The Rhineland-Palatinate State Scholarship at Trier University of Applied Sciences

The scholarship is financed by the Rhineland-Palatinate Scholarship Foundation, a foundation for the promotion of talented students and young academics. The scholarships are awarded by the individual universities. Academic and general personal aptitude are the award criteria.

Funding is available to all students at an academic university, in our case students at Trier University of Applied Sciences.

The amount of the scholarship depends on the funds made available by the foundation each year. Scholarships are awarded via the "Excellence" and "Talent and Social Engagement" funding lines.

In the "Talent and Social Engagement" funding line, the scholarship amounts to 3,600

per year, and around € 3,000 per year in the "Excellence" funding line.

The Rhineland-Palatinate state scholarship is awarded for one academic year, consisting of winter and summer semester. Applications must be received in full including all attachments by July 15 at the latest at the President's Office by e-mail (pdf document). A decision on the award will be made at the beginning of the winter semester.

Documents to be submitted:

a grant application (see application form)
a maximum of one-page self-portrayal of the applicant, clearly stating the achievements required in the criteria (in German or English).
a tabular one-page curriculum vitae (in German or English)
copies of certificates, diplomas and other proofs documenting the application and the curriculum vitae (in German or English)
an official, complete transcript of grades from the examination office showing the average grade
These documents must then be sent in electronic form as a coherent pdf document with the note "Landesstipendium" to the President's Office at the following e-mail address: landesstipendium(at]hochschule-trier.de.
an explicit evaluation report from a professor at Trier University of Applied Sciences (see evaluation report form; note: the two scholarship officers at the university do not prepare a report). The applicant has to make sure that the reviewing professor forwards the review to the following address: landesstipendium(at]hochschule-trier.de (deadline 15.7.).

The following criteria are evaluated in the state scholarship and weighted differently depending on the funding line:

Academic/professional qualification

Applicants must have a very high level of academic aptitude. The following characteristics are relevant for assessment in this context: excellent academic performance, partial grades and grade point average verified by the examination office, academic and professional qualifications, artistic qualifications, involvement in research, examinations, other academic and artistic activities and experience, internships, academic and artistic awards.

2. General personal suitability

Under the condition that a very high academic aptitude exists, further characteristics are to be assessed: Active interests outside the subject area, experience abroad, age and length of study, involvement in student university self-administration.

3. Social commitment

Activities are taken into account here, such as participation in the student university self-administration, participation in the care of relatives, participation in aid organizations (e.g. DRK, THW, fire department), assumption of responsibility in other organizations or associations or political commitment, awards for voluntary work.

Simultaneous receipt of other talent and performance-related scholarships is not permitted.

Formal admission criteria:

Only students of Trier University of Applied Sciences
Applicants must be enrolled students at Trier University of Applied Sciences with a Bachelor's, Master’s, or Diploma degree.