Partially funded

Graduation Completion Grant for International Students

Heidelberg University, Germany

Scholarship overview

The completion grant helps international students in their final semester who are in financial difficulty through no fault of their own to finish their degree. A commission decides, and there is no legal entitlement.

Award Information

International student in the final semester with good grades.
In financial difficulty through no fault of your own with no other means of support, or previously self-supporting but now needing to reduce part-time work to finish.
Not eligible: those who did not arrange sufficient financing before starting, whose savings or parents can cover the rest, funds for fieldwork or a stay abroad, tuition fee needs (apply for a fee waiver), exchange or short-term students, postgraduate master's students, doctoral students.

Summer semester: 1 to 28 February.
Winter semester: 1 to 31 August.

Complete the application form from the official page.
Email it with the documents to the International Relations Office, attention Ms Caroline Faure-Brac: [email protected].

Official links

How to apply (official)

Documents you will need

Completed application form.
Short informal letter (max. one A4 page) explaining the need.
Current transcript of records.
Confirmation from the examination office of final exam registration, or confirmation that you will take it within an agreed timeframe.
Current employment contracts, if applicable.
Bank statements for the last three months for all accounts.