Please be aware that the information regarding the application procedure and the scholarship eligibility is subject to change for the next scholarship intake. Updated details will be provided as soon as possible. Please follow our website and social media channels for announcements.

The 11 mandatory application documents are (valid for intake 2023):

Please note: All templates are available in the Download Section. Regarding requirements, carefully read our MARIHE Guideline for Applicants.

If you face difficulties in submitting the documents until the deadline, please inform MARIHE secretariat (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

1. Application Form for participation in MARIHE as a scholarship holder OR self-funded student (intake 2023)

2.  Copy of passport / personal identification card

- Notice: Translation into English may be needed (see information on translations of documents)

3.  Curriculum Vitae (CV) in Europass format (English template)

4.  Letter of Motivation (LoM)

- For topic and length of LoM, please see template.

5.  University diplomas/degree certificates from prior university studies

- Instructions for scholarship applicants who are unable to present the university diploma until the application deadline: If you receive your first degree certificate after the application deadline, you can ask to be granted an extension for this document until 19 February 2023 by filling in the signed “Statement on expected first university degree” (please see template in the Download Section) and submit it as application document No. 5 until the application deadline. The address for sending a scanned copy of the degree certificate after the application period has ended and until 19 February 2023 is: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

- PLEASE NOTE: Providing us with your conferred first university degree after 19 February 2023 is too late for the current application period (student intake 2023). Provisional certificates, letters of progress or similar documents cannot be accepted due to admission reasons (in case of selection).

6.  Transcripts of records from all university studies

- If original is not in English, please provide original plus translation (see information on translation of documents).

7.  Recent photograph

8.  Proof of proficiency in English language (certificate with scores from TOEFL, IELTS, PTE, Cambridge C1 Advanced, Cambridge C2 Proficiency)

- Find out more on requirements for test certificates and for what reasons an applicant can be exempted from English language certificate.

- PLEASE NOTE: MARIHE consortium can only accept the five English language test certificates listed, and can only grant exemptions on basis of the three cases explained. Letters issued by universities stating the proficiency in English or similar documents are not accepted.

- If you meet one of the criteria for being exempted from submitting an English language test certificate, please upload as application document No. 8 the respective document (adequate degree or secondary education as described).

- Instructions for scholarship applicants who are unable to present the English language test until the application deadline: If you receive your English test results after the application deadline, you can ask to be granted an extension for this document until 8 January 2023 by filling in the signed “Statement on late submission of English test score” (please see template in the Download Section) and submit it as application document No. 8 until the application deadline. The address for sending a scanned copy of the English test score certificate after the application period has ended and until 8 January 2023 is: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

- Instructions for self-funded applicants who are unable to present the English language test until the application deadline: If you receive your English test results after the application deadline, you can ask to be granted an extension for this document until 30 April 2023 by filling in the signed “Statement on late submission of English test score” (please see template in the Download Section) and submit it as application document No. 8 until the application deadline. The address for sending a scanned copy of the English test score certificate after the application period has ended and until 30 April 2023 is: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

9.  Two letters of recommendation

- Please see the information to give to the referees in the Download Section.

10.  Essay

- For topic and length of essay, please see template.

11.  Video

- For topic and length of the video, please see MARIHE Guideline for Applicants.

In general, all application documents should be prepared in the English language, or, if they are originals in other languages (e.g university diploma), should be translated into English according to our requirements.

For technical specifications for the application documents, please refer to the MARIHE Guideline for Applicants.