrolment (can be submitted later).
• Other certificates such as prizes and awards or proof of personal circumstances.
• Foreign documents only as officially certified translations (German or English); foreign grades must be converted to the German grading system. The International Students Office can help.

A faculty jury scores applications by category; no selection interviews are held. Within each category only the highest-rated proof counts, and each faculty weights the points differently.

• Social commitment: 50 points for current commitment in a position of responsibility; 30 points for current continuous commitment without a leadership role; 10 points for older or sporadic commitment.
• Overcoming a personal hurdle: 25 points, for example a student with a child, caring for relatives, own mental or physical limitations, proven persistently precarious finances, non-academic parental home, experience of flight or political persecution, previous employment, second-chance education diploma, or a completed dual study programme.
• Professional commitment: 25 points for multiple competition successes requiring considerable extra work; 15 points for multiple participation without prizes; 5 points for one-off participation or a completed internship.
• Academic performance and school results are also assessed.
• A rejection does not bar later applications.