Scholarships for applicants and students from abroad

Information for applicants from abroad
Information for foreign students at TU Dresden
Scholarship programmes (exchange students & special programmes)
Contact at TU Dresden

Information for applicants from abroad

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is the largest global support organisation in the field of international exchanges for students and academics and is represented in 58 countries. You can get advice and help for financing your studies in Germany from the DAAD information centre in your home country.

If you are already in Germany, you can direct your questions to the DAAD info centre in Bonn using this contact form.

You will find a guide about applying for a scholarship as well as answers to frequently asked questions in the DAAD information on applying for a scholarship.

International applicants do not have to apply for a scholarship from the DAAD alone, they can also apply to other institutions, for example foundations affiliated with political parties, religious institutions or business-related organisations. The DAAD scholarship database has extensive information available about different scholarship programmes, application requirements and deadlines, which can be filtered according to home country and subject.

Information for foreign students at TU Dresden

Are you already a student at TU Dresden and want to apply for a scholarship? International students have the option of applying for a National Scholarship Program "Deutschlandstipendium" at TU Dresden and for a DAAD/STIBET scholarship.

Furthermore, international students can apply for a scholarship at numerous institutions, for instance at the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), foundations affiliated with political parties, religious institutions or business-related organisations. You will find information about the different support options in the DAAD scholarship database.

Scholarship programmes (exchange students & special programmes)

TU Dresden cooperates with numerous partner universities abroad. Foreign students come to TU Dresden for one or two semesters as part of the following scholarship programmes:

G. Agricola scholarship programme
DAAD young engineers programme (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico)
DAAD-IIT master sandwich programme (India)
DAAD-STIBET scholarships for the exchange of students
Erasmus+ and Erasmus+ partner countries
Research Experience Programme (Australia, Canada, USA)

Contact at TU Dresden

For general information regarding scholarships for foreign students at TU Dresden and for all matters pertaining to the following programmes: DAAD Young Engineers' Programme, IIT-Master India, Stibet I or Stibet III Matching Funds, Agricola scholarship programme, the DAAD EPOS programmes or BIT Summerschool, please contact: