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The Studienfonds OWL Foundation has been granting privately funded scholarships on behalf of the five state colleges in Ostwestfalen-Lippe, North Rhine-Westphalia since 2006. Our scholarships are the Deutschlandstipendium and the Social Scholarship. The five colleges that participate in Studienfonds OWL are:

• University Bielefeld
• University Paderborn
• University Bielefeld of Applied Sciences and Arts
• OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts
• Detmold University of Music
   

The goal of Deutschlandstipendium is to grant particularly talented, conscientious students nationwide lasting support. Each recipient receives a scholarship amounting €300 per month (€3,600 per year). Our Social Scholarships are granted on the basis of financial or personal need, amounts to €1,800 per year. Scholarship students are sponsored for two semesters in installments of €150 per month. 

Besides the financial support, we offer our scholarship students an extensive Ideals Cultivation Program with contact to businesses in OWL, workshops, seminars, talks and much more.

Click here for more information and details about the application for the Deutschlandstipendium.

Click here for more information and details about the application for the Social Scholarship.