The scholarship Deutschlandstipendium is intended to provide selected, particularly talented and committed first-year students and students at KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt with a reliable additional source of funding, initially for a period of one year. This is intended to give the recipients the opportunity to better concentrate on their studies.

The Deutschlandstipendium is awarded regardless of nationality and recognises academic achievements to date or - for first-year students - achievements at school. In addition to excellent school or study achievements, special successes, awards and prizes, previous employment and internships as well as extracurricular or extracurricular commitment and special personal or family circumstances are also taken into account, which show that the candidates have also taken on social responsibility and / or have successfully overcome obstacles in their own life and educational path.

The Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt decides for itself, within the legally prescribed framework conditions, whether and to whom it grants the Deutschlandstipendium. There is no legal entitlement to the Deutschlandstipendium, which is financed by the federal government and private sponsors.

The amount of the Deutschlandstipendium is € 3,600 per year, half of which is paid by companies, foundations, associations or private individuals, for example, and the other half is contributed by the Federal Government. The scholarship is paid out in instalments of €300 per month. The prerequisite for funding is enrolment at the KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. In principle, the scholarship is granted for an initial period of one year. The funding period begins on 1 January of each year. The maximum funding period depends on the standard period of study of the respective degree program.

Scholarship holders worthy of support according to the defined criteria are carefully selected by a selection committee and receive the grant within the standard period of study for a maximum of one calendar year. Re-application is possible within the standard period of study. Initial applications and re-applications must be submitted online via a portal within the application deadline.

New, as well as already enrolled students of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt can apply as long as they haven't exceeded the maximum length of their program. Applicants from all faculties and programs are welcome! The Deutschlandstipendium is awarded irrespective of income and does not count towards Bafög grants.

Doctoral candidates and students already being supported by a merit-based scholarship exceeding 30 euros per month are excluded from the Deutschlandstipendium.

The application period for the Deutschlandstipendium at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt for the calendar year 2026 is probably from 06.10.2025 (08.00 hrs) to 24.10.2025 (23.59 hrs) inclusive.

Here ist the corresponding release link for the application portal, which is activated exactly during this period.

General information on the Deutschlandstipendium at the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

The scholarship begins on January 1 and is initially awarded for one year.

The amount of the scholarship is 300 euros per month and is paid out as a non-repayable grant. Of the 300 euros, 150 are pledged by a private sponsor and the German state matches that amount by putting forward an equal sum of 150 euros.

I. Requirements for a scholarship

Students can be funded if they are enrolled at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt at the beginning of the scholarship period. Students enrolled in a doctoral program will not receive a scholarship. Selection criteria are:

1. For first-semester students:
   a) the average grade of the entrance qualification with due consideration of the individual grades relevant for the chosen field of study or
   b) the qualification entitling that student to study a specific program at the KU.
2. For already enrolled students:
   a) the examination grades to date (including the ones from previous semesters), escpecially the ECTS credits obtained or the results from an intermediate examination (Zwischenprüfung/Vordiplom).
3. When looking at the promise that an applicant shows, special consideration shall be given to
   a) particular successes, awards and prizes, past phases of employment and internships
   b) extracurricular commitment such as volunteering, commitment in society, social work, University or politics or an involvement in religious societies, associations and organizations
   c) particular personal or family history such as illness and disability, parenthood, especially as a single parent, care-giver to elderly relatives, support in a family-owned business, working while studying, family background or immigration background.

II. Application deadline and application process

The exact application deadline for the Deutschlandstipendium at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt for the calendar year 2025 will be announced here. All applications must be submitted only via the DSTIP application portal. The corresponding release link for the application portal will be activated here during this period.

Any applications submitted in violation of the required form or the cut-off deadline will be disregarded.

The student applies for the program in which the student is enrolled or will be enrolled.

Documents to be submitted by the student:

The following documents have to be submitted with the application for a scholarship:

1. a letter of motivation of a maximum of two pages,

2. a CV in table form,

3. the final record of the university entrance qualification, in case of foreign qualifications: a translation of text and grades into an equivalent in German,

4. a certificate of enrollment, if applicable,

5. the documentation of a qualification entitling the applicant to study a specific program at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt,

6. for applicants, studying towards a Master's degree or enrolled in a Master's: the certificate of a first academic degree as well as any further certificates according to the selection criteria for the Master's degree program.

7. if applicable, certificates on grades, modules and ECTS credits to date,

8. if applicable, references and letters of recommendation from previous periods of work or internship and any other documents, attesting to the suitability of the candidate's personal, professional or family background for the Deutschlandstipendium according to Section 6 para. 2 of the guidelines for awarding Deutschlandstipendien at the KU (Richtlinien für die Vergabe von Deutschlandstipendien an der Katholischen Universität Eichstätt–Ingolstadt).

If the application documents are not in German or English, they have to be submitted with a certified translation in German.

Regulations on the awarding of the Deutschlandstipendium at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

The legal basis for awarding the scholarship is provided by a support program of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the German act on scholarship programs Stipendienprogramm-Gesetz (StipG), the Federal Government regulation on scholarship programs Stipendienprogramm-Verordnung and the guidelines Richtlinien für die Vergabe von Deutschlandstipendien  for the awarding of Deutschlandstipendien issued by the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.

III. Selection process

From the entirety of applications submitted in due form and on time, the selection committee selects, on the basis of the selection criteria, the applications of the candidates that it will propose to the Presidium plus an additional number of applications as spares in case applications are withdrawn or cannot be approved for other reasons.

The selection commission is made up of

1. one member of the Presidium as head of the committee
2. two student representatives (from different faculties)
3. two representatives of professors or university teachers according to Section 17, para. 2, number 1 BayHSchG (from different faculties)
4. the Women and Equal Opportunity Officer of the University

The Presidium approves scholarships on the basis of the decision of the selection commission for a scholarship period of one year at a time. The letter of approval gives details on the scholarship period, the sum the scholarship amounts to and the length of the scholarship. The maximum length of scholarship is determined by the standard length of the respective program. The letter of approval states the deadlines at which certificates of records and examinations have to be submitted, so the University can do the annual check-up on scholarship holders' grades.

There is no legal claim to the Deutschlandstipendium scholarship. The guidelines for awarding Deutschlandstipendien at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt apply.

Additional legal guidelines for the award of the scholarships are the Stipendienprogramm-Gesetz (StipG) and the Stipendienprogramm-Verordnung of the Federal State of Germany.

After the end of the application deadline, applications will be sent to the selection committee of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. The KU then selects scholars from all the submitted applications. When the final decision is made, all the applicants are notified.

The maximum duration of the Deutschlandstipendium is based on the standard period of study in the respective degree programme (see § 7 para. 2 sentence 2 of the guidelines for the awarding of Deutschlandstipendien at the KU in conjunction with § 6 para. 1 sentence 3 Stipendienprogramm-Gesetz StipG). § Section 6 (1) sentence 3 of the Scholarship Programme Act StipG) and can only be granted for the duration of the standard period of study.

Please refer to your examination regulations for the possible number of semesters of the standard period of study for your degree programme. Your own standard period of study for your degree programme may currently be longer. This is the case if you are already enrolled in one or more semesters (SS 2020, WS 2020/2021, SS 2021, WS 2021/2022) in your current degree programme during the coronavirus period and have not taken leave of absence. These semesters are added to the standard period of study specified in the examination regulations. If this applies to you, please contact the Examinations Office to confirm the maximum time limit for your individual standard period of study.