How to apply for the Deutschlandstipendium

Any student enrolled for one of the study programmes at Trier University of Applied Sciences can apply for the Deutschlandstipendium. You have to be within your standard period of study (Regelstudienzeit) and your studies should continue for at least two semesters (the period for which the sholarship is awarded). The standard period of study may only be exceeded due to serious reasons (such as disability, pregnancy, childcare, or study time abroad). In this case, you must hand in an extra letter describing your case along with your other application documents.

The main criteria in the selection process are: academic achievement, social commitment, and your private circumstances. This means that your grades should be above average. Further qualifications (such as degrees and training prior to your university studies, awards, internships) are also counted as academic achievement. Social commitment includes every action that is not primarily aimed at one's own advantage but at the benefit of society in general or groups within. The scholarship aims to support students who achieve academic success under difficult personal circumstances - be it that they have a history of migration, have to support themselves with jobs, are affected by health issues, or have children of their own.

The three main criteria possess different weight in the selection process:

• academic achievement: 60 %
• social commitment: 20 %
• personal circumstances: 20 %

You can apply for the Deutschlandstipendium every year from July 1st to August 31st.

Applications are to be submitted via our online application platform DSTIP. The link will be provided on this website during the application period. 

Please consult the Application Agreement for the detailed list of required documents. You can download the Application Agreement from this website and the application portal.

Your application may be in German or English. If your application documents are in a third language, an officially certified translation into German must be added.

The application portal DStip can be used both in German or English.

After the period of one year, scholarship holders may reapply for the Deutschlandstipendium if they still fulfill all the criteria listed above. Reapplications can be submitted online via the application platform DSTIP from July 1st to August 31st. For your reapplication, you need your login data, which was allocated during your first registration on the platform.

Please consult the Application Agreement for Reapplications for the detailed list of required documents. You can download it from this webseite and the application portal.

Letters of recommendation from lecturers can be handed in voluntarily, they are not mandatory. They can earn you an extra point in the "academic suitability" section.

There are no content or formal requirements for letters of recommendation; reasons for the recommendation and the recommendation itself can be recorded in an informal letter.

Please submit the letter of recommendation together with all other application documents via our online application portal. Should your lecturer as an exception prefer direct submission to us, the letter of recommendation can be sent to deutschlandstipendium(at)hochschule-trier.de until the end of the application period.