SCHOLARSHIPS
All prospective students in the Master's degree program can apply for the following scholarships:
ASP scholarships from the Federal Government of Germany
International students wishing to go for a Master's degree 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 are granted for the two-year Master Photonics program at the Abbe School of Photonics and comprise a stipend of 800 Euro per month. The scholarships includes also a language courses. Approximately 30 scholarships are available per year. German students cannot apply for a Photonics Scholarship since these scholarships are exclusively for international students.
For application please use the online application system of the Abbe School of Photonics. Further information about required documents can be found in 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 Scholarships: For the scholarships the same deadline as for admission to the Master Photonics program applies.
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. However the certificate of the Academic Evaluation Centres will in most cases be required later on to get admission to the Master's degree program.
Deutschlandstipendium
All students who are already enrolled at Friedrich-Schiller University may also apply for a German scholarship (Deutschlandstipendium). As soon as you are enrolled and got your first transkript, you can apply for the following year. For more information, please visit the official Deutschlandstipendium website or contact the ASP administration team. You´ll also find information about the application on the website.
Deadline May 31, 2013!
>> Deutschlandstipendium website
OpSciTech scholarships - Erasmus Mundus scholarships from the European Union
The OpSciTech Master is a two-year program offered by five renowned European universities - Imperial College London, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Delft University of Technology, Warsaw University of Technology and Université Paris-Sud (together with Institut d´Optique Graduate School). Students enrolled in the program will study in two different countries, spending one year in each. The students have to pay tuition fees depending on the country of study. For application and details please visit the OpSciTech website. Please note that application to the OpSciTech program is possible only via the OpSciTech website.
>> OpSciTech website
Atlantis-MILMI scholarships- scholarships from the European Union
The Atlantis-MILMI is a two-year program offering a double Master's degree in the interdisciplinary field of Lasers, Photonics and Material Science by a consortium of four institutions, the Physics and Chemistry departments of the University of Bordeaux, France, the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany, the College of Optics & Photonics of the University of Central Florida and the School of Material Science & Engineering at Clemson University in South Carolina. As part of their studies, students enrolled in the program will take courses and perform research for up to 12 months at one of the partner institutions across the atlantic.The Atlantis-MILMI Master program is financed by the U.S. Department of Education within the framework of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) and by the European Union through the ATLANTIS program. U.S. students have to apply through the U.S. partner institutions, while European students have to apply through the European partner universities. For information about the application and further details about the program please visit the Atlantis-MILMI website.
>> Atlantis-MILMI Website
Scholarships for students from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia and Azerbaijan
The European-Russian Academic Network Plus (ERANET Plus) is built upon the solid foundation of the ERANET-MUNDUS2 project. The objectives of the project are to create lasting associations between Russian HEIs and the European HEIs and to establish strong ties and mobility flows.
1) ERANET-MUNDUS:
www.eranetmundus.ub.edu
Deadline 20 December 2012
Scholarships
2) ERANET-PLUS:
www.eranetplus.ub.edu/eranet
Deadline 18 January 2013
scholarships
3) EMERGE
www.emerge.uaic.ro
Deadline 15 February 2013 for Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova
4) IANUS
www.ianus.uaic.ro
Deadline 15 February 2013 for Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan
Further databases containing various scholarship programs
Information of the International office of the FSU Jena
The German Academic Exchange Servise (DAAD) offers a varity of scholarship programs and databases:
www.study-in.de
www.daad.de/deutschland
www.daad/international-programmes
The Catholic Academic Exchange Service (KAAD) offers scholarships to students with outstanding social and religious commitment.
