With its MINT scholarships for female Master’s students, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar supports outstanding female master’s students from the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Computer Science and Media, who have demonstrated (or are expected to demonstrate) an outstanding performance or aptitude in their field. As a measure to foster gender equality, the MINT scholarships for female Master’s students are financed with funds from the Professorinnenprogramm III funding programme for female professors. They are moreover intended to contribute to a long-term and sustainable increase in the proportion of women in the MINT degree programmes at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.
* MINT: Mathematik, Informatik, Naturwissenschaft und Technik /
STEM: science, technology, engineering and mathematics
1. Who can apply?
Scholarships are awarded to particularly talented female Master’s students from the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Computer Science and Media at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar demonstrating above-average academic performance.
2. How funding is available?
- max. 2 MINT scholarships
- 450 euros per month for 12 months, start in April
- Non-material support: opportunity to participate in accompanying workshops
Scholarships 2024/25
The application deadlines were 31 January and 31 August 2024.
The general rules are:
- Applications will only be considered if they are complete and submitted before the application deadline.
- An application can not be considered without a letter of recommendation.
- There is no legal entitlement to the award of a scholarship.
OUTLOOK 2025/26:
- It is planned to publish the next calls in November 2024.
- The application deadline is expected to be mid-January 2025.
- The scholarship comission usually decides in February/March.
- The scholarships usually start in April.
Funding requirements
Funding is availabe for:
- Female Master’s students, who are enrolled in a degree programme of the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering or the Department of Computer Science and Media at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar at the time of application.
Further requirements:
- A MINT scholarship cannot be awarded if the applicant already receives public funding.
- Scholarships cannot be awarded to persons in employment; secondary employment is permissible, as detailed in the scholarship statutes of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (MdU 30/2022 in German; may not exceed the respective applicable limit for "geringfügige Beschäftigungen/marginal employment)
- Further details are regulated in the latest version of the statutes for the awarding of scholarships at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (currently MdU 58/2019).
- Funding recipients are required to submit a final report.
Application documents
Please use the online application form with file upload for your application documents:
- language: German or English
- 1 PDF document (1 file incl. all attachments, please include name in file name).
- file size max. 15 MB
- not password-protected
Please include the following documents in the order shown below:
- Statement of motivation (aptitude for and interest in the scholarship, max. 2 pages)
- Tabular CV
- Academic achievements/certificates (in particular, proof of academic achievements at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar):
- performance overview indicating the average mark achieved, to be prepared by the faculty exam office of the faculty or as a printout via the BISON portal
- where applicable, Bachelor’s degree certificate and proof of academic achievements at other universities - if applicable: explanation of your personal circumstances and biographical hurdles such as caring for a child or relative, a disability or chronic illness, your parents’ (educational) background, migration background, experience of discrimination, etc.
(Please enclose proof or have it ready for inquiries by the Commission)
PLEASE NOTE – the following must be submitted separately - Letter of recommendation from a professor at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
- For better comparability, they should use the Letter of Recommendation form wherever possible.
- The professors must submit their letter of recommendation separately online as a PDF file, also by the application deadline of 31 January at the latest: stipendien[at]uni-weimar.de
Selection procedure
The Scholarship Commission of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is expected to decide on awarding of the scholarships in the end of February.
In addition to the applicant’s academic achievements and the aforementioned award criteria, their voluntary work/commitment, social aspects and biographical hurdles will be taken into account.
- Any attempts by the applicant to deceive will lead to immediate exclusion from the application procedure. Future applications will not be possible in this case.
- Due to the absolute confidentiality of the selection procedure, applicants will not be provided with justification of the committee’s decisions.
The awarding of scholarships is subject to the availability of funding.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Timon Rabczuk
Chair of the Scholarship Commission at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Vicce President for Projects and Research
You can find out more about the scholarship holders in the scholarship online gallery:
Nasim Aghamohammadian
Human-Computer Interaction (Master)
Alina Shrestha
Natural Hazards and Risks in Stuctural Engineering (Master)
Karoline Brehm
Computer Science for Digital Media (Master)
Anne-Mareike Hempel
Architektur & Management (Bau, Immobilien, Infrastruktur)