Funding for programs abroad

Application deadlines:

April 15 (study abroad in winter semester)

October 15 (study abroad in summer semester)

Faculty of Economics & Media

6 scholarships of 1.000 Euro (per semester) for following destinations:

• Adelphi University (New York; IBM only)
• Berkeley College / Pace University (New York)
• University of Technology Sydney (Sydney)
• London Metropolitan University
• Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (Kuala Lumpur)
• Universitat Autònoma (Barcelona)
• SILC (Shanghai)
• Griffith College (Dublin)

Faculty of Design

3 scholarships of 500 Euro each (per year) for the Faculty of Design’s other Study Abroad programs (e.g., at Berkeley College; Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Vancouver Island University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and/or Istituto Marangoni)

Please click here for the complete scholarship regulations and here for some useful tips for a successful application. If you have any questions about the scholarship, please contact the International Office team: international@hs-fresenius.de

You have the possibility to apply for „BAföG“ for the semester abroad. Students are often entitled to „BAföG“ abroad, even though they are not entitled to „BAföG“ in Germany, for example. With „BAföG“ abroad, for example, subsidies are paid for tuition fees as well as for living expenses.

Responsible BAföG-Offices:

• New York: Studierendenwerk Hamburg
• Kuala Lumpur: Studierendenwerk Tübingen
• Sydney: Studierendenwerk Marburg

Are you active on social media and would be happy, for a honorarium, to inspire others with your adventure abroad? Then take a look at the „ERLEBE ES!“ campaign by „studieren weltweit“ and apply for the winter semester abroad by May 1st and for the summer semester by November 1st! You may soon become a correspondent! Here you will find all the important information.

• Minimum stay of three months
• Partial scholarship or travel allowance (a selection committee decides on the type and duration of funding)
• Preference will be given to individual mobility
• The study visit must take place outside Europe or at a European university that is not an Erasmus partner university
• Unfortunately, tuition fees cannot be covered

• Minimum stay of two months
• Partial scholarship or travel allowance (a selection committee decides on the type and duration of funding)
• The internship stay must take place outside Europe (all EU countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Turkey are excluded from funding)
• Exceptionally, internships can also be funded in the period between the Bachelor’s degree and the start of the Master’s program; the prerequisite here is that admission to the Master’s program has been granted.

• Minimum stay of three months
• Partial scholarship or travel allowance (a selection committee decides on the type and duration of funding)
• The stay for writing the thesis must take place outside Europe or at a European university that is not an Erasmus partner university.

• Group travel with a number of participants of 5 to 15 students and a duration of 5 to 12 days (must be accompanied by a university teacher).
• Trips with a predominantly touristic program as well as lecture and congress trips are not supported.