Funding internship abroad

• Erasmus internship (for internships in the EU, Norway, Turkey, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia and Iceland)

Students with German citizenship can apply for Auslands-BAföG for their internship abroad. Auslands-BAföG is the funding available to German citizens who are studying at a university and plan to do parts of their studies, a full degree or an internship abroad.
Auslands-BAföG may even be available to German university students who do not qualify for inner-German BAföG. That is because the costs of living and studying may be higher abroad than in Germany.

To co-finance an internship with Auslands-BAföG, the internship has to be at least 12 weeks long.
Students have to apply 6 months before the intended start of the internship abroad.

The Studierendenwerk Hamburg provides counsel for students interested in Auslands-BAföG. They take applications for stays in the USA.
Applications for Auslands-BAföG for stays in other countries and regions will have to be addressed to Studierendenwerke in other German cities.

DAAD-Stipendien

DAAD-stipend database

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An internship abroad can be co-financed through an education loan, which has to be paid back with interest. To find out whether a loan would be beneficial for you and how to apply for it, please turn to the Studierendenwerk Hamburg and their counselling centre for finance.