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!

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.

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

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