Scholarships for international students about to graduate
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The Department for International Affairs is offering graduation scholarships for international students from special funds of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Free State of Bavaria. Students in master’s and state examination programs can apply for the scholarship.
The application deadline for the graduation scholarship is November 21, 2025, 12:00 noon.
About the scholarship
The final semester scholarship is:
- intended to support international students during the last months before graduation, usually while writing their thesis or taking final exams
- paid out to successful applicants in one transaction
- amounting to 1000 EUR in total,
Two weeks after application deadline, successful applicants will be informed by e-mail about the next steps to take.
Unsuccessful applicants will be informed as well.
Conditions of eligibility
- only international students without German citizenship or permanent residence may apply
- FAU graduation planned by end of March 2026 (end of Winter Semester 2025/26)
- good or very good grades (current GPA between 1,0 and 2,3)
- minimum 75 ECTS visible in your transcript of records
- German language proficiency at least at basic level
- financial need: only students who have a monthly income of under 992 EUR (single persons) are entitled to apply. Students with low income will be given priority. A statement regarding the applicant’s financial situation has to be made in the application form. Savings and funds in blocked accounts do not count towards the monthly income.
- active enrollment at FAU
exchange students, students enrolled in Bachelor’s degree programmes and students enrolled in one-year orientation, pre-master, or postgraduate programmes are unfortunately not eligible.
Which documents are required?
Applications are submitted online. All documents required from the student must be uploaded into the application portal. Incomplete applications will not be processed.
- completed online application form
- up-to-date transcript of records (from “Mein Campus” or equivalent document)
- current certificate of enrollment
- CV
- reference letter from a full FAU professor, including an assessment of the student’s performance and an estimate about her/his date of graduation. Please use the template provided, see below. The recommendation letter must be sent as a pdf from the evaluator’s personal FAU e-mail account to peter.forna@fau.de.
Kindly complete the online form and upload your documents as soon as possible. The recommendation letter can be handed in later on, but must arrive before the deadline.en Nachweise hoch. Das Gutachten kann bis zum Ende der Bewerbungsfrist nachgereicht werden.
How to fill the online-application
Important: Your login to the online application consists of your IDM login name and password.
When filling the application form, kindly make sure to give the information as mentioned below:
“Academic year”: 2025/26
“Semester der Bewerbung (Semester for which you apply)”: Wintersemester 2025/26
You can switch the communication language within the portal. Kindly fill out the online application first and submit it. You will receive an e-mail after successful submission of your information. This e-mail contains a confirmation link which takes you to the second part of the application procedure. You will have to perform a few additional formalities within the platform, (eg. upload documents, etc.) before your application is complete.
Reference letter
Kindly use the template provided. The recommendation letter must be sent as a pdf from the evaluator’s personal FAU e-mail account to peter.forna@fau.de. Kindly complete the online form and upload your documents as soon as possible. The recommendation letter can be handed in later on, but must arrive before the deadline.
Contact
If you have any questions or need further assistance, feel free to contact Peter Forna at the Office for International Affairs.