Scholarships at the University of Hamburg
Below, find all scholarships granted at the University of Hamburg.
The scholarship targets doctoral researchers and researchers pursuing a Habilitation in the Department of Cultural Studies at the University of Hamburg whose project would benefit from a stay at the Warburg Institute in London. Funding is initially granted for a period of 6 or 12 months. In particular, the scholarship aims to foster academic work with a broad cultural studies approach. The Warburg Institute at the University of London focuses on the continuing tradition of antiquity in the history of philosophy, literary history, and art history.
The Albrecht Mendelssohn Bartholdy Graduate School of Law puts out scholarship calls for graduates who wish to write a dissertation on a challenging, legal, interdisciplinary topic. While working on the dissertation, the recipient also benefits from a comprehensive structured program at the graduate school, including lectures, seminars, research workshops, and colloquia.
The Erasmus+ scholarship is granted to University of Hamburg students who wish to do a stay abroad at another European university. It awards a monthly subsidy for accommodation expenses for stays of at least 2 and up to 5 months per semester. The amount depends on the country. Furthermore, recipients are exempt from tuition fees and receive administrative support from their home and guest universities.
International students at the University of Hamburg who are not German nationals, are not eligible for the federal student loan scheme, are in the final phase of their studies, and do not enjoy financial security may apply. The scholarship involves monthly support for 6 months; an additional 6-month extension may be granted.
This scholarship was established for mothers and single parents to foster equal opportunity in career development. Mothers and single parents pursuing a doctorate at the University of Hamburg’s Faculty of Law can apply for a basic or completion scholarship. In addition to a basic sum, the scholarship includes a lump sum for research expenses and a supplementary child allowance.
The EXIST funding program is designed to strengthen knowledge and technological exchange between universities and nonuniversity research institutions in the corporate sector. The EXIST Business Start-up Grant supports students, graduates, and researchers in the stage prior to founding an enterprise. Funding is granted for innovative, technology-oriented or knowledge-based projects with a significant unique selling point and promising economic prospects.
Using funds from the Equal Opportunity Fund, the University of Hamburg annually finances completion scholarships to promote women’s advancement, enabling recipients to complete dissertations and Habilitationen. Scholarships are awarded for a total of 6 months. Among other criteria, scholarship providers take potential recipients’ family or care obligations into consideration.
The scholarship enables students with a very good academic record and interest in academic work an opportunity to start doctoral studies immediately after completing their bachelor’s degree program. The master’s degree program phase is integrated into the doctoral studies phase. Recipients receive financial support for 2 years and guidance from the Hamburg Research Academy in the form of extensive opportunities for further qualifications and networking.
The scholarship targets art historians who are doing or have done doctoral studies at the University of Hamburg and is intended to contribute to further education and research projects at the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte in Munich. A stay in Munich is obligatory. Monthly financial support is initially awarded for 12 months.
The scholarship supports University of Hamburg students during their stay abroad with a monthly subsidy for accommodation expenses. It is awarded for a maximum of 6 months. In addition to stays abroad for the purpose of study, the scholarship can be awarded for internships, language courses, subject-related courses, and final-thesis preparation abroad. Equally, for short digital formats abroad (max of 6 weeks), participation fees can be (partially) covered.
Upon the initiative of University of Hamburg, the Hamburg Programme for Scholars at Risk was established in 2018 by Hamburg universities and the Ministry of Science, Research, Equalities and Districts. Researchers who are demonstrably at risk, have completed a doctorate or equivalent, and who have found a supervisor at the University of Hamburg are eligible for a scholarship of one to twelve months. As part of efforts to support Ukrainian academics, scholarships for acutely endangered researchers from Ukraine are now available.
Students and doctoral researchers at risk who are barred from academic institutions in their countries of origin due to threats or persecution can apply for a Hilde Domin scholarship from the DAAD. Funding is provided by the Federal Foreign Office and covers a monthly scholarship payment, health insurance, travel subsidies, and financing of German courses.
The scholarship provides support to female early career researchers in the Faculty of Law. Recipients receive seed financing or a completion scholarship as a monthly funding payment to facilitate the completion of their Habilitation project. The scholarship is awarded for a maximum of one year. Recipients must have already completed their doctoral studies.
Especially talented and socially or culturally engaged international students and doctoral researchers at the University of Hamburg who are not German nationals and are not eligible for the federal student loan scheme can apply for this merit scholarship. The scholarship is initially awarded for 12 months and involves monthly payments.
As part of the Philipp Schwartz Initiative funded by the Federal Foreign Office and private foundations, the University of Hamburg awards Philipp Schwartz Fellowships to researchers who can prove they are at risk. The scholarships are awarded to researchers who cannot continue with their work in their home countries due to threats and persecution.
The Hamburg-wide program Pro Exzellenzia offers a broad range of workshops, career coaching, and application advice for women. Every year, Pro Exzellenzia and the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences jointly award scholarships to doctoral researchers in the faculty; in addition to participating in the program, recipients receive a monthly payment.
The scholarship supports doctoral researchers in all departments at the University of Hamburg. There are 2 types of scholarship: a basic scholarship and a one-year completion scholarship. To apply for a basic scholarship, you must have graduated within the past year. It is initially granted for a year but can be extended by another year. The completion scholarship is awarded to those who previously had a basic scholarship and worked as a research associate at the University of Hamburg or for another academic or research institution in Hamburg. It is awarded for one year and cannot be extended.
Talented, committed University of Hamburg students in financial need and studying in a bachelor’s or master’s degree program can apply for a Deutschlandstipendium once a year. The monthly support of €300 is shared equally by the German federal government and nongovernmental providers. There is also an accompanying program for the recipients that facilitates contact between the recipients and providers.
The Cluster of Excellence “CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter” of the University of Hamburg will offer scholarships to students in the Master’s programme. The Cluster offers an exciting insight into research groups, the research programme and the infrastructure at the Bahrenfeld campus. The scholarships are funded with €934 per month. Scientific topics for projects include photon science, quantum physics, theoretical physics, nanostructure and solid state physics, physical chemistry, biochemistry, machine learning and many more.
The scholarships support the academic qualification in the framework of relevant master's programs of the University of Hamburg (Mathematics, Mathematical Physics, Physics, Physik (in German)). Scholarship holders will complete the corresponding curricula, but at the same time participate in freely selectable research projects within the Cluster of Excellence. Scientific topics include particle physics, astrophysics, cosmology and mathematical physics. Research projects include, for example, Higgs physics, dark matter, gravitational waves and mathematical methods of quantum field theory, but also machine learning and detector development.