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Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM

BW-Stipendium

The aim of the Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM for students is to promote the international exchange of highly qualified German and international students. The ties between the universities in the state of Baden-Württemberg and their international partners are to be developed and strengthened in accordance with the principle of reciprocity. The scholarship is an award for particularly qualified students whose social and intercultural skills are also emphasized.

The foundation supports1 to 2 exchange semesters for international exchange students at the University of Freiburg and for University of Freiburg students who study for 1 or 2 semesters at a partner university abroad.

Calls for application

 

Outgoings (Freiburg students going abroad, who will study at one of UFR's overseas partner universities as exchange students)

Before Applying

After Applying

Start of the scholarship

Further information

Incomings (Students from international partner universities who will study at the University of Freiburg as exchange students)

Application regulations

The Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM is only available for exchange students within the university-wide exchange programme “Freiburg Global Exchange”. This means that only students who are studying at UFR for 1 or 2 semesters as exchange students within this programme (coming from one of the partner universities that are part of this programme and who are accepted as exchange students by the International Office at UFR) to UFR, are eligible to apply. Erasmus students, students studying a joint study programme, those who plan to study here via a departmental exchange programme or as free movers (outside the mentioned exchange programme), or who are planning on completing a complete course of studies in Freiburg (degree-seeking students) are not eligible to apply! In cases of doubt or questions please contact .

Please also note that the scholarship is only intended for regular study stays. Therefore, all scholarship holders are required to complete a regular study period in Freiburg on a full-time basis (or doctoral students a research period on a full-time basis).

 

Amount and duration of funding

Master and bachelor students from our partner universities who are awarded the scholarship will receive 800 euros per month; doctoral candidates will receive 1000 euros per month. The scholarship period depends on the lecture periods at UFR (October – February and/or April – July). As there is a special programme line of the Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM for certain countries called „Regionale entwicklungspolitische Komponente (REK)“, students from our partner universities in South Africa and Ghana can be funded with 1000 euros per month.

Special needs of scholarship holders with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses:

Students with disabilities or chronic illnesses can apply for additional assistance (Beihilfe). If required, please contact the International Office before applying for the scholarship:

 

Application procedure

1. Applicants must apply at their home university’s exchange coordinator, by submitting the completed application form including their handwritten signature. The coordinator must send this form to the following email address and thereby nominate the student for the scholarship application: bw-stipendium@zv.uni-freiburg.de.

 

If there are several applicants from the same university, the home university's coordinator has to include an official ranking of all applicants.

 

The application form can be downloaded here.

Applications from incoming students are only accepted if the application form is forwarded by the International Office at their home university to the International Office at UFR before the end of the respective deadline. No applications sent directly to the International Office in Freiburg by a student will be accepted.

 

2. After submitting the application form at their home university’s International Office, applicants must apply online. The online application can be found here:

 

www.bws-world.de/en/register-3-university-en

 

After their successful registration, applicants must complete the required personal information and upload the following documents, in German or English:

 

  • a letter of motivation
  • your resume
  • current transcript of records issued by your home university
  • language certificate (German or if all courses taken at UFR will be English-taught, English). You can use the form provided here or also other tests that include the categories oral interaction, reading and writing (such as e.g. the TOEFL or IELTS test or Test DaF). Please contact us by email if you have doubts whether your test will be accepted, or not.
  • If you are only attending English-taught courses and English is your native language, please write a simple letter with your signature, stating that this is the case.
  • Doctoral candidates: Letter of acceptance issued by the professor who will supervise the studies at the University of Freiburg, including the start and end date of your stay, the working language, and a handwritten signature of the supervisor in Freiburg.

 

Students do not have to upload any documents in the other fields. Please note that the online application is not completed until it is submitted.

 

Please apply well in advance and some time before the deadline and SEND the online application once completed. You will receive an automatic email confirming your online application afterwards.
All information about the application procedure can also be found in the call for applications for incoming students on the front page.

For stays beginning in the winter semester 2025/26 (i.e. winter semester 2025/26 or winter semester 2025/26 AND summer semester 2026), the complete application, meaning the application form submitted by the home university and the online application completed by the student, must be received by the International Office at UFR by April 1, 2025.

For stays beginning in the summer semester 2025, students should be nominated by their home university as early as possible. The complete application must be received by the International Office at UFR no later than November 1, 2025.

Please note that only complete applications received before the end of the deadline will be considered.

Applicants will be notified by the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung about the acceptance or rejection of their application by the end of June 2025 (for stays beginning in the winter semester 2025/26) or at the end of December 2025 (for stays beginning in the summer semester 2025).

Reapplications
If you have previously applied for a Baden-Württemberg scholarship at the University of Freiburg, please contact the International Office first and state that you would like to reapply. Do not apply again with a new online profile, your online profile must first be activated for the reapplication.

 

Departmental Exchange Programmes

Applications from students studying here in Freiburg via a departmental exchange programme will be possible for specific departmental partnerships only. Before applying, please inquire with Ms. Obert whether this applies to your partnership by telling her, what your home university is, what you study and from when to when you want to study here as an exchange student:

Additional Information

You cannot receive any other scholarships that support living and studying in Freiburg in addition to the Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM. However, you are allowed to receive additional scholarships for other purposes, e.g. for travel costs. In case of doubt or questions please contact bw-stipendium@io.uni-freiburg.de.

Contact person

Your contact is the International Office at UFR. For inquiries, please use: .

The Baden-Württemberg Stiftung has given the operational control of the scholarship program to the individual universities. General information about the scholarship can be found on their website. Please direct all questions to the International Office of the University of Freiburg. All announcements, deadlines, and other information regarding the scholarship amount and duration are determined by the University of Freiburg.