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INFORMATION SHEET

Scholarships for international students at Hochschule Hof

Under the condition of reception of financial means from the Bavarian Ministry of
Science, Research and the Arts (Bayerische Staatsministerium für Bildung und
Kultus, Wissenschaft und Kunst) and the DAAD (Stibet III), Hochschule Hof gives
semester or yearly scholarships to qualified foreign students in need for the summer
semester 2018 and/ or winter semester 2018/19.

The scholarships shall provide financial support for foreign students to cover extra
costs for living and study materials during their studies at Hochschule Hof.

There is no legal title for the scholarship!

I. Who can apply?

Applicants must fulfil the following requirements:

- international students must be enrolled as full-time students or double-degree

students (not possible for exchange students) at the Hochschule Hof for the
respective semester (summer semester 2018 or winter semester 2018/19).
- international students must be academically (previous examination
performance) and personally qualified. Foreign students enrolled in Bachelor
courses must have achieved a minimum of 90 ECTS to be eligible. Please
attach proof.
- international students in financial need. Hochschule Hof may at any time ask
for proof of given information.

Students receiving any additional public funding (e.g. BAföG, DAAD, Erasmus, any
kind of governmental scholarship) for the same period of time cannot be considered
and are exempted from this scholarship!

Please note:

“Bildungsinländer”, which means foreign students holding a German university

entrance qualification (e.g. Abitur, Fachabitur) must present a written confirmation
following §8 of the BAföG-law, that they are not eligible for BaföG funding.

Information sheet: scholarships for international students summer semester 2018 and winter semester 2018/19
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Which documents have to be provided?

- completed online application form

- proof of enrolment
- latest transcript of records (Master students add a copy
of their final transcript of their Bachelor degree in either German or English
language) – with average rating
- Cover letter with short CV
- proof of nationality (e.g. copy of passport)

Only complete and legible applications will be considered.

Application deadlines:

Applications for the summer semester 2018: till April 13th, 2018
Applications for the winter semester 2018/19: till October 26th, 2018

The Declaration of application has to be submitted before the application deadline in

the International Office to Mr. Noldin (room A 015).

Payments:

The scholarship depends on the financial means provided available for the respective
semester. It lies between 100,00 € - 659,00 € per month.

Hof, March 2018

Jörg Noldin
International Office

Information sheet: scholarships for international students summer semester 2018 and winter semester 2018/19