Lower Saxony Scholarship: Eligibility, Deadline & How to Apply

Leibniz University Hannover will award Lower Saxony Scholarships (Landesstipendium Niedersachsen) every winter semester. The scholarship can be awarded to students enrolled in an undergraduate programme or consecutive master's programme at Leibniz University Hannover who have not taken leave of absence and will complete their degree within the standard period of study.

Scholarship holders receive a one-time payment of €500.

Eligible applicants include students with outstanding grades (evidence must be provided in the form of an official, up-to-date transcript of marks (Notenspiegel) from the Examination Office), as well as talented students from educationally underprivileged backgrounds (neither parent has attained a qualification higher than a school-leaving certificate) and “first-generation students” (students who are the first in their family to study). Provision of this information is voluntary.

First-semester students applying for a scholarship must provide their university entrance qualification (Abitur or similar). International first-semester students are required to submit a German translation.

Students who have particularly difficult starting and overall conditions for study because they have fled another country are also eligible to apply for funding. Evidence that this is the case must be provided.

There is no legal entitlement to this scholarship.

The application procedure for Lower Saxony scholarships in winter semester 2024/25 has already ended. The next application period for 2025/2026 will be published in due time.