Scholarship "Landesstipendium Niedersachsen"

Osnabrück University awards scholarships of € 500 each (one-off payment) every year as part of a program set up by the state of Lower Saxony. You can receive such a state scholarship for special achievements or outstanding aptitude, for outstanding voluntary work and to promote international cooperation in higher education and exchange between German and foreign universities. When selecting the scholarship holders, which is based on a corresponding guideline, special consideration is given to the needs of international students. The scholarships are announced for the winter semester and paid out by April 1st at the latest.

Quota of Scholarships to be Awarded

• 10% to students in their 1st semester at university
• 75% to German students from the 2nd semester onwards
• 15 % to foreign students

Prerequisites

• You must be enrolled in an undergraduate degree program (Bachelor, state examination) or in a consecutive Master's degree program at Osnabrück University in the corresponding winter semester.
• You must not have exceeded the standard period of study at the beginning of the relevant winter semester.
• If you have already received a scholarship from public funds elsewhere, you are not eligible.

Application

The application period starts on October 1, 2025 and ends on October 31, 2025 (receipt by the Admissions Office). Please use this  web-based form (PDF, 111 kB) for your application. You can fill it out digitally, sign it and send it in PDF format by email to  landesstipendien@uni-osnabrueck.de.

Please note: Osnabrück University reserves the right to randomly check uploaded documents and to request the original document or a verified document.

Please note that applications submitted too early or too late cannot be considered.

Applicants who can credibly demonstrate that it is unreasonable or impossible for them to participate in the digital application process are permitted to submit applications and documents in paper form to the Admissions Office, Neuer Graben 27, 49074 Osnabrück. The application must be addressed to the Vice President for Studies and Teaching, Prof. Dr. Jochen Oltmer. The same deadlines mentioned above apply.

Awarding the Scholarships

The special achievements/exceptional qualifications will be verified on the basis of the academic achievements completed within the last 12 months (transcript of records). In addition, a completed or current study period abroad is also recognized as a special achievement. Priority is also given to the educational situation of the family (students who are the first in their family to study and whose parents have no higher qualifications than a secondary school leaving certificate) as well as particularly difficult starting and general conditions for students due to flight or war. Other special social circumstances, activities in academic or student self-administration and voluntary work are also used as selection criteria. First-semester students are selected on the basis of their A-level grades. For foreign students, the degree of need is taken into account in the case of equivalent performance.

Grants are awarded by a central selection committee on the basis of the above criteria. There is no legal entitlement to a grant.

Note for BAföG Recipients

The approval of scholarships may be taken into account as income when granting benefits under the BAföG. The  BAföG department of the Studentenwerk Osnabrück can provide binding information on this.