Costs

Cost & Insurance

  • There are no tuition fees, but there is a charge of around 60-70  € per semester for student Services.
  • Living expenses in Erlangen are about 700 to 900 € per month. The actual amount depends largely on how much you pay for the accommodation. For more details go to this page.
  • You must have health insurance before you can matriculate at University and apply for a residence permit. This costs about 100 € per month (and is already included in the living expenses calculated above).

IMPRS Physics of Light

MAOT cannot provide scholarships for students from its own funds.

However, MAOT students can apply for a scholarship at IMPRS Physics of Light in Erlangen, Germany. This can be done before admission to MAOT (deadline: 15 January) or after admission (deadline: 31 May).

While MAOT is one of the options to fulfill the pre-requisites for this scholarship, the application process and selection are completely independent from the admission to MAOT. Admission to MAOT does not automatically mean selection for the scholarship, and selection for the scholarship does not automatically mean admission to MAOT. At the same time, a rejection by the IMPRS does not automatically mean, that an applicant is rejected by MAOT.

For more details about the IMPRS Physics of Light please go to https://mpl.mpg.de/study-work-or-visit/graduate-programs/physics-of-light/welcome.

Jobs at FAU

As a student, once you have arrived in Erlangen you can apply for a job at the university institutes or other research institutions. Most  studens who are searching for a job do find one eventually. This can take about three to six months, however, and the pay often does not cover all your living expenses or the level of income required for a residence permit.

Further Scholarships

Unfortunately, it is not easy for international students to get a scholarship to study in Germany. Firstly, scholarships are not particularly common in Germany in general. Secondly, most of the programmes require good German language skills.

The following list contains some information on existing programmes: