The Mummert Foundation has set itself the goal of contributing to the successful integration of the Central and South Eastern European countries into the EU, thereby also aiming to make a contribution to sustained stability in Europe.

Successful integration into the EU primarily calls for these countries to drive their economies forward. However, a country's economic success depends on the competitiveness of its companies. And these, for their part, depend on the qualifications and abilities of their executives.

The Mummert Foundation wants to contribute to training highly-talented, dedicated and excellently-qualified young executives for these countries who know how market economies work and are up-to-date with the tools of modern management. This goal includes the Mummert Foundation's expectation that its scholarship holders' will return home after completing their studies to take up leading positions there.

Besides the personal contribution made by Beatrice und Rochus Mummert, the Mummert Foundation is also supported by representatives of German business and industry.

The Mummert Foundation cooperates with the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), one of the world's largest and most experienced organisations in the field of international student exchange. The DAAD pre-selects applicants in their home countries and is responsible for providing the Mummert Foundation scholarship holders with administrative support during their stay in Germany.

The Mummert Foundation also cooperates with two world famous German universities

• the Aachen University of Technology and the
• University of Cologne.

The Mummert Foundation funds students of economics, business administration or engineering who are in their 3rd or 4th academic year and come from one of the following countries:
Bulgaria, Estonia, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic or Hungary.

Besides having excellent academic qualifications, applicants are also expected to be able to demonstrate that they have what it takes to become future leaders. That means executive qualities like leadership as well as a sense of public spirit and social responsibility. Excellent German language skills are also a key qualification.

The Mummert Foundation provides its scholarship holders with up to 3 years' funding for a course of full-time studies completed either at the Aachen University of Technology (Engineering, Industrial Engineering) or at the University of Cologne (Economics, Business Administration, Business Information Systems). This funding aims to enable students to earn a renowned German degree: Diplom.

This funding aims to enable students to earn a German Diplom degree or, where applicable, a Master's degree.

The monthly scholarship amounts to 765 euros in the first academic year, 790 euros in the second year, and 815 euros in the third year. In addition, scholarship holders receive rent subsidies, an allowance for study materials, health insurance subsidies, travel allowances plus a new laptop computer for their own personal use. Furthermore, the programme includes rewards for good examination results and shorter study times.

The Mummert Scholarship stands out because:

• it provides funding over several years
• in the first academic year, the Mummert Foundation provides its scholarship holders with personal academic support and guidance by university tutors
• it arranges traineeships in various German companies to ensure that students are able to combine practice and theory in order to acquire the necessary practical insight and understanding in their studies
• Mummert scholarship holders are accepted into the support groups of the German National Academic Foundation, which opens up opportunities for them to meet highly-talented Germans from all faculties
• each Mummert scholarship holder is accompanied by a personal mentor, a leading representative from business or industry, from culture, higher education or public administration. The personal mentors ensure that the scholarship holders not only get to know university life, in general, but also gain a closer insight into Germany and all its different areas of life, including family life
• Mummert scholarship holders attend colloquia that bring them together with leading representatives from politics, culture, education and research, plus business and industry
• Mummert scholarship holders play an active role in designing and implementing the scholarship programme - for themselves and for following generations.

The Aachen University of Technology and the University of Cologne are, each in their respective field, among the world's leading academic institutions and can look back on a rich tradition and history. The range of studies and lectures they offer is of unparalleled breadth, with teaching and research represented by outstanding academics and scientists. Furthermore, the tradition of a "studium generale" which Germany's universities cultivate has extended the worldwide reputation of these universities by opening up the diversity of faculties to all students and providing cross-disciplinary access to general knowledge and education, an aspect that is of such importance to the real top-flight leaders and executives.

The RWTH Aachen and the University of Cologne also stand out with an exceptional international profile. They cooperate with other leading universities throughout the world and train young talented students from practically all the countries around the globe. Consequently, they also offer their students the opportunity to acquaint themselves with many different perspectives and to make international friendships and create worldwide networks at an early stage. And last but not least, Germany's central position in Europe and its direct neighbourhood with nine other countries provides a unique opportunity in Europe for students to experience the closeness of and the direct access to many traditional, European societies and cultures.

Mummert Scholarships are offered every year for studies to begin in the winter semester of the following year.

The Mummert Foundation website offers detailed information on the goals and work of the foundation and on what the Mummert Scholarship offers and involves. Just go to:
www.mummertstiftung.de

The information provided in German in the self-portrait under Download à "Selbstdarstellung" provides a comprehensive overview of

• the Mummert Foundation
• the studies and the scholarship
• the application process

You can find the email addresses of Mummert scholarship holders on the foundation's website at:
www.mummertstiftung.de

For detailed information on the goals and work of the DAAD, just click on the DAAD website: www.daad.de

This website also lists the addresses of institutions in your country that you can contact for further information and advice on the Mummert Scholarship.

Information on the Aachen University of Technology and on the University of Cologne can be found on the following websites:

• www.rwth-aachen.de
• www.uni-koeln.de

The application address and deadline for applicants from your home country can be found on the following DAAD website:www.daad.de/stipendien

Application papers must, besides any other specified documents, include a fully completed DAAD Application Form that can be obtained from the German Embassy, the local DAAD Regional Office or Information Centre, and from the DAAD Lectors in your home country as well as directly from the DAAD website: www.daad.de

You can find information on any other application papers you may be required to submit and on the application process itself on the Mummert website: www.mummertstiftung.de or on the DAAD website www.daad.de by following the link:
Deutschland/foerderung/ausschreibungen/04699.de.html

The application papers are checked in your home country by a DAAD pre-selection committee. Applicants who meet the Mummert Foundation's requirements are invited to attend an interview. The application papers and these interviews form the basis on which the pre-selection committee chooses the applicants that it recommends should be invited to attend an in-depth selection interview in Germany with the selection committee made up of representatives from the German host universities, the DAAD and the Mummert Foundation. The Mummert Foundation pays for these students to attend the selection interview in Germany. The successful candidates from the preselection round receive a questionnaire by email containing further detailed questions about themselves and their motivation. Subsequently, the promising applicants are invited to attend the final round in Bonn. This is where the Mummert scholarship holders are finally chosen by a selection committee made up of professors from the host universities and of representatives from the DAAD and the Mummert Foundation.

For more information, please visit the website at:
http://www.mummertstiftung.de/home.html