Deutschlandstipendium

The application deadline has passed and the Deutschlandstipendien have been awarded for this year. The next application deadline is expected to be in July/August 2025.
Please check in advance whether you generally meet the requirements for the Deutschlandstipendium.Here you can find the eligibility criteria and the guidelines of DSHS Cologne. The guidelines also clearly define the eligibility criteria for competitive athletes, for example.

Important: Since the winter semester 2022/23, national squad athletes have the opportunity to apply for the NRW Sports Foundation Scholarship. You can find more information here. 

Notes on the application:

1. please click on the link and complete the application form in one go, as the data cannot be saved temporarily. Before the final submission, you have the opportunity to check your data again and correct it if necessary. Your attachments do not need to be uploaded here.

2. after submitting, you will receive a confirmation of receipt email with an upload link for your supporting documents (only PDFs with a maximum of 1.5 MB per document), which you must upload within the application deadline. If you do not submit the required documents before the application deadline, your application will be deemed not to have been submitted. An exception to this is the late submission of the certificate of enrollment for applicants who have informed us in advance.

3. the application is considered complete when you have filled out the form in full, the supporting documents have been uploaded and you have not heard from us again. In case of ambiguities/incompleteness, we will inform you before the deadline.

4. please avoid sending the application form more than once, as we have to check all applications from the same applicants due to the very high workload involved in multiple applications.

If you have any questions or problems with the application form, please send an email to: s.fekete@­dshs-koeln.de.

Please check in advance whether you meet the eligibility criteria for the Deutschlandstipendium in general. Click here for the eligibility criteria and the guidelines of the GSU (DSHS) Cologne. The guidelines also clearly define the eligibility criteria for competitive athletes, for example.

Important: Since the winter semester 2022/23, national squad athletes have had the opportunity to apply for the NRW Sports Foundation Scholarship. You can find more information here.

The following documents/evidence in PDF form are required for the application:

• Curriculum vitae in tabular form (maximum two pages, attached to the online application as a PDF file in the appendices)
• Letter of motivation including explanations of professional goals, volunteer work, use of scholarship money, name and address (maximum two pages, attached to the online application as a PDF file in the appendices)
• Certificate of social commitment/voluntary work
• University entrance qualification
• If applicable, current certificate of enrolment for the WS 24/25 (only for students)
• If applicable, notification of admission for a study place for WS 24/25 (only for first-year students); applicants for a Master's programme should submit their notification of admission upon receipt. If the recipients have been selected before the notification of admission has been received, the DSHS will check internally whether the place has been granted
• If applicable, training certificate
• If applicable, proof of a professional activity (reference; no part-time jobs)
• If applicable, the current grade table for the course of studies to date, including an average grade calculated by the Examination Office (a prerequisite for funding for high-performing students is an average grade of at least 2.0). Important note: The average grade is urgently required in any case and must be calculated by the Examination Office! If the student intends to apply for the "Deutschlandstipendium", it is the student's responsibility to ensure in good time that the corresponding grades are entered by the teachers so that an average grade can be calculated. First-year students or students who do not yet have any meaningful grades apply with the last final grade (e.g. high-school exam grade, Bachelor grade)
• For teacher training students: In addition, the grade table + calculated average grade of the University of Cologne/Siegen is required (if the corresponding grades are not shown in the grade table of the DSHS Cologne)
• If applicable, current proof of membership of respective squad, membership of a German national team (for competitive athletes)
• If applicable, proof of sporting success (for competitive athletes)
• if applicable, copy of the birth certificate of the child(ren), and proof of family responsibilities
• If applicable, proof of disability/chronic illness
• If applicable, proof of your own migration background (birth certificate)
• If applicable, certificate of internship or "Voluntary Social Year"
• If applicable, other documents which favour funding

A checklist for the required documents/evidence can be found here.

In questions of interpretation and in the event of any contradictions between the German and the following translated version, the German version shall legally apply.