PRO­MOS schol­ar­ship

15 November for the mobility period 1 January – 30 June. The application portal opens on 15 October.

30 April for the mobility period 1 July – 31 December. The application portal opens on 1 April.

If the mobility periods overlap during your stay, please apply for the period in which the start date of your stay falls. Separate application deadlines apply to the PROMOS “group trips” programmes and internships for Charité students.

The following two conditions must apply to your project:

1. You are regularly enrolled at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Bachelor or Master)
2. You will not receive any other scholarships from public funds for your project abroad (e.g. DAAD or Erasmus+). The Deutschlandstipendium and PROMOS funding can be received at the same time. Special regulations apply to BAföG funding abroad, which you can read about in our FAQ.

Furthermore, one of the following conditions must apply to your project:

• You would like to study for a semester at a host university abroad and this stay cannot be funded by Erasmus+.
• If you are planning a two-semester stay at a partner university, you must also apply for a one-year DAAD scholarship. Funding through PROMOS is only possible if a letter of rejection from the DAAD has been submitted. If the application deadlines overlap, please apply to both the DAAD and the HU for PROMOS at the same time.
• You would like to complete a thesis abroad – regardless of the destination country.
• You would like to apply for group funding – regardless of the destination country.

Note on citizenship

The following are eligible to apply:

1. People who have German citizenship.
2. People who are of equal status to Germans in accordance with Section 8, Paragraph 1, Item 2 ff., Paragraphs 2, 2a and 3 of the Federal Education and Training Funding Act (BAföG). You can find the exact wording of the law (in German) at das-neue-bafoeg.de.
3. Non-German students and university graduates who are enrolled at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) in order to obtain their degree at HU. For people who fall under 2.) and 3.), stays in their home country cannot be funded.

Travel warnings

It is usually not possible to sponsor stays in countries or regions for which the Federal Foreign Office has issued a travel warning.

Applications must be submitted online. You can find the link to the online application portal in the information about the PROMOS programmes.

You need a letter of recommendation an assessment report for the PROMOS categories“semester stays” and “final theses”. programmes. Details can be found below under the programme categoriess. Have the reviewer send the assessment report directly to the following email address: promos.international@hu-berlin.de. Please ask the reviewer to send the letter of recommendation directly to the following e-mail address: promos.international@hu-berlin.de. It is not necessary to have a hard copy of the letter submitted by post. HU students who have already applied to a partner university through a university-wide cooperation agreement or who have been nominated by us for an exchange place can indicate this in their application. In this case, the letter of recommendation will be added to the application by the International Department.

Scholarship holders are selected based on academic achievements, motivation and personal profile. We encourage all qualified students to apply and promote diversity and inclusion.

There are no selection interviews; scholarships are awarded based on written documents.

Students who are nominated for an exchange place in the United Kingdom must submit a separate letter of recommendation from a lecturer in the department. This cannot be provided by the International Office.

Scholarship payments and requirements

• Country-specific monthly partial scholarship (Teilstipendium Aufenthalt) and/or one-off travel allowance (Teilstipendium Mobilität)Outside the Erasmus region or Erasmus programme countries
• For BA, MA, state examination students (excluding medicine)
• Funding period of up to 3 months

You must submit the following documents:

• Current certificate of enrollment
• CV (tabular)
• Letter of motivation (1-2 pages): Description of the study project with information about courses at the host university and whether the courses can be credited at HU (if possible in coordination with the Examination Office)
• Official academic transcript: AGNES extract issued by the Examination Office, with current average grade
• If applicable, copy of university certificates: B.A. / B.Sc. / intermediate examination (Zwischenprüfung) / intermediate diploma (Vordiplom)
• Language certificates: DAAD language certificate from the HU Language Centre, TOEFL or IELTS; unfortunately, university entrance qualifications (e.g. Abitur) are not sufficient proof
• Proof of initiation of the foreign project: Correspondence with supervisors on site, nomination letter from HU
• Letter of recommendation from a university teacher: (template in German , English on the integration of the project into your studies
• Copy of passport/ID card

The documents can be submitted in German or English.

You must submit your application in the application portal.

Scholarship payments and requirements

The stay abroad must be justified solely by the completion of the final thesis. Proof of the assignment of the thesis topic must be submitted with the application.

• Country-specific monthly partial scholarship (Teilstipendium Aufenthalt) and/or one-off travel allowance (Teilstipendium Mobilität)All countries
• BA, MA, state examination students (excluding medicine)
• Funding period of 1-3 months

You must submit the following documents:

• Current certificate of enrolment
• CV (tabular)
• Description of the project (2-3 pages) with justification for the project abroad and a detailed schedule for its completion abroad
• Official academic transcript: AGNES extract issued by the Examination Office, with current average grade
• If applicable, copy of university certificates: B.A. / B.Sc. / intermediate examination (Zwischenprüfung) / intermediate diploma (Vordiplom)
• Language certificates no more than 2 years old; for example, DAAD language certificate from the HU Language Centre, TOEFL or IELTS, if necessary, also a completed language course (language level must be clearly evident); unfortunately, university entrance qualifications (e.g. Abitur) are not sufficient proof
• Proof of initiation of the foreign project: for example, correspondence with supervisors, nomination letter from HU, also necessary for field research
• Letter of Recommendation (template in German , English); with confirmation of the relevance of the stay abroad for carrying out the work
• Confirmation of the awarding of the final thesis topic (Promos Thesis Confirmation does not have to be formally registered
• Copy of passport/ID card

The documents can be submitted in German or English.

You must submit your application in the application portal.

Scholarship payments and requirements

• Charité application process with different application deadlines
• Country-specific monthly partial scholarship (Teilstipendium Aufenthalt) and/or one-off travel allowance (Teilstipendium Mobilität)
• Applications are only possible within the framework of bilateral agreements and outside the Erasmus region or programme countries
• Only medical students
• 6 weeks to 3 months

For further information on the application process, please contact:

Ulrika Ubatzka

Reinhardtstr. 58

10117 Berlin

study-abroad@charite.de

Scholarship payments and requirements

• See information page for funding type
• Erasmus programme countries and worldwide
• BA, MA, state examination students
• Funding period of 2-12 days

Group trips are intended to give students and doctoral candidates the opportunity to meaningfully supplement their studies with group activities in an international context. For this reason, formats that allow students and doctoral candidates to interact with other international students from different universities and acquire in-depth specialist and intercultural skills are deemed particularly worthy of funding.

It is an advantage if the credits that students earn as part of the group trip can be transferred, and the activities of the study trip take place in a subject-focussed foreign language.

You must submit the following documents:

• Project outline
• Programme and itinerary
• Finance plan
• Proof of contact with / invitation to the (academic) institution in the host country
• List of participants
• Information on the project management/project coordination team and endorsement by the faculty/department

Application deadlines:

31 December for excursions from 1 January until 30 June of the coming year

30 April for excursions from 1 July until 31 December of the current year

Please send your application documents to erasmus.gruppen@hu-berlin.de

The funding amounts will depend on the host country and be based on EU and DAAD guidelines.

PROMOS Funding rates 2025

Confirmation from the university

DAAD Language certificate

PROMOS FAQ

Letter of recomendation

Final theses

Training Agreement