There are a variety of resources available when it comes to financing your university studies: support from your family; the state student grants system (BAföG); special loans; as well as scholarships and trusts. In these times of ever-increasing financial restrictions in tertiary education at local authority and national level, as well as likely increases in costs for students in the future, scholarships and trusts are gaining more and more in importance in our society.

The aim of scholarships and trusts is to provide non-material but also financial support, either generally, or to groups or institutions which aid specific social groups, or to individuals, for a particular and exactly specified purpose, insofar as it lies within the broader purposes of the trust and promises success.

Together with companies, associations and trusts, Esslingen University of Applied Sciences has built up a support system to enable young, committed students at the University to finance their studies. 

Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, an educational institution aimed at preparing young men and women for scientific and academic professions in technical, economic and socially oriented fields, is fully aware of the social relevance and importance of scholarships and trusts and is deeply indebted to all the trusts who support the University and its students.

Basic information on the awarding of scholarships and trusts

Scholarships are awarded by trusts. Trusts expect not only good academic performance from scholarship recipients, but also ongoing social engagement. According to the trust involved, there may also be other specific demands on applicants. Some trusts support only highly gifted applicants, but generally good academic achievement is enough to give an applicant a good chance of being awarded a scholarship. Students may themselves apply to certain trusts, but  others accept only applicants that have been recommended by the University, usually by a member of the academic staff.

Links to scholarship and trust databases

Scholarship database of the BMBF

Democratic scholarships

DAAD database for study proggrams abroad

DAAD database for study programs in Germany