If you receive a study grant (="Studienbeihilfe"), you can apply for study abaroad grant, opens an external URL in a new window for a maximum period of 20 months. Submit the application (PDF, German only), opens an external URL in a new window to the Study Grant Authority in Linz, opens an external URL in a new window. You will need written confirmation issued by your thesis or dissertation supervisor.
Does the topic of your Master's/Diploma degree thesis or dissertation require a stay abroad? No problem! The following scholarships are available:
If you are planning a stay abroad of at least 2 months, you may be able to get an exchange spot and receive an Erasmus+ scholarship. Ideally, your stay would be a semester long and you would also take a course or two (10 ECTS credits are recommended).
Would you like to venture into the world for your PhD thesis? Erasmus+ can make it happen! Grants available for short stays: 79 € per day (days 1-14) and 56 € per day (days 15-30).
Please find detailed information in the online application, opens an external URL in a new window.
If you do not receive a study grant (and thus no study abroad grant), and you are not eligible for an Erasmus+ scholarship, you can apply for the JKU Study Abroad Scholarship.
Quick Facts:
- Duration for scholarship: 2 weeks to 3 months (graduate thesis) and/or 6 months (doctoral dissertation)
- Select the host institution you wish according to the requirements of your thesis or dissertation (university, organization, company, etc.)
- Stipend amount: a monthly stipend (in accordance with study allowance for studies abroad Column II, opens an external URL in a new window) + possibly a travel subsidy outside of Europe (€ 300, Australia € 500)
- Apply online, opens an external URL in a new window before your stay abroad begins
If Upper Austria has been your official main residence for at least 1 year and you still need financial aid to help fund your internship abroad, you can also apply for a scholarship from the state of Upper Austria as part of the IPS (Internationalization Program for Students). The amount is a max. of € 100 per month. In addition, you could receive a travel allowance for up to max. € 240 in Europe and a max. of € 480 outside of Europe.
Apply in the online application portal, opens an external URL in a new window and use the form "Scholarship Application for self-organized stays abroad (non Erasmus+)" or "Other Stays Abroad: Scholarship Application" BEFORE your stay abroad begins.
- Intention: Research project (academic paper in the area of engineering and natural sciences) at a university in the USA
- NEW: also for virtual/online project realization
- Minimum period: 3 months
- Scholarship amount: € 4,000 - € 10,000 (depends on level of studies and duration) - with online/virtual realization 40% of aforementioned amount
- Submit an application (DOCX), opens a file in a new window by March 15 (for stays beginning end of July/beginning of August) and by October 15 (for stays beginning end of January/beginning of February)
