Photonics – Scholarships from the
Federal Government of Germany
International students wishing to go
for a Master at the Abbe School of Photonics can apply for a
scholarship, which is granted in cooperation with partners from the
German Optics & Photonics industry, the Federal Ministry of
Education and Research and the County of Thuringia.

Scholarships include a stipend of 715 Euro per month, covering of
university fees, free local transport and health insurance. In addition, a language course is reimbursed.
Scholarships are restricted to
international students. For 2010/2011 a total amount of approx. 33 scholarships is available for these students.
For application please use the online application system. Additionally, please provide the
following documents and upload them in .pdf format on the application
extranet.
* a (certified) copy of your secondary school leaving certificate
* a (certified) copy of your academic degree
* (certified) copies of your transcripts of records
* a (certified) copy of your official English language test score
(TOEFL, IELTS,…)
* a (certificate) of the Academic Evaluation Centre (Chinese,
Vietnamese, Mongolian applicants)
* two academic letters of recommendation
* a letter of motivation
* a CV
Further information about required documents can be found on the
online application system.
Please note: To apply for a scholarship at the Abbe School of
Photonics it is not necessary to submit certified copies (paper) of the
above mentioned documents. However, upon acceptance students will be
asked to send certified copies via post. For upload of documents only
.pdf documents are acceptable.
Application Deadline for Scholarship:  The deadline
will be until March, 31st, 2010. Please note that
applications are evaluated on a rolling admission basis. Further
information can be found here.
For Chinese, Vietnamese and Mongolian applicants: Since the certificate of the Academic Evaluation Centres is not required for the application for the scholarship you can send this document
later, i.e. upon acceptance. The certificate is required to get the
admission to the Master program.
http://www.asp.uni-jena.de/Scholarships.html