The Hamburglobal program supports students at the University of Hamburg who wish to study abroad during their studies if funding through Erasmus+ is not available. Funding is available for various types of stays abroad, including semesters and internships abroad, language and other specialized courses, and research for theses.
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Summary
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Benefits
- Financial support ranges from €350 to €550 per month, depending on the destination country (funding rates 2027, funding rates 2026).
Requirements
All students enrolled at the University of Hamburg and who want to complete their degree at the University of Hamburg may apply (visiting and exchange students are not eligible). Students must be enrolled at the time of application.
Not eligible to apply are:
- Doctoral students (with the exception of doctoral students participating in a study excursion as a research assistant and medical students doing a PhD during their studies). The DAAD provides further information on funding opportunities.
- Students with a non-German citizenship who are planning a stay abroad in their home country. The country in which you have primarily resided for at least the last 5 years is considered your home country.
- Studies or internships in Europe or in an Erasmus country (EU member states as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Norway, Serbia and Turkey)—study abroad in an Erasmus country may only be funded by Hamburglobal if the student’s department does not have an existing Erasmus Cooperation (inter-institutional agreement) or a SEMP (Swiss European Mobility Programme) Agreenent with the target university, if there is no further spot in the respective department's Erasmus contingent or if the student is not eligible for further Erasmus funding. For further information about the procedure see stays abroad eligible for funding.
Funding restrictions exist for:
- participants of the Central Student Exchange Program receiving support from a partner university (e.g., Kansas University or Smith College)
- partial funding is only possible if the monthly value of the support package from the partner university is less than the monthly subsidy rates offered by Hamburglobal (monthly subsidy rates 2026) offered by Hamburglobal for the target country.
- Students who receive partial funding for travel and extended stay expenses from Hamburglobal as well those who receive no funding for travel and extended stay expenses from Hamburglobal due to scholarships and grants from the partner university are eligible for funding in the form of a flat-rate travel expense subsidy. When in doubt, contact the coordinator of the Central Student Exchange Program.
Selection Process
A committee of the University of Hamburg teaching staff and students selects the Hamburglobal Scholarship recipients. You must submit a complete application by the deadline to be considered in the selection procedure. Selection is based on the following criteria:
- academic achievements
- compelling and well-prepared project
- knowledge of the language of instruction or working language
- extracurricular qualifications and involvement (e.g., volunteer work or involvement in political, social, cultural, or athletic activities)
- formal criteria (e.g., orthography)
The selection committee meets 4–6 weeks after the application deadline. Applicants are generally notified of the decision within 2 weeks of this meeting.
Application Documents
The application process for a Hamburglobal Scholarship is exclusively online. For each document, upload one PDF file only and make sure that the scanned files are of good quality.
An application is complete when it includes the following documents:
- Letter of motivation (1–2 pages)
- See the information about the letter of motivation in the FAQs.
- Tabular CV (1–2 pages)
- Current Transcript of Records
- You can obtain your Transcript of Records from your academic office or examinations office.
- Master’s degree students in their first semester should submit a current STiNE course overview.
- Degree certificate with grades from the bachelor’s degree (only applies to master‘s students)
- Language test to assess working/classroom language skills (necessary for study excursions or internships, and final theses/papers only)
- An Evaluation (use this form only)
The evaluation must be submitted no later than 10 April (March application round) or 10 November (October application round).
- Evaluations must be provided by full-time professors or other university teachers holding a doctoral degree at University of Hamburg.
- Language instructors will only be accepted as evaluators in exceptional cases and only after prior consultation with the Study Abroad Team.
- Emeriti and retired professors may provide evaluations if they are still actively involved in teaching at University of Hamburg.
- The evaluation must be signed and sent directly to our email address.
- You can find more information in the FAQs.
- Learning Agreement (in German only) (only necessary for study abroad programs)
The Learning Agreement must be signed twice: once by the applicant and once by the responsible coordinator, academic office, or examination office. You can find more information in the FAQs.
- Confirmation of Host Institution (use this form only)
If the confirmation has not yet been received at the time of application or if the duration of the stay abroad has not yet been finalized, please document the current status of your preparations (e.g., by submitting an email from the host institution).
For research stays (preparing a final thesis) without a fixed host institution, the form should be completed by the final thesis supervisor.
You can find more information in the FAQs.
- If applicable, up to 2 forms of proof demonstrating involvement in academic self-governance and/or extracurricular activities (e.g., political, social, and/or cultural).
- Current proof of enrollment
- Document (max. 1 page) to maintain equal opportunities / special individual circumstances (in cases of disability, the certificate of disability alone is not accepted as proof).
Application Deadline
October 31, 2026How To Apply
For more information, kindly visit the Hamburglobal webpage.
