2026 University of Kassel Expose Scholarships

The scholarship is granted up to nine months. The main goal of the exposé scholarship is to write an exposé which is required for the application for acceptance as a doctoral candidate at the doctoral office of the University of Kassel. It can also be used to apply for a scholarship from other scholarship foundations. As a rule, the funding period is 1 April 2026 up to 31 December 2026.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirments
• Interview Process
• Application Documents
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineDecember 1, 2025
• Study LevelPhD
• SponsorUniversity of Kassel
• City to studyHesse
• School to studyUniversity of Kassel
• Eligible CountryAll Countries

Benefits

The scholarship is endowed with EUR 1,300 per month. A family allowance of EUR 200 per month is possible upon request.

Requirements

• All persons who have a commitment for the supervision of the doctorate by a professor of the University of Kassel are eligible to apply. An application is only possible once.
• Only the first doctorate of a person can be funded.

Selection Process

The committee for exposé scholarships decides on the awarding of scholarships based on the letter of motivation, the academic achievements achieved so far, the abstract of the doctoral thesis and the opinion of the supervisor.

Application Documents

The following documents in German or in English must be submitted in the order stated, summarized in one PDF file (exclusion criterion):

• a letter of motivation (max. two pages) that states the motivation for a) the doctorate and b) the doctorate at the University of Kassel and in which the plans for the further financing of the doctorate are outlined,
• an abstract about the project planned (max. two pages plus bibliography); the abstract gives information about the current state of research and the own preliminary work, the goals and questions, used methods and expected scientific contribution,
• a CV in table form,
• one copy of higher qualifying university degree (if the degree is not yet available, a transcript of records will be attached),
• a letter of recommendation from the professor who will be the supervisor, in which the person assures that he / she will supervise the project and outlines how the doctorate should be financed after the end of the funding period. The applicant will add this letter to the application.

Application Deadline

December 1, 2025

How To Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to University of Kassel on stellen.uni-kassel.de to apply

For more information, kindly visit University of Kassel scholarship webpage.