Internationales Parlaments-Stipendium / International Parliamentary Scholarship
Programm Arabische Staaten /
Programme for Arab countries 2021
Deadline extended to December 1st 2020!
Amman, 19.11.2020
Would you like to get to know the German Parliament?
The German Bundestag invites highly motivated graduates from the Arab region to take part in a scholarship programme in Berlin each year in September.
The concept
The programme is aimed at politically engaged young graduates from the Arab region who are interested in the German parliamentary system and play an active role in promoting core democratic values in their home countries.
The Programme
The programme takes place each year from 1 – 30 September in Berlin. The core element of the programme is a one-week work placement in the office of a Member of the German Bundestag.
The scholarship
The selection process
Eligibility criteria
-Citizenship of an Arab country
- Under the age of 35 at the start of the scholarship
- University degree
- Very good knowledge of German
- A strong interest in politics, and social/political commitment
Please send your completed online application documents by email as a PDF-file, with the file name consisting of your surname followed by your given name (i.e. surname-first name), to the German mission in your home country.
- Passport photo (please attach this to the first page of the application form);
- Application form, available online
- Evidence of very good knowledge of German;
- Signed personal statement of reasons for applying, in German (maximum of two pages);
- Copy of passport or ID card;
- Certified copy of university degree certificate1;
- Letter of recommendation in German or English (from a university professor or employer, assessing the applicant’s qualification for the programme).
1 Copies are officially certified when they have been signed and stamped by a recognized authority (a German or foreign public authority, an embassy or consulate of the Federal Republic of Germany, a university, notary, or translator/interpreter registered with the public authorities) to confirm that they are a true copy of the original. If several photocopies are stapled together, each individual copy must be certified in this way. Unless documents are properly certified, the application cannot be processed.
More Information & Application
- Program description (German | Arabic)
- Important: Information and Application Form
Deadline for applications: 15 November 2020
Parliamentary coordination
Contact
For further information, please send an email to: ips@bundestag.de
***Save the Date***
The International Office of German-Jordanian University kindly invites you to the Questions&Answers Online-Session about the International Parliamentary Scholarship. Please find more information about the program of this year as an example attached.
The meeting will be held mostly in English.
When: Wednesday, January 13th , 12 pm (Jordanian-time)
Where: Webex-Online Meeting
How: 1. Subscribe to scholarship.coordinator@gju.edu.jo We are happy to receive questions before the meeting.
2. You will receive a link sent to your email before the sessions starts.
Main Campus (Madaba)
Ms. Lisa Krimphove, Scholarship Coordination
Building B, Office 117