University Grant for Short Stays Abroad
The „Hochschulzuschuss“, a grant from Hochschule Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, supports short stays abroad (summer and winter schools as well as language courses) of h_da students. The scholarships are awarded on a first-come-first-served basis with consideration of the quality of the application. The prerequisites listed below must be strictly observed.
Important: You may only apply for the scholarship if you have successfully applied for the respective program beforehand.
AKTUELLES (22.04.24): Unfortunately we cannot accept any further applications for the Hanyang University Summer School (HISS).
Please note that we do not support purely subject-based programs with the university grant (see requirements).
Prerequisites
- Summer/winter school: participation in 2-4 week programs at partner/non-partner universities/external organizations. The program must either have an academic focus with accompanying social-cultural program or focus on acquiring intercultural competencies/cultural studies.
- Language courses: Participation in 2-4-week language courses of at least 25 hours per week.
- application at least 4 weeks before the start of the program
- complete application (see application process)
Application process
- Register your planned stay via MoveON (form "Short stay"). Send the PDF to overseas.int@h-da.de. Otherwise you won't be able to complete step 2.
- Subsequently, apply with the form "University Grant for Internships and Short Stays" and submit the following documents online as well:
- Letter of motivation (1-2 pages)
- Current enrollment certificate
- Grade table (printout from departmental grading system)
- Confirmation from the provider with exact details on duration, scope and content
- Inform us via overseas.int@h-da.de that you completed the application.
Only completed and duly submitted applications will be considered.
Please note:
- there is a number of scholarships available each year
- Only stays that do not follow or precede a previous stay abroad in the same country can be funded
- Summer and winter schools must always have a socio-cultural component. The technical component is optional.
- No programs exceeding a duration of 4 weeks will be funded. Pro rata funding is not possible.
- The program prerequisites mentioned above must be met; otherwise, we cannot support the stay. We kindly ask to refrain from requesting exceptions
- Participants in the DAAD GoEast and Fulbright programs are excluded from funding. It is possible to apply for a scholarship via the respective program.
- Outgoers are strongly recommended to register on the website of the Federal Foreign Office for all trips, and especially for trips to regions with a critical security situation ("Elektronische Erfassung von Deutschen im Ausland (ELEFAND)")
- If the Federal Foreign Office has issued a travel warning for the country or region in question, the university cannot conclude/issue a scholarship agreement/scholarship confirmation.
contact
Darmstadt Campus
Overseas Programs
Ina Schnakenberg (she/her)
+49.6151.533-60073
overseas.int@h-da.de
Office: C23, 2.07