Fellowship Students of the Winter Semester 2021/22

04.11.2021
Fellowship students (from left): Vincent Elsässer, Sukyoung Lee, Boyu Xian, Saemi Kwon, Hyuna Choi, Hayeong Kim, Jiwon Park and Dabin Kim.

Congratulations to our Fellowship Students!

Our Bachelor first-year student Ekaterina Gradoboeva and our Master student Boyu Xian are happy to receive a Förderkreis Scholarship.

Vincent Elsässer, a fourth-semester bachelor student, receives a Deutschlandstipendium.

Hyuna Choi, a bachelor’s student from our partner university Hongik University, is pleased to receive a Baden-Württemberg scholarship, which will enable her to spend a semester at the Merz Akademie. Our master’s student Andrea Sofia Baires is attending Hongik University in Seoul with a Baden-Württemberg scholarship and our bachelor’s student Derya Mutlu with PROMOS.

Bachelor student Filipa Duarte at the University Beira Interior, Portugal, is also spending a semester at Merz Akademie thanks to funding from Erasmus+.

We are also happy to welcome our exchange students from Hongik University in Seoul, who are spending a semester at Merz Akademie without a scholarship: Dabin Kim, Ha Yeong Ko, Saemie Kwon, and Jiwon Park. Sukyoung Lee and Dakyeong Chung extended their study stay at Merz Akademie.

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