Application & Eligibilitiy Requirements

• Self-organized courses at universities or other scientific institutions abroad. 
• Minimum duration is 5 days, maximum funding period is 6 weeks.
• Full enrollment at the FU Berlin is required.
• Please also read the general PROMOS grant conditions.

Required Documents

• Application Form

This link will take you to the application portal. There you will be able to complete your PROMOS application after registration.

• Motivation Letter

Motivation letters should be written in German. Only justified cases give student’s the permission to write in English. We recommend Adobe Acrobat Reader DC to fill out the form for reasons of compatibility. Please refrain from submitting handwritten applications. Mozilla Firefox may not support the application form.

• Transcript of Records

As transcript of academic records, you can submit the printout “Übersicht Noten und Punkte” from the Campus Management system. Alternatively, you can submit a transcript which has been signed by your faculty’s examination office. Graduate students must additionally submit their undergraduate degree certificate. Doctoral candidates submit a copy of their Bachelor's and Master's degree certificates.

• Certificate of Enrollement

You are required to submit a proof of enrollment at the FU.

• Proof of Nationality

We kindly ask you to submit a copy of an identity card or passport.

• Standardized letter of recommendation

Letters of recommendations can be completed by a lecturer/professor with the help of our form. Please note that language teachers or non-FU researchers are not accepted. The document, written in English or German, should be submitted along with the other application documents by the applicant or sent to us directly by your assessor. To fill in the form, we recommend downloading the form and only then entering the rating. If the ratings are entered first and the form is saved afterwards, they are often not transmitted.

• Proof of adequate language skills

Skills of the host institution's language of instruction must be proven. The DAAD language certificates that are issued by the FU Berlin’s language center can be used for this purpose. Alternatively, you can submit a TOEFL or IELTS language test. If the language of your course differs from the local language of the host country, please see the website with information on language certificates. Native speakers can submit their high school diploma or other proof that they have completed an academic degree in the respective language.

In any case, appropriate supporting documents must be included, otherwise your application will not be considered. Language certificates should not be older than two years. Native speakers can submit their high school diploma or other proof that they have completed an academic degree in the respective language.

• Proof of availability of the course you would like to attend

For example the offer of the respective course.

• Checklist

A checklist with all documents helps with the completion of your application. Please attach it to your application documents.

Submission of application documents

Please submit the aforementioned documents in one PDF in the order indicated in the checklist via mail: promos@campus.fu-berlin.de.