Germany: BTHA Scholarships – postgradual study stays in Bavaria

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AVAILABLE ONLY FOR CITIZENS OF: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine.

The Free State of Bavaria awards one-year scholarships to higher education institution graduates from the above countries for postgraduate studies in Bavaria.

Applicants are in charge of chosing their host university in Bavaria.

Scholarships provided by the Bavarian-Czech Academic Agency (BTHA) for university students and graduates are intended to finance a follow-up master's or doctoral studies or a longer study stay at Bavarian public universities. The scholarship is awarded for one academic year and can be extended twice subsequently on application (for a total duration of three years).

ONLY STUDENTS AND GRADUATES OF CZECH UNIVERSITIES CAN APPLY IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC.

Detailed information on scholarship offer, the stay duration, number of scholarships awarded, applicant requirements and other conditions is available on the BTHA website.

Information on conditions for the given academic year is available for download in a pdf file Ausschreibung für das Förderjahr ... ("Calls for applications for the academic year...").

The application includes obligatory attachments listed on the BTHA website.

The scholarships are funded by the Bavarian-Czech Academic Agency (BTHA).

How to apply?

APPLYING THROUGH THE BTHA PLATFORM

Scholarship applications are submitted online, directly to the BTHA platform "StipSys". Detailed instructions application submission for the given academic year and the link to the StipSys platform can be found at the BTHA website and in the pdf document Ausschreibung für das Förderjahr ... ("Calls for applications for the academic year..."). Here you can also find the list of obligatory documents that need to be submitted with the application.

Note that the conditions for first-time-applicants and applicants requesting scholarship extension are different.

The applicatiopn deadline is December 1st.

REFUND OF TRAVEL COSTS - ADDITIONAL APPLICATION THROUGH THIS PORTAL

Applicants who want to claim reimbursement of their travel costs by their home university in Czechia (return travel from Czechia to Bavaria) must also submit an online application for the Czech partner through this portal (no additional documents are required).

This option is only available for students and graduates of Czech universities.

As part of the programme: MEYS Scholarships Abroad
Education level: higher (Doctoral study programme), higher (Doctoral study programme)
Relationship to the institution: graduate, student

Country of application:

  • Czechia

Additional conditions:

There are specific age limits for scholarship applicants:

  • master's programme students: max. 30 years,
  • doctoral students: max. 35 years.

Stay information

Minimum length of stay [year]: 1
Maximum length of stay [year]: 3

Scholarship information

Amount: 992 EUR
Payment method: paid by the host country
Payment period: monthly

Travel costs

Reimbursed by home university/college

Reimbursed: Yes
Reimbursed by institution: Yes

Currently open calls

Call ID Name Academic year Submit from Submit to
463 (OUT/DE/STU) Open call for academic year 2027/2028 2027/2028 1. 9. 2026 1. 12. 2026

Closed calls

Call ID Name Academic year Submit from Submit to
176 (OUT/DE/STU) Open call for academic year 2026/2027 2026/2027 1. 9. 2025 1. 12. 2025
45 (OUT/DE/STU) Open call for academic year 2025/2026 2025/2026 1. 10. 2024 1. 12. 2024