Application Portal - Bielefeld University

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Application portal scholarships

Applications for scholarships under the DAAD Graduate School Scholarship Programme are accepted via this BGHS portal.
Please enter your data here if you would like to apply for a doctoral scholarship.
Please read the FAQs on the application before uploading your documents.

Personal information:

Surname:*
First name:*
Date of birth (dd/mm/yyyy):*
Place of birth:*
Nationality:*
Gender:*
Native language:*
Highest degree:*
Field of study:*

Contact information

Street address:*
Postal code:*
City/town:*
Country:*
(Mobile) phone number:*
Email:*

Information about your dissertation project

Working title:*

In which department do you plan to earn a degree?*

Please choose the degree you wish to attain. Dr. phil in History
Dr. phil in Sociology

Upload files

Please upload only the documents we request! Please attach an officially certified translation if certificates are not in English or German.
Applications that do not comply with the requirements cannot be processed further.

Please note that the upload may take quite a long time depending on your connection.
If you have a slow connection, try to minimise the file size. Only documents in PDF format are accepted. Information on creating PDF files can be found here.

Please note that you cannot upload more than 16MB in total. You will not get an error message if you upload more.

Motivation letter and curriculum vitae:
Your motivation letter (600 words max.) and curriculum vitae (1,000 words max.) must be uploaded as one PDF file.
Project description:
Please read the Guidelines for project descriptions carefully for important information on form and content.
Detailed work schedule:
Please read the Guidelines for the work schedule carefully.
Academic transcripts:
Please upload your college and university transcripts as one PDF file. If these are not in German or English, please provide a translation.
Letter of recommendation:
Please upload a letter of recommendation from a professor at your home university here. Please use the DAAD template for the letter of recommendation.

Declaration of consent

*I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data as described in the privacy policy . The consent is voluntary and can be revoked at any time with effect for the future.
The data processing prior to your revocation remains lawful (please contact the professional contact person for this - see privacy policy).
In the event of a revocation, the personal data will be deleted immediately. You will not suffer any disadvantages as a result of the revocation.
Legal permissions remain unaffected by a revocation of consent.

*These fields are mandatory.