eng.join!

Academic exchange of future engineers Joinville-Ingolstadt

Scholarship Program
1 for EGM Students
for a
Semester Abroad
at UFSC, Joinville (Brazil)
Summer Term 2022

Apply until June 6, 2021

The THI project eng.join! is supported by the

 What is eng.join!
eng.join! is a DAAD funded project at THI under the roof of the AWARE Center which offers 3
scholarships to THI students of Engineering and Management for a stay abroad at the partner
university UFSC (Federal University of Santa Catarina; Joinville, Brazil) in summer term 2021
(expected from March – mid-July, 4,5 months).
The scholarship includes:
- Single travel allowance (fixed sum, for all travel costs): 1.575€
- Monthly scholarship rate for the first 4 (full) months: 1.175€ (in the 5th month, you will
receive 39€ per day)
- Monthly lump sum for travel insurance: 35€

Who can apply

Exclusively students from Engineering and Management ("Intern. Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen") (B.
Eng.) holding the German citizenship and having completed at least 3 semesters before the stay
abroad.
In case you have a citizenship other than German, you can receive the scholarship if you fulfill at least
the following requirements:
- You have a valid residence permit for Germany.
- You will have completed at least 4 semesters at a German university before the stay abroad or
have any other connection to Germany shown in your CV (e.g., attendance at a German
school).
- Brazil is not your country of origin/home country.

How to apply
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The following documents have to be submitted in English as one pdf file (max. 15 MB) to aware@thi.de
until June 6, 2021 (23:59)1:

- Motivation letter (max. 1 page)

- CV (max. 2 pages)
- Current transcript of records
- Optional: Certificate of Portuguese language skills
- Optional: Proof of voluntary work at THI (active or former membership in student
organizations, current or earlier participation in Buddy program or similar)

Selection Criteria
- Academic performance
- Motivation, knowledge of Portuguese, voluntary work at THI

More Information & Contact

For more information, please have a look at our FAQ and/or contact:
Lisa Hermsen (AWARE Center), questions regarding the scholarship, eligibility, and administration
+49 841 9348-6469; aware@thi.de
Prof. Dr. Andrea Eisenberg, questions regarding the curriculum abroad/recognition of credit points
Andrea.Eisenberg@thi.de

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By sending your application including your personal data, you confirm that THI is allowed to use it for
organizational purposes during the selection procedure, the stay abroad, for statistics and alumni activities.

The THI project eng.join! is supported by the

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Timetable*

The THI project eng.join! is supported by the

*Due to the current pandemic, the semester start abroad might be slightly postponed.