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The DAAD itself does not offer programs of study or courses, but awards competitive, merit-based grants for use toward study and/or research in Germany at any of the accredited German institutions of higher education. It also awards grants to German students, doctoral students, and scholars for studies and research abroad.
Since there were no generally accepted and binding admission requirements, women were not explicitly banned from studying. Due to the fact that there was no profession a woman could practise after graduating from university, they were left with no real motivation to pursue a course of study. Therefore, women seldom studied at German universities.
German Academic Scholarship Foundation, branch office, Berlin. The selection process is extremely rigorous and only those students who show outstanding academic and personal promise are chosen. The Studienstiftung awards scholarships to fewer than 0.5% of German students. [9] It is often referred to as Germany's "secret elite university". [10]
Alternatives to BAföG include the Bildungskredit ("study loan") from KfW, Bildungsfonds, and scholarships. However, in most cases to qualify for a private loan, one must have German citizenship, have EU citizenship and have resided in Germany for three consecutive years, or have graduated from a German secondary school.
Erasmus+ is the EU's programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe. The programme involves the 27 EU Member States and 6 non-EU associated countries with 55 National Agencies responsible for the decentralized management of most of the programme's actions.
The scholarships are divided into two categories: student funding and doctoral student funding. The monthly sum that the scholarship holders receive are calculated on an individual basis using the BAföG rates. The maximum sum that scholarship holders within the student category could receive is €649 per month with a study allowance of €300 ...
Graduate Women International (GWI), originally named the International Federation of University Women (IFUW), is an international organisation for women university graduates. IFUW was founded in 1919 following the First World War by both British and North American college and university workers who were hoping to contribute to congenial ...
Since 1989 140 French university graduates have been awarded scholarships of the German Bundestag and 135 German university graduates have received scholarships from the French Parliament. The IPS, known at the time as the International Parliamentary Program (IPP), was opened up to university graduates from Central and South Eastern Europe ...