Grants for students in need from developing countries

Award period: 01.09.2025 to 28.02.2026.

Requirements:

1. The student originates from a developing country which is registered on the DAC list published by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
2. The student must be in the final phase of their first degree course, and they must expect to have completed the course at the end of the semester immediately following the semester for which the grant is awarded at the latest (summer semester 2026), and this must be confirmed by the particular university in Section II of the application form.
   If an application is made for the grant to be extended, it must be proved that the degree will have been completed by the end of the semester for which the grant is awarded (winter semester 2025-26).
3. You must provide supporting documentation of a legally valid residence title for study purposes for the university locations Bremen or Bremerhaven.
4. You must prove that your main residence has been in the Federal State of Bremen for at least one year before the application is submitted (25.07.2024).
5. You must provide supporting documentation that you initially funded the course of study yourself and a statement as to why you are no longer able to fund your studies yourself.
6. The course of study undertaken is not an additional, postgraduate, complementary graduate or doctoral degree course and the student has not completed a degree course in their home country or any other foreign country.
7. The student has not received a grant in accordance with the Federal Education and Training Funding Act (BAföG), any payments in acc. with Book Twelve of the German Social Security Code (SGB XII) or has not already been funded for two semesters in accordance with the stipulations of the Senator of Education, Science and Art and the Senator of Health, Youth and Welfare on the awarding of grants in accordance with the guidelines of 9 Nov 1993 / 28 Dec 1994.