Ruhr-University One-Year Scholarship for Refugee Students 2025

Applications are now open for the Ruhr-University 2025 One-Year Scholarship for Refugee Students. Refugee students can apply for a funding from the second semester onwards.

Table of Content

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

Summary

• Application DeadlineAugust 4, 2025
• Value992€
• Study LevelUndergraduate
• SponsorRuhr-University
• Eligible CountryAll Countries

Benefits

• With no other income
  • 992€/month
  • over a period of 12 months
  • only possible with proof that the BAföG application was rejected
• With income of up to €992/month (including BAföG, excluding social benefits)
  • 300€/month
  • over a period of 12 months
• In addition to the financial support, there is an accompanying programme, with e.g. group meetings and individual consultation.

Requirements

Applications are open to refugee students,

• who, at the beginning of the funding period, are at least in the 2nd semester at the Ruhr University Bochum.
• are foreign students (i.e. persons who did not acquire their higher education entrance qualification in Germany)
• whose entry to Germany was not more than five years ago, in exceptional cases seven years ago (see FAQs)
• who can prove that they have one of the following residence titles:
  • §22, §23 Abs. 1,2,4, §23a, §24, §25 Abs 1,2,3,4,5 AufenthG
  • §60a AufenthG (temporary suspension of deportation - Duldung)
  • §29, §30, §31, §32, §34 Abs. 1,2 and §36 AufenthG: Family members (parents, children, spouses) of those with recognised asylum and refugees according to the Geneva Convention and those entitled to subsidiary protection, if they can additionally prove that they have the residence title of the original beneficiary (the family member who entered the country first)
• whose monthly income (including BAföG, excluding social benefits) is up to 992 euros

Persons who have come to Germany as refugees and have a residence status that has not been mentioned here (e.g. asylum procedure still ongoing), please contact us directly.

If you are naturalised (eingebürgert) or granted a permanent residence permit (Niederlassungserlaubnis), you are no longer entitled to the scholarship.

Application Documents

• Letter of motivation*
• Curriculum vitae (CV)*
• Letter of recommendation from a university lecturer**
• Copy of the residence permit*
• Copy of the bank statements for all your bank accounts*
• Self-disclosure of financial situation*
• BAföG notice/reject notice (if available)*
• Current study certificate*
• Current Transcript of records*
• Proof of social engagement

Application Deadline

August 4, 2025

How To Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to Ruhr-University on international.ruhr-uni-bochum.de to apply

For more details, visit Ruhr-University Scholarship webpage