PROMOS - Programme for the Promotion of Student Mobility
The PROMOS mobility programme supports stays abroad for up to six months per study period. Funding is provided at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam for study visits, internships, and participation in language courses and specialised courses abroad. The scholarships are awarded with funds from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
Who is supported?
All students who are enrolled at the FH Potsdam to obtain a degree here can apply. This also applies to international students (not exchange students and guest students). For students without German citizenship, stays in the home country are excluded. The home country is the country in which students have predominantly resided for at least five years.
What is promoted?
Internships
- Duration of stay 6 weeks to 6 months
- Worldwide at self-organised internship institutions, except in the Erasmus+ area.
- Internships can also be funded in the period between the Bachelor's degree and the start of the Master's programme. A preliminary admission to the Master's programme or a similar document from a German higher education institution must be available.
Study abroad
- Duration of stay 1 to 6 months
- Study stays at universities worldwide
- Information on semesters abroad can be found under Studying Abroad
- Tuition fees at the host university are not covered!
Theses
- Duration of stay 1 to 6 months
- Stays abroad to prepare final theses and dissertations at companies or universities, e.g. qualitative/quantitative interviews and research projects in archives
Language courses
- Duration of stay 3 weeks to 6 months
- Participation in full-day courses (at least 25 h/week)
- at state-run universities or established language institutes abroad (no funding possible for courses at private institutes and providers)
- Language courses at language schools can be found, for example, in the database of the Fachverband deutscher Sprachreiseanbieter (Association of German Language Travel Providers )
Specialised courses
- Duration of stay up to 6 weeks
- Participation in study-related courses at universities or scientific organisations abroad, e.g. summer schools and workshops
- Further information, for example, at Summer Schools in Europe.eu
Mobility with a disability or chronic illness
For people with a degree of disability (GdB) of at least 50 or a chronic illness, an allowance of up to 10,000 euros can be applied for for additional expenses incurred abroad (e.g. for the trip abroad, local travel, accommodation abroad, medical care, special didactic material, etc.). The requirement is that these costs are exclusively related to the stay abroad and that other institutions do not provide financial support.
When applying, the relevant information must be provided in the application form. The application is submitted after successful selection by the International Office.
There is no funding for this
Stays in the Erasmus+ area
For study and work placements in the Erasmus+ area, an application is usually excluded. You can apply directly for funding in the Erasmus+ programme, either for the study at a partner university with Erasmus+ or for the Erasmus+ internship.
Funding for the study period in the Erasmus+ area is only possible if there is no Erasmus+ agreement with the partner university or another Erasmus+ stay abroad is excluded.
DAAD Scholarships / Goethe-Instituts
Internships for which specific DAAD internship programmes can be claimed may not be funded in PROMOS. These are internships at international organisations, EU institutions, institutions and organisations administering EU programmes, Germany's missions abroad, the German Humanities Institutes, the Goethe Institutes (GI), the German Archaeological Institute and the German Schools Abroad (DAS). Information on this can be found at: Internship Placement - DAAD
Would you like to do your internship at a Goethe-Institut or a German mission abroad? Then apply directly for a short-term scholarship for internships abroad.
Scholarship amounts
The amount of the scholarships consists of at least one of the following components:
monthly partial scholarship Stay | between 350 and 550 euros |
one-off partial scholarship Mobility | country-dependent flat-rate travel allowance |
Course fee allowance | 500 euros |
The amount of the flat rates can be found in the DAAD overview of PROMOS funding rates 2024 .
The awarding of the funds is subject to the allocation of funds by the DAAD.
Information about the application
Application documents
Send the following documents by e-mail to international@fh-potsdam.de by the deadline:
- Application form
- Curriculum Vitae (tabular)
- Overview of achievements (printout from My.Campus, certificates of previous university degrees, if applicable)
- Letter of recommendation from a professor (template for the letter of recommendation)
- Language certificate for the language of instruction or working language
- Confirmation from the host institution with planned period of stay (e.g. letter of acceptance, internship contract, e-mail correspondence)
- For theses that are not carried out at a university/company, additionally: detailed timetable, letter of support from the degree programme
- For applying for compensation for disadvantages: declaration of honour
Selection criteria
The scholarships are awarded in a quality and merit-based selection process. There are no selection interviews. You will receive written notification approximately six weeks after the application deadline.
Priority selection criteria:
- Qualification and performance (academic achievements).
- Meaning and purpose of the planned stay for the further course of studies, including degree of preparation and involvement with the host institution/university
- Relevant language skills in the language of instruction or working language.
Additional selection criteria:
- Study visit at a partner university of the FH Potsdam
- social and societal commitment
- Examples: Studying with a disability, with a chronic illness, with a child as well as as a pregnant woman, caring for relatives, students with a foreign higher education entrance qualification, first-time graduates, refugees, children of refugees with German nationality, refugee background
Selection decision
The selection procedure at the FHP takes place on the basis of your files. At least two people must participate in the selection decision. The application deadlines published on this website apply. The International Office notifies you with the selection decision in writing by e-mail within 6 weeks after the application deadline. Together with the acceptance of the scholarship, a scholarship agreement is sent out, which lists the rights and obligations of the sponsored person and the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam.
Travel warnings and crisis precaution list of the Federal Foreign Office
We strongly advise you to inform yourself about the travel and safety advice of the Federal Foreign Office before you start your journey and to follow it continuously during your trip.
Travel advice contains information on, among other things, the entry requirements of a country, medical advice, special features under criminal or customs law.
Safety advice draws attention to special risks for travellers and Germans living abroad. They may contain a recommendation to refrain from travelling or to restrict travel. Where appropriate, advice is given against travel that is not absolutely necessary or against all travel.
Travel warnings for a country or partial travel warnings for regions of a country contain an urgent appeal by the Federal Foreign Office to refrain from travelling to a country or region of a country. They are only issued if travel to a country or a specific region of a country must be warned against due to an acute danger to life and limb. In the event of a travel warning issued by the Federal Foreign Office for the region in question, no funding is possible! In the case of a travel warning issued during the stay, we reserve the right to reclaim the funding or parts thereof.
All applicants are advised to register on the crisis precaution list at the Federal Foreign Office before departure: Electronic Registration of Germans Abroad. The local missions abroad will then be able to contact you quickly if necessary or in exceptional circumstances.
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