From Selection Round 1, 2026, please submit your application via the Mobility Online application portal (see box above).

After successfully registering with your university email address, please upload the following documents via the portal:

1. Motivation Letter (signed), addressing the following questions: (max. half to one A4 page per question):

   • Which qualifications—academic and personal—do you bring to the planning and realisation of your stay?

   • What do you hope to gain from your international stay—both personally and academically? (You are welcome to refer to your specific course choices and your career perspective.)

   • Which activities or initiatives could you undertake to present and represent Bergische Universität Wuppertal abroad? (Be creative! You may also submit concrete project outlines.)

2. Current Certificate of Enrolment (Applicants with only secondary student status at BUW are not eligible to apply for PROMOS.)

3. Current Transcript of Records including your current overall grade average
   (if applicable, certified by the Central Examination Office)

   • For joint degree programmes, include all component subjects

   • If you already hold a university degree, please also include the corresponding transcript

4. Proof of Study Relevance of Your International Stay

   • For study stays and subject-specific courses: Learning Agreement

   • For internships: Certification from the faculty confirming relevance to your studies and recognition of the internship

     The corresponding document is linked in the portal and available in the download section of this page.
     If a more detailed document is required for your internship stay, you may alternatively upload this from the download section of the page.

5. Curriculum Vitae (signed) (1–2 A4 pages; please include supporting documents)

6. Language Certificate of the Instruction or Working Language at the host institution
   Additional points are awarded for certificates in the local language if it differs from the instruction language. If the instruction or working language is German, a certificate in a foreign language is still required.
   Applicants must provide a language certificate based on the European Framework of Reference, with a clear indication of the overall language level (e.g., DAAD language certificate, issued through the Language Teaching Institute (SLI), issued within the last 24 months).
   The minimum requirement for a PROMOS scholarship application at Bergische Universität is level B1 in the instruction or working language.

7. Acceptance Confirmation from the Host University or Institution, or documentation of the application submitted (e.g., copy of the application documents)

8. Application Form (fully completed and signed) – this will be generated in the portal once all documents have been uploaded.

Note: If any documents, over which you had no personal control regarding issuance, need to be submitted later, please upload a PDF file with a note indicating this.

If you have received the DAAD scholarship Lehramt.International, funding through the PROMOS scholarship programme is excluded! Please only apply for the PROMOS scholarship if you have received a rejection from the DAAD or are not planning to apply for the Lehramt.International funding programme! In the event of rejection by the DAAD, this must be enclosed with the PROMOS application.