The mobility programme of the DAAD supports short-term study periods worldwide with funds from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research BMBF). PROMOS aims to make an important contribution to increasing student and doctoral student mobility.

The PROMOS programme is open to German and international students and doctorals students, who are fully registered at Kiel University in their 2nd semester or higher (students) with the aim of obtaining a (doctoral-) degree at the university. Study visits in home countries are excluded.

Kiel University directly selects scholarship recipients on the basis of quality.

The DAAD determines the grant amount, instalments and travel costs.

• Semester Scholarship (3 to 4 months, students only)
• Short Term Scholarship for a Thesis (1 to 4 months, students only)
• Internship (6 weeks to 4 months, students only)
• Language Course (3 to 8 weeks, students and doctoral students)
• Specialised Course (1 to 6 weeks, students and doctoral students)

Detailed Information:

All important information on  funding, how to apply and how to prepare the final report is available in our PROMOS LEFLEAT_2025.pdf. The PROMOS SUBSIDY RATES 2025.pdf can be found on a list sorted by country. You can find specialised courses here: Summer Schools in Europe

PROMOS-ONLINE-REGISTRATION / next application 1. October 2024

Application deadlines for all lines of funding:

• 1st October 2024 - funding possible from 1st January 2025
• 1st April 2025 - funding possible from 1st July 2025

PROMOS application information PPP

all info events - new dates 2024/25