Ruhr-University Entrance Scholarship for Refugee Students 2025

First-year refugee students who are enrolled for the coming semester at Ruhr University Bochum can apply for the University Entrance Scholarship.

Table of Content

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

Summary

• Application DeadlineAugust 18, 2025
• Value€300
• Study LevelUndergraduate
• SponsorRuhr-University
• Eligible CountryAll Countries

Benefits

• €300/month
• Over a six-month period
• 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 are in the 1st semester of a regular study program at the Ruhr University Bochum during the funding period.
• 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 (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, naturalisation), 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)*
• Copy of your residence permit*
• Copy of your bank statements for all your bank accounts*
• Self-disclosure of financial situation*
• Proof of German language skills at the time of application, or English skills if the study programme is in English*
• Proof of study preparatory programme (e.g. certificate of participation in Studienspur programme)*
• University entrance qualification*
• Admission to Ruhr-Universität Bochum*
• Proof of social commitment

Application Deadline

August 18, 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 Scholaship webpage