The initial amount of the scholarship is EUR 300
per month. The scholarship is financed by public funds (50 %) and private funds raised by HHL sponsors (50 %). This initial amount can be increased by the private sponsor.
The annual number of scholarships to be awarded will be published by the Director of Financial Aid of HHL. In 2012, HHL will support four students.
The National Scholarship Program started at the beginning of the fall semester 2011 and continues on a semester basis. The scholarship requires a >> formal application.
Application deadline is June 30 for the fall semester (September) and February 28 for the spring semester (April).
The duration of a scholarship is 12 months. The scholarship is renewable on application.
Selection Criteria
A) Academic performance: HHL applicants must have a minimum GMAT score of 650; currently enrolled HHL students must have achieved a GPA (grade point average) of min. 1.60 in their degree program by the scholarship application deadline.
B) Previous special successes, awards and prizes, to be proven by the applicant.
C) Non-university or non-professional commitment such as voluntary work, community, social, university or political involvement.
D) Special personal or family circumstances such as illness and disability, care of own children, especially as a single parent, or close relatives to care, employment in family business, own current employment, family background or migrant background.
Failure to meet the application criterion A) is an exclusion criterion, criteria B) to D) will be considered by the selection committee, provided they are adequately demonstrated by the candidate in German or English. For accompanying documents that are not written in German or English a certified translation must be submitted together with the original version. The applicant will be informed in writing about the scholarship decision.
Exclusion criterion for granting a scholarship is performance-based financial support from a domestic or foreign institution in case it exceeds a monthly average of EUR 30 per semester.
Personal Data
Scholarship applicants agree that their personal data will be transmitted to the public donors for statistical purposes and for a review of the exclusion criteria. Furthermore, applicants accept that they may be asked by HHL to appear in press and publicity in connection with the scholarship.
Scholarship holders have to notify HHL immediately about changes that are relevant to the approval of the scholarship.
Any violation of this requirement or in the case of determining a non-prolongation of the scholarship after the first semester will result in a revoke of the scholarship to the end of the calendar month, with a notification of a six week period for repayment of unjustified amounts received.
In the case of an unjustified double funding, the scholarship will be revoked retroactively with an immediate repayment period.
There is no legal claim to the award of a scholarship as described above.
Contact for Students:
Frank Hoffmann
Financial Aid Director
Tel: +49 341 9851-745
Fax: +49 341 9851-810
Email: hoffmann@hhl.de
Contact for Companies:
Ulrike Maria Dienemann
Tel.: +49 341 9851-886
Fax: +49 341 9851-711
Email: ulrike.dienemann@hhl.de
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