Federal state scholarship

[Translate to English:] Landesstipendium

Scholarships for TiHo students

The University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Foundation awards a certain number of scholarships totalling 500 euros (one-off payment) each year. The application period for this programme begins on 01.08. and ends on 30.09. of each year.

The scholarships are awarded in accordance with a guideline issued by the Executive Board. The funds come from a programme of the state of Lower Saxony (MWK).

Students on an undergraduate degree programme in veterinary medicine and on a consecutive Master's degree programme at the TiHo who fulfil one of the following criteria are eligible to apply:

  • Particularly talented students who come from so-called educationally disadvantaged backgrounds. In this case, proof must be provided that neither parent has obtained a school-leaving qualification higher than a Hauptschule certificate, or, if applicable, a Realschule certificate.
  • Students who have particularly difficult starting and general conditions for studying due to flight - e.g. due to war or war-like conditions in their home country.
  • Students who are actually caring for at least one child within the meaning of § 25 Para. 5 BAföG who has not yet reached the age of 14 at the time of application.
  • Students with a disability or chronic illness.

Eligibility and requirements

  1. Enrolment (no leave of absence) in the corresponding winter semester.
  2. Proof of fulfilment of the above criteria must be provided (see application form).
  3. A transcript of records (for the last twelve months) must be attached to the application as a system printout. You can download this printout yourself via your account in TiHo-StudIS (TiHo-StudIS - self-service function - performance overview in the Examination Office). For further information, please refer to § 4 of the above-mentioned guidelines.
  4. Fully completed application form.
  5. Simultaneous receipt of a Germany and state scholarship is excluded.

Application form

The form Application for the award of a scholarship from state funds must be used for the application. The application, together with the required supporting documents, must be submitted by e-mail to Department 3.

Applications that are not submitted on time and/or in the correct form will not be considered in the selection and award procedure.

Awarding

Awards are made by an award committee in accordance with the aforementioned criteria. There is no legal entitlement to the award.

Awarding of the federal state scholarships

Guidelines of the Presidential Board for awarding scholarships

Application form

  • Please complete the application form (fillable PDF) on a PC, not by hand.
  • Fill in all mandatory fields (even if, for example, the university semester is identical to the subject semester).

Contact

Department 3 - Student and Academic Affairs

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Postal address

University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover
Department 3 - Student and Academic Affairs
Bünteweg 2
30559 Hannover