This program provides scholarships to attend a broad range of three- to four-week summer courses at German universities which focus mainly on German language and literary, cultural, political and economic aspects of modern and contemporary Germany. Extensive extracurricular programs complement and reinforce the core material. A number of the University Summer Course Grants are made possible by the DAAD Alumni Association of the US, including one that is specially earmarked for an applicant in the fine arts.

Who can apply?

• Applications are open to students in Bachelor's, Master's and PhD degree programs in any subject area; Bachelor students must have completed at least two academic years at the start of the scholarship period.
• Students in the last year of a Bachelor program are eligible to apply if they intend to start a Master's degree program shortly after completing their BA. Please attach a letter of confirmation from the university as proof.

What requirements must be met?

• Unless stated otherwise, foreign nationals may be eligible if they have been full-time students/scholars in a degree program at an accredited Canadian or US university for more than one year at the time of application.
• The grant holder must be at least 18 years old when he/she starts the funded stay.
• Applicants must be registered at a university in their home country or in their country of permanent residence (except Germany) at the time their funded stay begins.
• An applicant may only be considered once in any three consecutive years for a University Summer Course Grant.

Language skills

Applicants must be able to follow lectures and collaborate in teams. The required German language skills should be equivalent at least to level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

• sophomore
• junior
• senior
• graduate

• US Citizen
• Permanent Resident
• International or Other Visa Status
• Undocumented

Apply online at https://www.daad.org/en/find-funding/undergraduate-opportunities/university-summer-course-grant/

Application documents

Certificates, proof of credits, certifications and translations may be submitted in non-certified form. The DAAD Head Office in Bonn reserves the right to also request certified copies of the submitted documents.

Documents to be uploaded to the DAAD Portal:

• Online application form
• Full curriculum vitae in tabular form (in German)
• Letter of motivation (in German)
• Copy of school leaving certificate (for Bachelor students) or Bachelor degree certificate (for Master students), both with final grade(s), if available (with German or English translation)
• Proof of credits of the last two years (in German or in English)
• Language certificates (with German or English translation, if applicable)
• Other documents you think might be of relevance to your application with German or English translation, if applicable (e.g. certificates of employment, proof of placements).
  [list|By way of exception, applicants with A1 and A2 grades can upload their letter of motivation and CV in German or English. Letter of motivation and CVs of candidates from B1 onwards must be in German.

Information and advisory centres

North America Regional Office
DAAD New York Office
871 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017

Phone: (212) 758-3223
Fax: (212) 755-5780
Email: daadny@daad.org
Canada
DAAD Information Centre Toronto
c/o Munk School of Global Affairs
North Side, Room 207
University of Toronto
1 Devonshire Place
Toronto, ON M5S 3K7

Phone: + 1 416 946 8116
Email: daadca@daad.org


United States (West Coast)
DAAD Information Center San Francisco
Hanni Geist
c/o Goethe-Institut
530 Bush Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108

Phone: (415) 986-2021
Email: daadsf@daad.org

More detailed information

• You can find out about course providers and programmes on the DAAD website under: www.daad.de/hsk-kursliste.
• You will find more information about language certificates on the DAAD website under: www.daad.de/deutschland/nachdeutschland/voraussetzungen/en/6221-deutsche-sprache.
• Answers on questions about the programme University Summer Courses you will find here

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Please check the DAAD New York Website
https://www.daad.org/scholarship
for more information