Bauhaus Scholarships for Students

Scholarships are awarded to especially talented students of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (2nd semester or higher in bachelor’s, master’s, Diplom, state examination programmes) who have demonstrated above-average academic performance at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.  

Candidates must be enrolled in a course of study at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.

In addition to excellent academic performance, the awards commission also considers the following criteria:

• Interdisciplinarity of the candidate’s academic career and interests
• Identification with the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (sustainable and demonstrable commitment to the university, e.g. in committees and initiatives, as a tutor)
• social aspects

Social aspects, biographical hurdles and the individual potential of students in their current life situation can be taken into account.

Bauhaus Scholarships for students may not be awarded to candidates who are already receiving public funding, for example, through a DAAD scholarship. Exceptions are defined in the scholarship regulations (see MdU 58/2019)

Scholarship holders are only allowed to work in a part-time job according to the relevant regulations of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (MdU 30/2022, in German; may not exceed the respective applicable limit for "geringfügige Beschäftigungen/marginal employment)

The funding period of this 12-month scholarship format begins on 1 April.

Funding recipients are obliged to submit a final report.

Please use the online application form with file upload for your application documents:

• language: German or English
• 1 PDF document (1 file incl. all attachments, please include name in file name).
• file size max. 15 MB
• not password-protected

Please include the following documents in the order shown below:

1. Letter of motivation (describe aptitude and motivation for studying at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and for this scholarship format, max. 2 pages)
2. Curriculum vitae (CV)
3. Proof of above-average achievement in your course of study 
   a) overview of grades incl. grade point average at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (e.g. BISON print out or in form of a performance report by your faculty’s examination office)
   b) your bachelor’s certificate (if applicable)
4. Proof of extracurricular engagement/commitment (e.g. certificates, confirmation of participation)
5. where applicable, an explanation of special personal circumstances and biographical hurdles such as caring for a child or relative, a disability or chronic illness, your parents' (educational) background, migration background, experience of discrimination, etc.

PLEASE NOTE – separate submission by the professor:

6. Please submit the letter of recommendation separately online as a pdf file via the respective professor by 31^st January 2022. For better comparability, please use the Letter of Recommendation Form (pdf) and send it to stipendien[at]uni-weimar.de

The Scholarship Commission of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is expected to decide on the award of the scholarships in February/March.
In addition to the award criteria of academic performance, voluntary work/commitment and interdisciplinarity, social aspects, biographical hurdles and the individual potential of students in their current life situation can be taken into account.

• Attempts to deceive by applicants will lead to immediate exclusion from the application process. A further application is not possible in this case.
• Decisions of the committee will not be justified towards the applicants due to the absolute confidentiality of the selection procedure.

The awarding is subject to the availability of funds in the respective funding year.

Prof. Dr. Andrea Osburg, Vice president
Chair of the Scholarship Commission of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar