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Promos is a partial scholarship providing financial support for various kinds of stays abroad worldwide that cannot be funded through Erasmus+.
Applying is possible twice a year:
All regular HSBI students can apply from the 1st semester onwards.
The following stays are not eligible for the grant:
Within a study cycle (e.g. bachelor’s or master’s), a maximum of 6 months of Promos funding is possible. However, only 2–3 months per scholarship holder can usually be funded, even if the stay lasts longer.
If sufficient scholarship funds are available, the funding can possibly be extended.
Please view the monthly funding rate for your destination country here. You will learn the concrete amount of funding that you will receive after the scholarship has been awarded.
Simultaneous funding through the Mobility Grant, the Green Mobility Grant and/or Auslands-BAföG is possible.
Students with a degree of disability of at least 50 percent or a chronic illness are eligible for reimbursement of additional costs related to their stay abroad of up to €10,000.
Important note: The reimbursement must be requested at least 2 months before the start of the planned stay abroad, so please make sure to contact the International Office in good time.
Applying is possible twice a year through our online portal.
These documents must be submitted in German or English:
Selection procedures and criteria
The selection procedure takes place in November or May. Applicants will receive feedback about their application approximately two weeks after the end of the application period.
These are the selection criteria:
After your stay abroad, the following documents must be submitted through the online portal within 30 days:
Reportage “PROMOS bewegt – Zum Studieren in die Welt”
Experience reports from participating students and universities as well as statements from DAAD.
Link to the reportage “PROMOS bewegt:” https://pageflow.daad.de/promos-bewegt-122#1292