Finances: Expenses, BAföG and Scholarships

Tips for Financing Study and Doctorate

• Keeping an eye on costs

  : Inform yourself at the university websites about the costs and financing possibilities for studying

• Scholarship guide of the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

  : The scholarship database of the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (page is in German)

• University Compass

  : An offer from the University Rector Conference (Hochschulrektorenkonferenz)

• DAAD

  : German Academic Exchange Service. Information on scholarships for stays abroad (page is in German)

• Studentenwerk Potsdam

  : The job portal of Potsdam's Association for Student Affairs (page is in German)

• Israeli Embassy in Berlin

  : Embassy scholarship for language courses and stays abroad in Israel (page is in German)

• ELES

  : The Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk is a foundation that promotes especially gifted Jewish students and graduate students studying for a doctorate. (page is in German)