Scholarships

On this page, we want to give you a listing of scholarships that we can recommend.

Manfred Lautenschläger Scholarship

  • Corporate scholarship from MLP for students of mathematics, computer science, natural sciences, and technology.
  • Funding is provided to students for:
    • very good or good academic performance or
    • social commitment or
    • scientific achievements (also for doctoral students in the doctoral phase
  • Further information on the Manfred Lautenschläger scholarship can be found here. This information is only available in German.

Deutschland Scholarship

  • State and privately endowed scholarships for all students at the University of Mannheim.
  • The following count for the scholarship:
    • above-average performance in school and studies
    • outstanding extracurricular or non-university commitment
    • special family circumstances, such as a non-academic parental home or a migration background
  • Further information on the Deutschland Scholarship of the University of Mannheim can be found here.

IT Scholarship

  • Corporate scholarship, donated by various companies for “IT talents“
  • There are no special requirements for the scholarship.
  • You only have to be “clever and motivated” and convince the jury of yourself.
  • Further information about the IT scholarship can be found here. This information is only available in German.

Opportunity Mannheim Scholarship (Mannheimer Chancenstipendium)

  • The Opportunity Mannheim Scholarship is for all students with a difficult economic or social situation.
  • It supports students who are in a difficult situation and need financial support, e.g. due to
    • the care of relatives, disabilities or illnesses
    • limited family support or a crisis
    • a non-academic parental home or migration background
  • Further information on the Opportunity Mannheim Scholarship can be found here.

Of course, this is only a small selection of scholarships.
If you know of other interesting scholarships with a focus on Business Informatics and Mathematics, please contact us at so that we can add them here.

A larger overview on scholarships can be found on the scholarship page of the University of Mannheim, which can be found here.

More information about scholarships can be found on the website of the ‘Begabtenförderungswerke’, which you can find here. This information is only available in German.

There are also numerous other portals where you can find information about scholarships. A good overview is provided, for example, by the website ‘Stipendienlotse’, which you can find here.