Scholarship Opportunities
We understand that many of our admitted applicants are unable to pay our tuition fees, and to secure sufficient bank loans. The MIPLC can offer financial assistance to a limited degree only, and competition is fierce. We therefore encourage everyone interested in financial assistance to explore a variety of funding options. Quite often, there are scholarship opportunities that wait to be discovered, which means that you have to look for them. In particular, we recommend the following:
- Talk to your employer. Sending you to the MIPLC is an investment in your skills and in their professional future, as they will benefit from your new knowledge and contacts after your return;
- Check the programs offered by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service);
- Find out whether your government offers any funding for students going abroad;
- Multinational or German companies operating in your country might support you;
- Contact organizations such as Rotary, which usually have funds to sponsor outgoing students;
- Turkish applicants may wish to apply for the Jean Monnet Scholarship Program;
- Mexican applicants may be eligible for loans granted by the Fondo para el Desarrollo des Recursos Humanos;
- In Germany, various organizations may provide funds that can be used to study at the MIPLC.
This list is not exhaustive; therefore, it pays to "shop around" in your home country and search the internet as well.
The following information covers financial assistance for which you apply directly at the MIPLC.
Tuition Waiver Scholarships
The MIPLC or external sponsors (industry, law firms, IP organizations etc.) provide a limited number of full or partial tuition waiver scholarships. These scholarships are granted to students demonstrating both need and merit. To apply for such a tuition waiver, please access our online application system and complete your application for admission. In the last step, you will be asked to indicate whether you have sufficient funding for your studies. If you check "I would like to apply for financial assistance", you will be forwarded to our Financial Assistance Application Form. Please complete this form as well.
In the Financial Assistance Application Form, you will be asked to provide data concerning your own financial means, and, if you are married or in a common-law partnership, concerning your spouse's/ partner's means as well. Please have data available regarding
- Other loans/ grants for which you have applied for your studies at the MIPLC;
- Your own (and/or your spouse's/ partner's) income from employed work, self-employed/ free-lance work, rentals/ leases, and return on capital;
- Your assets (real estate; securities; capital exceeding 5,000 EUR);
- Your indebtedness (mortgages/ real estate liabilities; educational indebtedness; others).
You will also have the opportunity to provide additional information that you consider relevant to determining your financial need.
Once you have completed both forms, please print and sign them. Please remember to add supporting documentation, as detailed in our Financial Assistance Application Instructions, before sending your application to us by mail or courier.
Please note: You must complete our application form for admission and our financial assistance application form in the same session. It is not possible to come back later for the financial assistance application form. Therefore, please make sure to have all required data ready before logging on to the system.
Your complete application with all required documents must reach us by April 30. Applications for tuition waivers are reviewed from early May on, and are usually decided upon in June.
NB: These scholarships do not encompass any other form or cash or in-kind support. This means that we will only (partially or fully) waive the tuition fee for you, but you will not receive a monthly stipend on top. Students who are granted a tuition waiver will still have to pay their travel costs, accommodation costs, living expenses, health insurance, enrolment fee, and other MIPLC fees out of their own pocket.
DAAD Scholarship for Students from Developing Countries
Students from developing countries may apply for the DAAD scholarship for "Postgraduate Courses for Professionals with Special Relevance to Developing Countries" if they fulfill the DAAD's criteria. Please use the link below to learn more.
If you are interested in any other kind of scholarship or funding provided by DAAD outside of this particular program, please apply to DAAD directly.