Grant of the Province of Styria in Cooperation with the University of Graz for Students from South-Eastern Europe – GO STYRIA

Winter semester 2012/13

In cooperation with the University of Graz, the Province of Styria has been offering a new grant for outstanding students from South-Eastern European countries starting since winter semester 2007/08  – “Go Styria!”. In the winter semester 2012/2013 a total of 54 scholarship are available.

Information on projects supported since the beginning of the scholarship program available here.

The scholarship program aims at students registered at universities in South-Eastern Europe (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” (F.Y.R.O.M.), Albania, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova) and will allow them to follow their research / take courses during their stay as mobility students at the University of Graz in order to finish their degree at the home university after their return home. Students should at least in the 7^th semester of a diploma programme or at least in the 2^nd semester of a master’s programme of a field of studies relevant to their stay abroad at their home university at the time of applying, or those who are already writing their master’s or doctoral thesis. The selection of the grant holders takes place in a joint process of the Province of Styria and the University of Graz. The academic quality of the applicant is decisive for the success of the application. Depending upon the intended aim of the studies or research, proof of the command of German and/or English is to be provided.

The maximum length of time of financial aid for go styria! is four months. Grant awards for shorter research stays are occasionally possible.
More information on fields of stduy offered at the University of Graz available here.

Making use of "Go Styria" and other scholarship programs for the same duration of study at the University of Graz is not admissible.

Application deadline: 16 March 2012 (receiving deadline of application via surface mail).

• Completed and signed Application form as well as Study Confirmation (print-offs of the online application)
• Enclosures (Trasncripts, diplomas, resumee/CV, research or study plan, 2 recommendation letters, passport copy – detailed information available in the context of the online application process)

Please get in touch with the contact person (see below) to receive your code for the online application.
In order to receive the code, please provide us with the following information in your email:

• Application for - Go Styria scholarship
• First and last name (as it appears in your passport)
• Home university
• Level and field of study

“go styria” includes the following benefits:

• Grant in the amount of EUR 600 per month
• Waiver of tuition fees at the University of Graz

Every grant holder has to submit a report to the Office of International Relations before the end of her/his scholarship period. The report should give an overall impression of the stay abroad, providing information both on professional benefits as well as general experiences. The reports will be made public on the homepage and thus made available to new applicants.

Christa Grassauer, M.A.
Tel. +43 / 316 / 380-1254
Fax:+43 / 316 / 380-9156
Office hours:
Mon - Fri from 9.30 am to 12 pm, Wed from 1 to 3 pm
(during holidays: Mo - Thur from 10 am to 12 am)
and after making an appointment by telephone