Tips for filling out the Online Application Form

• Requested funding period*
• Requested monthly funding amount*

• Surname*
• First name*
• Salutation*
  • Mr
  • Ms
  • [Name]
  • No salutation
• Date of birth*
• Place of birth
• Country of birth*
• Nationality*
• Marital status*
  • Single
  • Married
  • Divorced
  • Widowed
• Preferred language for communication*
  • German
  • English
• Email address*
• Phone number

• Street and house number*
• Address supplement
• ZIP code*
• City*
• Country*

• Overall grade
• Country
• Date of issue

• Student ID number, if already assigned*
• Program of study*
• Degree pursued*
• Standard period of study*
• Beginning of the program of study*
• Planned date of degree completion*
• Number of semesters enrolled at a German higher education institution, if applicable*
• Number of subject-specific semesters, if applicable*
• Current average grade, if applicable*

• University degrees*
  • Name of the study program
  • Grade
  • Country
• Completed professional training*
  • Profession
  • Grade
  • Country

• Individual emergency situation*
• Refugee from [country]
• Politically or religiously persecuted in [country]
• Serious illness(es)
• Migrant background*
  • I have migrated myself
  • Due to one parent
  • Due to both parents
  • Not applicable
• Social or political commitment / awards / prizes
• Further information on your personal situation

• Parents
  • Non-academic parental home*
    • Profession / highest degree of both parents
  • Language of communication in the parental home
  • Parents are refugees from [country]
  • Loss of one parent / both parents*
    • I am a half-orphan
    • I am a complete orphan
    • Not applicable
• Siblings*
  • Number
  • Age
• Taking care of a close person / relative*
  • Time required
  • Relationship to the person in need of care
• Children*
  • Number
  • Age
  • If applicable: serious illness(es) of the child / the children
  • Single parent

• Status of the residence permit**
  • Application submitted
  • Application not submitted
  • Application approved
  • Application rejected
  • Not applicable
• Expiration date of the residence permit**

Credit balance, assets

• Credit on accounts, securities accounts or similar*
• Credit balance on and duration of blocked account**
• Cash assets*
• Other assets / asset values
• Sum of credit balance and assets*

Current / Planned monthly income

• Own income*
• Name of the current / prospective employer*
• Financial support from third parties*
• BAföG (Federal Training Assistance Act)*
  • Application submitted
  • Application not submitted
  • Application approved
  • Application rejected
  • If applicable: approved amount
  • If applicable: reasons for rejection / lack of entitlement
• Child benefit
  • For own children*
  • For myself*
• Housing benefit*
• Student loan program*
• Orphan’s pension*
• Scholarships (name, approved ammount)*
• Sum of all current / planned monthly incomes*

Current / Planned monthly expenses

• Rent*
• Utilities*
• Cost of living*
• Semester fee*
• Tuition fees**
• Application for tuition fee waiver*
  • Yes
  • No
  • Not applicable
• Semester ticket*
• Learning material*
• Phone / internet*
• Health insurance*
• Other insurances*
• Other expenses*
• Description of other expenses*
• Sum of all current / planned monthly expenses*

• Current CV (Curriculum Vitae)
• Letter of motivation (one to two A4 pages). Please refer to the information on the scholarship website.
• Copy of your university entrance qualification
• Copy of university degree certificates, if available
• Current Transcript of Records including your average grade, if available. Available on Portal² of the University of Mannheim, section “Selfservice”.
• Official notice of approval or rejection regarding BAföG to state how much support you receive or why you do not receive BAföG. In special cases, international students may replace this with a short statement in their letter of motivation. Please refer to the information on the scholarship website.
• Proof of any personal, family-related, or health-related circumstances, if relevant for the application.
• Other relevant documents (proof of professional experience, vocational training certificates, prizes, awards, birth certificates of children, etc.), if relevant for the application. If these documents contain information that is not relevant to the application, that information may be blackened. In the case of birth certificates, only the name of the child, the date of birth and the name of the applicant must be visible.
• If you are an international student: information on your residence permit
• If you are an international student: information on how you plan to meet the financial requirements for a student visa
• Declarations of Consent (PDF, 133 kB) of the father, mother or partner to collection, processing and transfer of personal data, if documents from third-parties are submitted.