Deutsch­land­sti­pen­di­um

The scho­lar­ships are award­ed in ac­cordance with the Scho­lar­ship Pro­gram Act of July 21, 2010, as amen­ded. The pur­po­se of the scho­lar­ship is to sup­port ta­len­ted stu­dents at the HfMDK who are ex­pec­ted to achie­ve or have al­re­a­dy achie­ved out­stan­ding re­sults in their stu­dies or care­ers.

The grant ty­pi­cal­ly lasts for 2 se­mes­ters, and the month­ly sti­pend is 300 eu­ros. Stu­dents may re­ap­p­ly wi­thin the stan­dard pe­ri­od of stu­dy.

An­yo­ne who

• is en­rol­led at the HfMDK and is wi­thin the stan­dard pe­ri­od of stu­dy or
• are about to be­gin their stu­dies at the HfMDK.

Both Ger­man and in­ter­na­tio­nal stu­dents are eli­gi­ble to ap­p­ly. Doc­to­ral stu­dents and stu­dents in the MA IEMA pro­gram are ex­cluded.

• July 1–July 31, 2026, for stu­dents al­re­a­dy en­rol­led
• Au­gust 1–31, 2026, for first-year stu­dents (1st se­mes­ter for the Win­ter Se­mes­ter 26/27)

If you are al­re­a­dy en­rol­led at the HfMDK but wish to ap­p­ly for a new de­gree pro­gram (e.g., a mas­ter’s or KE pro­gram) that you will be­gin in the win­ter se­mes­ter 2026/27, you are con­side­red a first-year stu­dent for the ap­pli­ca­ti­on pro­cess and must ap­p­ly bet­ween Au­gust 1 and 31, 2026.

Ap­pli­ca­ti­on Pro­cess:

Ap­pli­ca­ti­ons must be sub­mit­ted wi­thin the re­spec­ti­ve ap­pli­ca­ti­on dead­lines and ex­clu­si­ve­ly on­line via the HfMDK web­site.

You will find the LINK to the on­line ap­pli­ca­ti­on and the cur­rent call for ap­pli­ca­ti­ons at the bot­tom of this page by the dead­line of July 1, 2026.

Re­qui­red Do­cu­ments

Plea­se re­fer to the cur­rent call for ap­pli­ca­ti­ons ( available for down­load at the bot­tom of this page) for the re­qui­red do­cu­ments and de­tails re­gar­ding the re­qui­re­ments ap­pli­ca­ble to your ap­pli­ca­ti­on.

Sel­ec­tion Cri­te­ria

1. Aca­de­mic per­for­mance and exam re­sults to date, as well as the re­sults achie­ved in the ent­rance exam, with par­ti­cu­lar em­pha­sis on the pri­ma­ry ar­tis­tic ma­jor. (55% of the eva­lua­ti­on)
2. Spe­cial achie­ve­ments, awards, and pri­zes, as well as pre­vious pro­fes­sio­nal ex­pe­ri­ence and in­tern­ships. (15% of the eva­lua­ti­on)
3. Ex­tra­cur­ri­cu­lar or non-aca­de­mic in­vol­vement, such as vol­un­teer work, ci­vic, so­cial, hig­her edu­ca­ti­on po­li­cy, or po­li­ti­cal en­ga­ge­ment, or par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on in re­li­gious com­mu­ni­ties, as­so­cia­ti­ons, or clubs. (15% of the eva­lua­ti­on)
4. Spe­cial per­so­nal or fa­mi­ly cir­cum­s­tances, such as ill­nesses and di­sa­bi­li­ties, ca­ring for one’s own child­ren—par­ti­cu­lar­ly as a sin­gle pa­rent—or for clo­se re­la­ti­ves in need of care, working in a fa­mi­ly busi­ness, part-time work while stu­dy­ing, fa­mi­ly back­ground, or a mi­grant back­ground. (15% of the eva­lua­ti­on)

Sel­ec­tion Pro­cess

Scho­lar­ship re­ci­pi­en­ts are sel­ec­ted af­ter the scho­lar­ship sel­ec­tion com­mit­tee re­views the sub­mit­ted do­cu­ments ac­cor­ding to the cri­te­ria lis­ted abo­ve, ty­pi­cal­ly in Oc­to­ber. Sel­ec­ted scho­lar­ship re­ci­pi­en­ts will be no­ti­fied via a writ­ten or elec­tro­nic no­ti­fi­ca­ti­on. No­ti­fi­ca­ti­on is ex­pec­ted by the end of Oc­to­ber 2026.

To dis­play Eng­lish sub­tit­les, click on ‘Set­tings’ in the top right-hand cor­ner and then sel­ect ‘Sub­tit­les on’.