Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, students of continuing education courses can apply for the Germany scholarship. Find a list of eligible courses here.

Please note: Other forms of advanced education cannot be sponsored.

Yes.

Yes. For beginning university students, what counts is the average grade of their university entrance exam. For students who are in their first semester of a master’s program, we look at the final grade of the previous bachelor’s program.

The scholarship is generally only awarded within the standard period of study, unless there are special reasons. Corona is one of these. In the application form, in the last field under "Notes", appropriate comments must be made as to why the studies have to be extended due to Corona. This includes, for example, the cancellation of exams and internships.

The application phase for the Deutschlandstipendium at the University of Potsdam for the funding period  winter semester 2025/2026 and summer term 2026 starts on July 1, 2025.

If it is still unclear for which programme you will be accepted, you can enter your favorite programme in the scholarship application.

In the "notes" field at the end of the application, you can indicate other study programme applications. However, if a scholarship is granted for a specified programme, this acceptance remains provisional.

Yes, you can apply if you are within the standard period of study in the winter semester 2025/26 (scholarship duration: six months).

Please note that you can only receive the Potsdam University Scholarship if you are within the standard period of study or can give reasons why you are exceeding the standard period of study. This includes, for example, a study-related stay abroad or raising a child. For detailed information on the maximum period of eligibility, please refer to § 7 of the Stipendienprogramm-Gesetz.

The Deutschlandstipendium is not counted towards the BaföG. Students can therefore receive both types of funding.
For other scholarship programmes, the type and amount of the scholarship is decisive. Students who already receive a talent- and performance-based grant that averages 30 Euro or more per month will not receive a university scholarship or must forego their material support if they wish to receive the university scholarship (see §4 StipG). It should be noted here that the waiver of tuition fees does not count as material support.

Yes. The scholarship will continue to be paid during a subject-related stay abroad within the period of approval. This also applies within the framework of the ERASMUS program if the scholarship holder simultaneously receives a mobility grant from the DAAD (see § 6, paragraph 4 StipG).

This depends on the amount and type of scholarship funding. Basically, the following applies: If you already receive a talent- and performance-based material support that averages 29.99 Euro/month or more, you cannot receive a Potsdam University Scholarship (as part of the UP's Deutschlandstipendium programme).