- You must request a letter of recommendation from a lecturer at RUB or from the student advisory service of your faculty.
- The letter of recommendation must be issued for your current scholarship application. Therefore, it must be no older than three months.
- The document must be sent directly to rubiss@rub.de by the recommending person.
International Office
Scholarships of the International Office
Letter of recommendation
The letter of recommendation is a mandatory document for the scholarship application. We cannot consider your application without a letter of recommendation.
Important!
1. Consider who can give you a letter of recommendation.
- Do you know lecturers from a course personally?
- Are there any university lecturers whose courses you have done very well in?
- In which course did you take your best exam?
- Who supervised your thesis?
You can write to one of these people by email.
- It does not necessarily have to be a person with a professorship. Letters of recommendation from academic staff who take on teaching tasks are also accepted.
- If you do not receive a letter of recommendation from a teaching staff member, you can contact the student advisory service.
2. Write a proper e-mail:
- Choose the correct form of salutation.
- Introduce yourself briefly.
- Explain what you need (a letter of recommendation) and for what (a scholarship application).
- Refer to the template we provide for a letter of recommendation (attach the template to the email).
- Specify the deadline by which you need the letter.
- Politely ask for feedback.
- End the email with a greeting and your full name.
Templates for the letter of recommendation
Please download the corresponding template and send it with your request by mail:
- Template for lecturer (German)
- Template for lecturer (English)
- Template for the student advisory service
