The Friedrich Schiller University Jena will award a monthly scholarship worth at least € 1,400 to interested students who are willing to pursue a degree program at the institution.
Why study at Friedrich Schiller University Jena? The Friedrich Schiller University Jena offers the best practical, excellent teaching based on cutting-edge research in over 200 study programmer. Jena is a medium-sized university city with lots of high-tech companies and start-ups. Friedrich Schiller University Jena is ranked 201 in World University Rankings
The university was established in 1558 and is counted among the ten oldest universities in Germany. It is affiliated with six Nobel Prize winners, most recently in 2000 when Jena graduate Herbert Kroemer won the Nobel Prize for physics. It was renamed after the poet Friedrich Schiller who was teaching as professor of philosophy when Jena attracted some of the most influential minds at the turn of the 19th century. With Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, G. W. F. Hegel, F. W. J. Schelling and Friedrich Schlegel on its teaching staff, the university was at the center of the emergence of German idealism and early Romanticism.
As of 2014, the university has around 19,000 students enrolled and 375 professors. Its current president, Walter Rosenthal, was elected in 2014 for a six-year term.
Eligibility criteria for the State Scholarships at Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- You must have demonstrated above-average academic and examination performance,
- You must have been accepted by at least one supervisor at Friedrich Schiller University.
- You must meet the eligibility criteria for admission to their respected university.
- You need to demonstrate that they have a good level of written and spoken English.
Eligible Countries: International
Type: PhD
Value of Award: € 1,400
Number of Awards: Varies
Method of Application: You are required to log in to the online portal of the university and complete their admission application. After that, containing information about the PhD project and the personal and scientific qualifications of the applicant. Please ask your supervisor to submit the form directly to graduiertenstipendien@uni-jena.de.
Application Deadline: October 28, 2024.