PROMOS Scholarship Direct

Students who spend a semester at a bilateral or ISEP partner university overseas as so-called "Study Abroad/Free Mover" students (without a tuition waiver) may apply for a scholarship. It is important that TU Dortmund University has a university-wide partnership agreement with this university.

Departmental partnerships are not eligible for funding.

Stays in the home country are not eligible for funding.

If you do not have a bank account in Germany, please get in touch with us before applying.

Possible Universities

Eligible universities can be found under the information on independently organized stays abroad and then under "How do I find a university?" or on the website for the overseas exchange program. Only TU Dortmund University's partner universities are eligible.  If you have any questions, please contact the International Office.

Student Status

You must remain enrolled at TU Dortmund University during the entire semester abroad. However, a leave of absence ("Beurlaubung") is possible.

AuslandsBAföG

Students who qualify for AuslandsBAföG can only apply if the lump sum for tuition fees via AuslandsBAföG is not sufficient to cover all fees. To apply for this scholarship, you must apply for AuslandsBAföG and submit the rejection letter or acceptance letter (with the amount of funding for tuition fees confirmed).

You will become a part of the  Study Abroad Storyteller program and in regular intervals produce content for our website and the Instagram account tudo_international.

Students receive a tuition stipend of up to 3,000 EUR, according to the country-specific maximum limits from the DAAD for tuition fees (right column).

Students who qualify for AuslandsBAföG can only apply if the lump sum for tuition fees via AuslandsBAföG is not sufficient to cover all fees. In this case you will just receive as a scholarship the difference between the tuition fees and the lump sum from AuslandsBAföG.

Additional Funding

Students with special needs (at least GdB 50) or chronic illness can apply for up to 10,000 EUR additional funding from the DAAD; just be sure to contact the International Office early on in the planning process (six months prior).

The application deadline is 30 April for all stays abroad in the following academic year (approximately July in the same year to June in the following year).

The decision of the selection committee will be announced approximately one month later. One scholarship is awarded for the winter semester and one for the summer semester.

Missed the application deadline?

You can only apply after the application deadline if no scholarship has already been awarded for your intended semester. Please contact the International Office to find out whether it is still possible to apply at short notice for the semester of your stay abroad.

In your application, please showcase your creativity with submissions from Dortmund.  The creative application materials consist of three parts:

1. Your Introduction (in English)

Create an Instagram post in English (1 slide in portrait orientation, 4:5) introducing yourself as a new Storyteller. If you are selected as a Storyteller, we may publish your slide as part of the official introduction post on our Instagram account. Please design the slide in such a way that you would be comfortable with it being published. The post should include the following information:

• A photo of yourself
• Your name
• Your study program at TU Dortmund
• The university and the country in which you are carrying out your semester abroad (you may be creative!)
• Optional: Further information about you and your upcoming stay (e.g. motivation, expectations, hibbies or fun facts)

Requirements:

• Format: Instagram portrait orientation (4:5, z. B. 1080 × 1350 px)
• Free design—show us your creativity!
• If possible, use the Inter font (e.g., available for free in Canva).

2.  Post about Dortmund (in German)

Imagine you’ve been tasked with showcasing TU Dortmund and the Ruhr region through photos, videos, and short texts. To do so, put together a post in German that fits into one of the following categories. We also want to learn something from this post—tell us something interesting or, if applicable, something we didn’t know.

• Learning Everywhere
• Locals
• Special Places
• Culinary Exchange
• “When in Rome”

3. Reel: A Day in Dortmund (in English) 

Design a Story or Reel in English in the style of the PROMOS Storyteller takeovers on the account @tudo_international under the teme “A Day in Dortmund”. Once a semester, the Storytellers take over our account and show us everything from highlights to everyday life at the host university. Through your day in Dortmund, we want to see how creatively you can showcase student and daily life at TU Dortmund and in the region. Feel free to send us a finished story (consisting of your own photos and videos or a Reel) via an Instagram account or as individual files via Sciebo. Don’t forget to introduce yourself at the beginning and say goodbye at the end!

-→ Please only use your own photos and videos.

Please send the documents as one PDF and the creative posts through Sciebo/Instagram:

• Introduction slide and text in English
• One creative post in German
• A Story or Reel (A Day in Dortmund) in English

• Statement of Purpose and Study Plan for the stay abroad (up to 5 pages)
• CV/resumé (German or English)
• Letter of recommendation (from someone in a tecahing position)
• Admission Letter from the host institution (can be sent later)
• In case not apparent in the admission letter: Confirmation of the cost of tuition
• Grade report/Transcript of records
  (all grades from TU DO or from other schools, e.g. from BOSS)
• Confirmation of your GPA ("Durchschnittsnote") from the Examinations Office
  All students who have completed at least one semester at TU Dortmund University must submit proof of their average grade (GPA) from the Examinations Office. The PDF documents generated in BOSS will not be accepted. Please be sure to take care of this on time.
  If you are currently in your first semester, we can accept your GPA/grade report from your past studies or school.
• Current certificate of enrollment
• Letter from AuslandsBAföG (can be sent later)
• further materials that would support your application can be sent, for example reference letters from past employers, language certificates and certificates from language courses or volunteer work.

Please send all documents in one PDF via e-mail to going-abroad@tu-dortmund.de.

• Volunteer work and extracurricular activities
• Academic motivation and relevance for your studies
• Academic, linguistic and intercultural qualifications
• Academic achievement (a GPA of 2.5 is typically expected)

You will need to turn in the following documents after the semester ends:

• Transcript of Records from the host institution
• Experience Report and Consent Form
  (Template in the Checklist for Stays Abroad)
• Current certificate of study progress ("Studienverlaufsbescheinigung")

The documents can be sent to promos-stipendien@tu-dortmund.de through e-mail or with a ("public", not personalized) Sciebo link.