Scholarships – Funding for high-achieving transport students
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Tens of thousands of engineers will be needed in Germany alone in the coming years. This includes thousands of transport engineers and transport scientists. According to the online platform Statista, there were an average of 475 vacancies for every 100 unemployed engineers at the end of 2022. This means excellent job prospects for future graduates of the "Friedrich List" Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences at TU Dresden.
The urgent need for skilled workers beyond the current number of graduates is also signalled by numerous partners of the faculty from business and administration. For this reason, the faculty and a number of companies have been taking new approaches since the middle of 2023 to draw attention to the study of transport and traffic at TU Dresden and to attract the best young talent to study in Dresden.
Scholarships starting in the first semester of the Master's programme are intended to support particularly talented applicants who can be expected to perform excellently in their studies and careers.
The first company to financially support such a scholarship at the "Friedrich List" Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences in order to actively shape its own engineering and specialist staff requirements is IKOS Consulting Deutschland GmbH, based in Berlin. The scholarship, financed by IKOS and awarded by the Faculty, will be granted for the first time in the winter semester 2023/24 for 24 months to a first-semester student from one of the two Master's degree programmes "Railway System Engineering" or "Electrical Transportation Systems".
Overview of scholarships
Scholarship provider:in: IKOS Consulting Germany GmbH
Number of Scholarships: 1 Scholarship
Target group: First-semester students of the Master's degree programmes: Railway System Engineering or "Electrical Transportation Systems".
Duration of funding: 24 months (from winter semester 2023/24)
Amount: 750 euros/month
Application deadline: extended until 22 September 2023 (in connection with applying for a place on one of the two Master's degree programmes mentioned above for the winter semester 2023/24). Details on the general application procedure.
About IKOS Consulting Deutschland GmbH
IKOS Consulting Deutschland GmbH is a consulting group specialized in railroad and energy technology and offers development services for train manufacturers, track network operators and energy suppliers worldwide. The company's mission is to help shape ecological change and develop safe and sustainable means of transport for the future. With 25 offices in 13 countries, IKOS offers the opportunity of an international career in a multicultural environment. Supported by the in-house R&D department IKOS Lab, 1,450 engineers are currently working on projects in the fields of control and safety technology, rail vehicle construction, telecommunications, energy and high voltage, as well as infrastructure and track systems. Further information on the company
Application Procedure for the Scholarships of the "Friedrich List" Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences
Documents to be submitted by the applicant
- Letter of motivation
- Curriculum vitae
- Relevant certificates (school, studies, profession)
- The application must be accompanied by a declaration that (in the case of a positive decision) the applicant will only accept the scholarship offered by the "Friedrich List" Faculty of Transport andn Traffic Sciences and will not hold any other scholarship.
Form of application
The documents should be submitted by e-mail (attachments as one PDF file) to: (Subject: "Scholarship IKOS")
Managing Director
NameDr. Michael Krieg
Send encrypted mail via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Dean's Office "Friedrich List" Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences
Dean's Office "Friedrich List" Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences
Evaluation
The applications received will be assessed and evaluated according to the following criteria:
- Quality of the statement of reasons / letter of motivation
- Excellence of previous performance in studies, work experience, internships or at school
- Social commitment
Award procedure
To award the scholarship, the Faculty Council appoints a commission and appoints the chairperson. The committee will invite a person nominated by the scholarship provider as an advisory member (without voting rights) for the selection of the scholarship funded by the scholarship provider.
The selection will be made on the basis of the application documents. Interviews may be decided and conducted by the Commission in exceptional and justified cases. Applications submitted after the stated deadline will not be considered. Incomplete applications will not be considered after the application deadline; documents may be submitted by the applicant up to this deadline. An application for several scholarships to be awarded by the faculty is not permitted.