Deutschlandstipendium

At the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts (HfMDK), approximately 73 Deutschlandstipendium scholarships are expected to be awarded again in the winter semester 2025/2026 in accordance with the Scholarship Program Act of 21 July 2010 as amended. This also includes some earmarked scholarships.

The purpose of the scholarship is to support talented students at the HfMDK who are expected to achieve or have already achieved outstanding academic or professional results.

Funding is generally provided for 2 semesters and amounts to 300 euros per month. It is possible to reapply within the standard period of study.

You can apply for a Deutschlandstipendium if you

• are enrolled at the HfMDK and are in the standard period of study or
• are about to commence your studies at the HfMDK.

Applications are open to both German and international students. Doctoral candidates and students of the MA IEMA are excluded.

• 01.07. - 31.07.2025 for students already enrolled
• 01.08. - 31.08.2025 for first-year students (1st semester for winter semester 25/26)

If you are already enrolled at the HfMDK but would like to apply for a new degree program (e.g. Master's or KE) that you start in the winter semester 2025/26, you are considered a first-year student for the application procedure and must apply in the period 01.08. - 31.08.2025.

Application procedure:

The application is possible within the respective application deadlines and exclusively online via the HfMDK website.

The LINK to the online application and the current call for applications can be found at the bottom of this page by the deadline of 01.07.2025.

Documents to be submitted

The documents to be submitted and details of the requirements applicable to your application can be found in the current call for applications (download at the bottom of this page).

Selection criteria

• Previous study and examination achievements or the results achieved in the aptitude test, with particular consideration of the main artistic subject (insofar as this is relevant to the course)
• special successes, awards and prizes, previous professional activity and internships
• extracurricular or extracurricular commitment such as voluntary work, social, societal, higher education or political commitment or participation in religious societies, associations or clubs
• special personal or family circumstances such as illnesses and disabilities, caring for own children, especially as a single parent, or close relatives in need of care, working in the family business, gainful employment while studying, family origin or a migration background.

Selection procedure

Scholarship holders are selected by the scholarship selection committee after reviewing the documents submitted in accordance with the above criteria, usually in October. The selected scholarship holders will be notified in writing or electronically.

Selection committee

• Prof. Carsten Wiebusch (Vice President, Chair)
• Prof. Lucas Fels (Vice Dean FB 1)
• Prof. Dr. Katharina Schilling-Sandvoß (Department 2)
• Prof. Silke Rüdinger (Vice Dean FB 3)
• Prof. Dr. Christina Richter-Ibáñez (elected representative of the professors)
• Prof. Ernst August Klötzke (elected representative of the professors)
• Julia Gudi (elected representative of the students)
• David-Christian Sixt (elected representative of the students)
• Women's and Equal Opportunities Officer