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German National Academic Foundation

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German organisation sponsoring students

The German Academic Scholarship Foundation (German: Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, or Studienstiftung for short) is Germany's largest and most prestigious scholarship foundation. According to its statutes, it supports "the university education of young people who, on account of their exceptional academic or artistic talents and their personalities, can be expected to make an outstanding contribution to society as a whole". The Studienstiftung is non-political, non-denominational and ideologically independent.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1925Founded1
  • Industryadvancement of upbringing, adult education and vocational training including assistance for students1
  • HeadquartersBonn, Germany1
  • Founded inDresden1
  • Websitewww.studienstiftung.de
  • Legal formRegistered association (eingetragener Verein)1
  • Kind of organizationNonprofit organization1
  • LEI967600JOF2S37ZTT58173
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressAhrstr.41, 53175 Bonn, Germany3
  • Registered withLocal Court Bonn, VR 20333

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The German Academic Scholarship Foundation (German: Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, or Studienstiftung for short) is Germany's largest and most prestigious scholarship foundation. According to its statutes, it supports "the university education of young people who, on account of their exceptional academic or artistic talents and their personalities, can be expected to make an outstanding contribution to society as a whole". The Studienstiftung is non-political, non-denominational and ideologically independent. Its headquarters are located in Bonn; it also has an office in Berlin. The current president is University of Bonn director Michael Hoch, and its patron (Schirmherr) is the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier.2

Corporate structure

German National Academic Foundation sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • German National Academic Foundation Bonn, Germany
    • Institute for Test Development and Talent Research Subsidiary · Germany

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Initially founded in Dresden in 1925 as a department of the Deutsche Studentenschaft, an amalgamation of German student committees, the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes was dissolved in 1934 under National Socialism and replaced by the "Reichsförderung", a department of the newly founded Reichsstudentenwerk. The Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes was newly formed as a registered association in Cologne in 1948.

From Wikipedia’s article on Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Leadership

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Business and NGOs

Andreas von Bechtolsheim, co-founder Sun Microsystems

Wolfgang Bernhard, member of the board of management of Daimler AG

Alexander Dibelius, managing director, Germany, Goldman Sachs

Frank Mattern, head of the German Office, McKinsey and Company

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Hans-Paul Bürkner, senior partner and global chair emeritus of the Boston Consulting Group

Politics and civil service

Fritz Kuhn, politician, co-chairman of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, the German Green Party, from June 2000 to December 2002

Andreas Paulus, judge at the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany

Frauke Petry, politician and former chair of the Alternative for Germany

Karl Schiller, politician and scientist, former Federal Minister of Finance of Germany

Gesine Schwan, professor, SPD-candidate for the office of the federal president, 2004

Steffen Seibert, journalist, former government spokesman and head of the Press and Information Office of Germany

Robert Tillmanns, politician, former Federal Minister of Germany

Christine Teusch, politician, Minister of Education of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1947 to 1954, and as such the first female Minister in Germany

Antje Vollmer, politician, until 2005 vice-president of the German parliament

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Institute for Test Development and Talent Research

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Timeline

  1. 1925Founded Founded in Dresden1

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