DAAD Award

Every year, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) awards a prize to international students enrolled at Osnabrück University and who stand out for their academic excellence and outstanding social and intercultural achievements in society. The DAAD prize is endowed with €1,000.

Award of the DAAD Prize

The DAAD prize is presented every year as part of the Germany Scholarship Award Ceremony in Osnabrück Castle. The next award ceremony is taking place on November 20, 2025. In 2024, the prize was awarded to the Chilean Master’s student Mariana Paulina Castillo Hermosilla in recognition of her outstanding academic achievements and her great intercultural commitment. Vice President for Studies and Teaching Prof. Dr. Jochen Oltmer praised the prizewinner as a "highly qualified student with an exciting CV who has an excellent track record and deserves every encouragement and recognition".

DAAD event at Osnabrück University, where an elderly man gives a speech in front of an audience and a DAAD presentation is projected on the wall in the background.
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Eligibility and selection criteria

  • International students and doctoral candidates who did not receive their university entry qualification from a German high school (Bildungsausländer*innen)
  • Must be currently enrolled at Osnabrück University as a degree-seeking student (an application is possible up until three months after graduation)
  • Demonstrated academic excellence
  • Active social, societal or intercultural commitment
  • At least fourth semester Bachelor’s or second semester Master’s degree or Doctorate
Many young people are walking through the castle park to a DAAD event for which banners have been put up. Everyone is wearing business cards on a pendant around their neck.
© Michael Jordan

Application documents

  •  Application form (PDF, 262 kB)
  • CV in tabular form
  • Letter of motivation (1 page, informal)
  • Transcript of Records / HISinOne
  • Certificates / written documentation of social and intercultural achievements in society
  • Recent report / letter of recommendation from a professor at Osnabrück University

Application deadline

Complete applications may be submitted as a single PDF-file via e-mail to  annika.grosse@uos.de by 3 September, 2025.

Contact

Annika Große

Foto Annika Große
International Office

Neuer Graben 27
49074 Osnabrück

Room: 19/112
Office hours: upon request

 +49 541 969-4583
 annika.grosse@uos.de