How can I apply?

You can apply for the Germany Scholarship if you belong to one of the following categories:

• New students who would like to begin their studies at Heidelberg University in the winter semester,
• Students who want to transfer to Heidelberg University in a higher semester or begin a Master's degree programme in the winter semester,
• Students enrolled at Heidelberg University (except for short-term students, doctoral students, students in the preliminary induction German course or the preparatory course (Studienkolleg)).

New and continuing medical informatics students apply at Heilbronn University for the Germany Scholarship.

Good to know: You have not yet received a confirmation of a university place at Heidelberg University for the upcoming winter semester or will enroll later? This is not a problem, because you can apply before having received a confirmation of a university place or before getting enrolled.

Please note: The application for a scholarship is not an application for a university place. Therefore, please apply additionally for a university place at Heidelberg University.

Note: Anyone receiving aptitude or performance-based financial support of 30 euros or more per month on average cannot receive a Germany Scholarship, even if approved. You can still apply for a Germany Scholarship if you are receiving other support in the amount specified above, but if approved, you must choose one or the other. Since BAföG is income-related, it is not considered as another support.

Applications must be submitted in electronic and written form. The online application portal can be accessed via a link on this website from 15 July to 31 August. Your application is made for the funding period winter semester 2023 | 2024 – summer semester 2024. The information on the degree programme for which the application for a Germany Scholarship is being made thus refers to the upcoming winter semester (e.g. number of subject-related semesters or university semesters as of winter semester 2023 | 2024). To complete the application, a signed print-out of the online application form and the following documents must be received in written form by the university no later than the end of the application period on 31 August 2023. A certified translation into German or English is additionally required for any application documents not written in German or English.

Please note the following steps for your application:

1. Registration for the online application portal from 15 July 2023.
2. Complete the online application form and send it until 31 August 2023 at the latest.
3. Print out and sign the online application form and send it along with the necessary records and certificates to Heidelberg University | University Administration | Division 8 | Department 8.2 | Seminarstraße 2 | 69117 Heidelberg until 31 August 2023 (the receipt stamp date applies).

Please make sure to hand in the following documents in written form:

• Signed printout of the scholarship application submitted online
• Personal history that provides information about eligibility for funding (e.g. tabular CV)
• Students who are in their 1st or 2nd subject-related semester of an undergraduate degree programme in the upcoming winter semester:
  a copy of the certificate of the university entrance qualification. Foreign certificates require a copy of the original certificate as well as an official translation in German or English and if available a conversion to the German grading system (alternatively, you can calculate the German equivalent grade by yourself using the PDF-formula “Modified Bavarian Formula” (see below). In this case, please submit the completed PDF-formula of the calculation).
• Students who are in their 1st or 2nd subject-related semester of a Master’s degree programme or a second degree programme in the upcoming winter semester:
  a copy of the university degree certificate. If you do not know your finale grade by the end of the application period and/ or do not yet have the university degree certificate, please submit a current transcript of records containing your average grade in written form. Please submit a copy of your university degree certificate until 15 October 2023 (late submission deadline) and if this is not available, a provisional certificate of your university degree including the final grade in written form (in each case the date of the receipt stamp applies). Foreign certificates require a copy of the original certificate as well as an official translation in German or English and if available a conversion to the German grading system (alternatively, you can calculate the German equivalent grade by yourself using the PDF-formula “Modified Bavarian Formula” (see below). In this case, please submit the completed and printed PDF-formula of the calculation).
• Students who are in their 3rd or higher subject-related semester in the upcoming winter semester:
  the transcript of records of current date on the degree programme for which the application for a Germany Scholarship is being made. Foreign certificates require a copy of the original certificate as well as an official translation in German or English and if available a conversion to the German grading system (alternatively, you can calculate the German equivalent grade by yourself using the PDF-formula “Modified Bavarian Formula” (see below). In this case, please submit the completed PDF-formula of the calculation). If you have further questions, please contact the respective examination office. There are different regulations for the following degree programmes:
  • Human medicine
    Pre-clinical stage
    Qualified overall certificate including information on the percentile ranks achieved (Heidelberg Faculty) or the semester ranking (Mannheim Faculty)
    
    Transition from pre-clinical to clinical stage (1st semester of the clinical stage)
    Qualified overall certificate including information on the percentile ranks achieved (Heidelberg Faculty) or the semester ranking (Mannheim Faculty) and a copy of the certificate “Zeugnis über den Ersten Abschnitt der Ärztlichen Prüfung” (first stage of the medical state examination) including notification on results
    
    Clinical stage (2nd semester or higher of the clinical stage)
    Overall certificate including the results in the clinical stage and copies of the certificate “Zeugnis über den Ersten Abschnitt der Ärztlichen Prüfung” (first stage of the medical state examination) including notification on results
     
  • Dentistry (according to the old degree programme rules and regulations for dentists (ZÄpprO) from 26.01.1995 (commencement of studies by 30.09.2021))
    Pre-clinical stage
    Qualified overall certificate including information on the percentile ranks achieved and if available a copy of the certificate “Zeugnis über die Naturwissenschaftliche Vorprüfung” (intermediate science examination) as well as performance records for “Kursus der Technischen Propädeutik (ZPK)”, “Phantomkurs I der Zahnärztlichen Prothetik” and “Phantomkurs II der Zahnersatzkunde”
    
    Transition from pre-clinical to clinical stage (1st semester of the clinical stage)
    Qualified overall certificate including information on the percentile ranks achieved, a copy of the certificate “Zeugnis über die Naturwissenschaftliche Vorprüfung” (intermediate science examination), performance records for “Kursus der Zahnärztlichen Technischen Propädeutik (ZPK)”, “Phantomkurs I der Zahnärztlichen Prothetik” and “Phantomkurs II der Zahnersatzkunde” as well as a copy of the certificate “Zeugnis über die Zahnärztliche Vorprüfung” (intermediate dentistry examination)
    
    Clinical stage (2nd semester or higher of the clinical stage)
    Copies of the certificates “Zeugnis über die Zahnärztliche Vorprüfung“ (intermediate dentistry examination) and “Zeugnis über die Naturwissenschaftliche Vorprüfung“ (intermediate science examination) as well as certificates of the clinical performances
     
  • Dentistry (according to the new degree programme rules and regulations for dentists (ZApprO) from 08.07.2019 (commencement of studies by 01.10.2021))
    Pre-clinical stage
    Qualified overall certificate (pre-clinical stage I) including information on the percentile ranks achieved and if available a copy of the certificate “Zeugnis über den Ersten Abschnitt der Zahnärztlichen Prüfung” (first stage of the dental state examination) including notification on results as well as a qualified overall certificate (pre-clinical stage II) including information on the percentile ranks achieved
    
    Transition from the pre-clinical to the clinical stage (1st semester of the clinical stage)
    Qualified overall certificate (pre-clinical stage I) and (pre-clinical stage II) each including information on the percentile ranks achieved and copies of the certificates “Zeugnis über den Ersten Abschnitt der Zahnärztlichen Prüfung” (first stage of the dental state examination) and “Zeugnis über den Zweiten Abschnitt der Zahnärztlichen Prüfung” (second stage of the dental state examination) each including notification on results
    
    Clinical stage (2nd semester or higher of the clinical stage)
    Copies of the certificates “Zeugnis über den Ersten Abschnitt der Zahnärztlichen Prüfung” (first stage of the dental state examination) and “Zeugnis über den Zweiten Abschnitt der Zahnärztlichen Prüfung” (second stage of the dental state examination), each including notification on results, as well as a qualified overall certificate of the clinical performances
    
     

• Appropriate proofs in copy of voluntary engagements, voluntary internships, completed professional training, gainful employments during studies or school, prizes and awards or family and personal circumstances if they are supposed to be considered in the application process. 

• A current enrolment certificate for the upcoming winter semester 2023 | 2024 or a copy of the notification of admission for the upcoming winter semester 2023 | 2024.