Masters Scholarship by Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW)

Published: 24 Oct 2022

Hamburg University of Applied Sciences awards scholarships to academically strong international students studying in Bachelors and Masters degree programmes. The good news is that the City of Hamburg subsidises degree programmes at Hamburg universities, so the school does not charge tuition fees for national and international students except professional Master’s programmes.

HAW Masters Scholarship

Benefits of HAW Masters Scholarship

• Masters: up to 500 Euros/month for up to five months.
• An application for a further semester is possible.

The scholarship is for one semester; an extension for a further two semesters is possible, if all the courses per semester are completed with a grade average of at least 2.5.

Requirements for HAW Masters Scholarship

Applicants must meet the following criteria in order to apply for the scholarship:

• You are an international master student at the HAW Hamburg.
• You have completed your school education abroad or have successfully graduated form a Studienkolleg.
• You have completed your graduate program in Germany or abroad.
• You are not eligible for a BAföG loan (Federal Training Assistance Act). If you fulfill the criteria for a BAföG loan you are not eligible for the scholarship even if you do not actually receive the funding.
• Students from the courses Design, Public Health, Public Management, Social and Health Management as well as the further educational masters in Heide and Lüchow-Dannenberg cannot apply for the scholarship.

Application in the first semester: You have completed a your Bachelor’s degree in the semesters required and a „very good“ or „good“ grade according to the German grading system.

Application Deadline

How to Apply