What Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Scholarship for International Students actually covers.
The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) Scholarship for International Students supports undergraduate and postgraduate students from the Global South, including African countries, who are already enrolled at a German university. The scholarship provides a monthly stipend of €750 for Bachelor's level students and €850 for Masters students, along with health insurance costs and a family allowance of €276 for scholars with children. FES is closely affiliated with the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) and promotes the values of social democracy, equality, and international solidarity. Scholarship recipients must demonstrate strong academic merit, commitment to social democratic values, and active civic engagement. The scholarship also provides access to FES's extensive network of political education events, seminars, and international exchange programmes. FES has scholarship programmes in over 100 countries and is one of Germany's largest political foundations. African students who are committed to progressive change and social justice in their countries are particularly encouraged to apply.
Who can apply.
Open to undergraduate, masters, phd applicants seeking to study in Germany. Eligible nationalities are listed below.
46 more eligible countries — full list available on the official application page.
Every academic discipline is accepted.
This programme does not restrict by field. Research proposals across humanities, sciences, engineering, agriculture, and medicine are all accepted.
Four steps to a complete application.
Scholar Africa is a discovery and tracking platform — the application itself is submitted directly through the official provider site. The steps below mirror our HowTo schema.
Check eligibility
Confirm your nationality, academic level, and field of study match the criteria above.
Eligibility checklist
Prepare documents
Transcripts, recommendation letters, personal statement, and a valid passport.
Document checklist
Submit the application
Submit before May 31, 2026 via the official portal.
Submission checklist
Track your application
Use your Scholar Africa dashboard to monitor status and deadline reminders.
Post-submission checklist
What we checked, when we checked it.
Scholar Africa runs a link-liveness check on every listing before it goes live. Five additional checks (contact, organisation, winners, third-party, manual review) are on the roadmap. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Scholarship for International Students currently scores 2.0/10.
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Other scholarships worth a parallel application.
Same eligibility window or destination. Many strong applicants apply to three or four programmes per cycle.