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Scholarships

The largest Scholarship programme can be found at the Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD). Post graduates can apply for a scholarship at the DAAD. Most home countries have external representatives of the DAAD at the local universities Außenstellen / Informationszentren. Mostly these are lecturers in the department of German language studies.

Stiftungen und Begabtenförderungswerke offers various scholarships, the scholarships have different conditions, please follow the link to take a closer look.

The German universities offers scholarships to certain foreign students. More infos under Philipps-Universität.

International students not managing their finances at some stage of their studies are allowed to receive a single financial support from the church. Some universities have private associations supporting the foreign students in times of need. Please contact the social services of the Student Council or the Akademische Auslandsamt at the Philipps-University to get more information.

1. BAföG is the financial support programme for German students. In certain cases foreign students qualify for this support as well.

Foreign students may receive BAföG when:

• a parent has German citizenship or
• the married partner has German citizenship or
• the student is without citizenship, asylum or accepted refugee
• a parent worked in Germany for three years within six years before enrollment or
• the student worked in Germany for five years before enrollment.

Detailed information concerning BAföG at the Studentenwerk Marburg.

2.In exceptional cases foreign students may receive financial support from the government, more infos under Bildungskredit .

3. In exceptional cases it is possible to receive housing free of charge, and other reductions. Please contact the social services of the Student Council Studentenwerk Marburg for more information.

All foreign students not coming from a EU/EWR-state or Switzerland must have a working permit if they want to work in Germany.  There are many conditions about the nature of your job, make sure to inform yourself Deutschen Studentenwerk