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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 Wissenschaft und
Kunst). Hochschule Hof gives semester or yearly scholarships to qualified foreign
students in need for the summer semester 2019 and/ or winter semester 2019/20.

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 2019 or winter semester 2019/20).
- International students must be exempt from tuition fees (expect service fees)
- 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 2019 and winter semester 2019/20
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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 2019: till April 22nd, 2019
Applications for the winter semester 2019/20: till October 20th, 2019

The online application has to be submitted before the application deadline.

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 2019

Jörg Noldin
International Office

Information sheet: scholarships for international students summer semester 2019 and winter semester 2019/20