From 2023, TU Bergakademie Freiberg will have access to around 300,000 euros from the DAAD programme "Future Ukraine". 11 particularly high-achieving scholarship holders are currently studying at TUBAF with the support of the programme. One of them is Anhelina Mospan, who defended her thesis in the Materials Science and Technology degree programme at the end of November. This makes her the first scholarship holder from the programme to successfully complete her studies.
At her home university in Dnipro, Ukraine, Anhelina Mospan was already enrolled on the double degree programme Material Science and Materials Technology (specialising in Steel Technology). She had to start her planned semester in Freiberg a year earlier due to the war: "I continued to attend courses in Dnipro online from Freiberg - as did my fellow students there, as there is currently no face-to-face teaching at my home university." Staff in Freiberg drew her attention to the DAAD scholarship because of her good performance: "Thanks to the financial support, I was able to concentrate exclusively on my studies. I was also able to complete additional German courses and make contacts with other scholarship holders from the DAAD programme."
The scholarships can be awarded until the end of July 2025 via the university's International Office. In addition to the scholarships, preparatory German courses, support for the scholarship holders from academic assistants and joint social and cultural activities are also funded.