The TANDEM Scholarship Program 2025/26

The German University Foundation (DUS) has developed the TANDEM scholarship program for those seeking educational advancement.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirements
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineSeptember 1, 2025
• Study LevelUndergraduate
• SponsorGerman University Foundation (DUS)
• Eligible CountryAll Countries

Benefits

• Finding a university lecturer who is close to the subject and local area for mentoring
• Support of the mentoring relationship by the DUS    
• Seminars on the development of key competencies (twice a year, mandatory) on the following topics:  
  • Mentoring as an opportunity and a task
  • Self- and learning management   
  • Presentation training
  • Application training  
  • Business etiquette and communication   
  • Conflict management

• One personal one-on-one coaching session with a professional coach during your studies
• Reimbursement of travel expenses for seminars and other trips related to TANDEM  
• Participation in scientific events (e.g. DHV Symposium) and integration into networks  
• Provision of an annual call-off budget per scholarship holder for study-related costs
• Digital package for the purchase of digital technology, once per scholarship  

Requirements

• Start of studies in winter semester 2025/26
• Parents without academic qualifications
• Placement in a Bachelor’s degree program at a German university or college (excluding dual and private universities) or
• Study place in a state examination program at a German university or college (excluding dual and private universities). The TANDEM scholarship program is not aimed at Master's students
• Volunteering
• Abitur/university entrance qualification at least good

Check also:
2026 Fully Funded Humboldt Research Fellowship
2026 Konrad Adenauer Foundation Scholarship

Application Deadline

How To Apply

Please send your application with

• a letter of motivation (max. one page) in which you explain your expectations of the scholarship
• a CV in tabular form (max. 2 pages)
• the Abitur or university entrance qualification certificate
• Letter of admission or certificate of enrollment

exclusively electronically and summarized in a pdf file by 1 September 2025 (deadline) by email to Ms. Anna Bartsch: [email protected].

For more information, kindly visit German University Foundation scholarship webpage.