Chechnya

The Scholarship Program (discontinued)

Program start: 2008

Program end: 2023 (due to the lack of cooperating universities or colleges in Germany without tuition fees for international students)

Total supported: 8 scholarship recipients

The scholarship program for Chechens was structured differently from the other programs of Studieren Ohne Grenzen:

Scholars came to Germany for study stays, participated in university events and workshops, and completed internships. This served language acquisition and the individual development of the scholarship recipients.

The scholarship covered living expenses as well as all costs for language courses and studies and was initially set for one year each. Subsequently, some scholars had their stay financed for the duration of a bachelor's degree. In addition, the scholarship recipients were supported in finding internships and other further education opportunities, especially in the NGO sector.

As with other programs of Studieren Ohne Grenzen, the Chechen scholarship recipients used the experiences they gained during their stay in Germany to implement their own projects, which were carried out after their return to Chechnya.

Since no cooperating university or college could be found throughout Germany, the program ended in 2023 with the graduation of the last supported scholar.

Discontinued Infrastructure Projects

Books For Grozny

During the Chechen wars (1994–1996, 1999–2008), large book collections of the three state universities in the Chechen capital Grozny were destroyed by fighting and fires. In addition, the equipment is now severely outdated.

As part of the Books To Grozny project, university libraries in Grozny were equipped with up-to-date specialist literature. From the very beginning, students as well as university staff from the Chechen side were involved in the planning: They decided which titles were needed and included in the book shipment. The Books To Grozny project gave Chechen students better access to education, which the state structures in the current political and economic situation could not provide. Teachers at universities and schools, who act as educational multipliers, also benefit from this offer.