Santander Scholarships

The Sorgenfrei Campus Scholarship 2026 offers students at the University of Göttingen financial support in the amount of €1,000.

A total of 10 scholarships will be awarded.

Who is it aimed at?

All regular students of the University of Göttingen in the summer semester 2026 are eligible to apply. Exchange students are not eligible for funding as they are only temporarily enrolled at the University of Göttingen and do not graduate from the University of Göttingen.

How to apply?

The application is made via the Santander Open Academy*. You can access the application portal here. The application deadline is 7 June 2026. In order to ensure equal opportunities, selection is random.

What is the scholarship awarded for?

The selected students undertake to use the amount of €1,000 each over the following two years for expenses such as semester tickets, learning materials, equipment for their studies, housing costs plus ancillary costs and expenses for personal or professional development.

The scholarships are offered by Santander Consumer Bank AG. The University of Göttingen is responsible for determining the selection criteria and deciding on the award.

*Even if the scholarships are awarded via the University of Göttingen, interested parties apply via the Santander Open Academy platform. The University's data protection regulations do not apply here, but those of Universia Holding. We recommend that all interested parties read the data protection regulations here carefully before applying.

The Santander-Incoming-Scholarship Summer 2026 is open to exchange students at the University of Göttingen, nominated by a partner university as part of the Global Exchange Programme.

The scholarship supports accommodation and study-related costs for exchange students in Göttingen.

The scholarship consists of a one-time flat-rate payment of 1,000 Euro.

There are a total of five scholarships.

Selection is based on the exchange balance of the University of Göttingen with the applicant's home university. If the exchange balance is balanced, academic performance is used as the secondary selection criterion.

A bank account with an IBAN is required for the scholarship to be paid out.

The application is made via the Santander Open Academy*. You can access the application portal here. The application process closes on May 15th 2026.

The scholarships are offered by Santander Consumer Bank AG. The University of Göttingen is responsible for determining the selection criteria and deciding on the award.

*Even if the scholarships are awarded via the University of Göttingen, interested parties apply via the Santander Open Academy platform. The University's data protection regulations do not apply here, but those of Universia Holding. We recommend that all interested parties read the data protection regulations here carefully before applying.

The following information must be provided to you in accordance with Art. 13, 14 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, Regulation (EU) 2016/679) when personal data is collected:

Re Art. 14, para. 1 a) and b), 13 para. 1 a) and b):

The controller for the collection and processing of data is

Universita Holding / Santander Open Academy, Ciudad Grupo Santander, Avda. de Cantabria s/n, 28660 Boadilla del Monte (Madrid), Spain

Re Art. 14 para. 1 c):

The collection and processing of data is necessary to carry out a selection procedure for scholarships and to enable scholarships to be awarded to selected people. This is based on Art. 6 1 a) GDPR Lawfulness of processing.

Regarding Art. 14 para. 1 d):

The following data is collected and processed :

University

First name

Surname

Email address

Date of birth

Gender

Telephone number

Nationality

Current status (student)

Academic and professional data requested: The highest level of education, year of commencement of education (current or most recent), year in which education was completed (current or most recent), average grade

Field of study

Re Art. 14 para. 1 e):

The data will be processed and transmitted as follows:

University of Göttingen, foundation under public law (without University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG))

represented by the President

Wilhelmsplatz 1

37073 Göttingen

[hereinafter: University of Göttingen]; the specific data processing organisation is: Göttingen International Office

The Data Protection Officer of the University of Göttingen is

Prof Andreas Wiebe, LL.M. (Virginia),

Platz der Göttinger Sieben 6

37073 Göttingen

Email: datenschutz@uni-goettingen.de

Regarding Art. 14 para. 2 a):

The data will be stored for the duration of the contractual relationship between Universia Holding and the users, as specified in the General Terms of Use (https://www.santanderopenacademy.com/en/legal/terms.html).

Re Art. 14 para. 2 c) and d):

You have a right of access to the personal data concerning you vis-à-vis Universia Holding / Santander open Academy and the University of Göttingen and, if applicable, a right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing of this data and a right to object to processing, as well as a right to data portability.

If the data processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The data processing carried out up to that point remains lawful; the revocation only applies to the future. In this case, your data will be deleted immediately.

Regarding Art. 14 para. 2 e), 13 para. 2 d):

The data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the

State Commissioner for Data Protection of Lower Saxony

Prinzenstraße 5

30159 Hanover

Email: poststelle@lfd.niedersachsen.de

or any other data protection supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.

Regarding Art. 14 para. 2 f):

The data source is: https://www.santanderopenacademy.com/en/legal/privacy.html