Germany Scholarships at Hessian universities

As the first state of Hesse wants to encourage students with powerful 300 € per month. However, the federal government assumes half the costs. The minimum term is one year of study.

The demand for graduates in Germany is rising everywhere. For this reason, Education Minister Annette Schavan (CDU), launched in February a new scholarship program. With the so-called Germany scholarship students are especially powerful with 300 € will be promoted in the month - regardless of parental income. The Hessian universities participate in the upcoming winter semester for the first time in the support program. The number of people affected is quite different, as a survey revealed the news agency DAPD.

The highest number of seats for the monthly promotion is open to students of Frankfurt's Goethe University. 161 such scholarships to be awarded it. 1355 applications were received for the courts, said the university upon request. It was also successful at the Goethe University in a record time of five months, attract not only the 161 scholarships for the current year, but 100 for the coming year. "The Goethe-University operates a very intensive fundraising to be able to next year already awarded more scholarships," said Astrid Irrgang from the student service center, "an expansion of the program is both federally and by the University of Frankfurt wanted" .

The grant amounts to € 300 per month. Minimum duration of the fellowship is one year. The universities must procure 150 € for the economy or private sponsors, the other half of the federal government. This may provide a total of 0.45 percent of its university students with a scholarship.

Not only for engineering students

The Technical University of Darmstadt could obtain funding commitments for 91 seats and thus reached the maximum number of scholarships to be awarded. Siemens spokesman for the Christian is a testament to the reputation of the university. "We offer courses that are in demand in the economy is very strong, such as engineering."
The soliciting of grants had been the responsibility of individual departments. "They often have better links with industry." Aimed at encouraging not only students of engineering sciences, "was also the humanities students are applying for a scholarship," says Siemens.

In comparison with the Rhine-Main area, it sees in central and northern Hesse is rather mau. Only 13 scholarships awarded by the University of Marburg, are at the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, there are 18, and at the University of Kassel, the application process will run for 30 seats. "Given the poor economic structure of Northern Hesse, it is not possible to attract us, more scholarships," said spokesman Guido Rijkhoek, "we lack here the big corporations." In the metropolitan areas because they have very different ways, he says.

Who is eligible, the universities themselves to decide Besides good performance in school and university and community involvement is important, according to the eligibility criteria of the Ministry of Education.

The Frankfurt University already wants to end the week decide which students to benefit from the scholarship, Germany. The timing, however, are different in each institution. Thus, in Kassel, yet the application process of students going on.