Autumn Equinox

Yes I hope so too. At least I got the right dates in the "Information about the study programme" form. Not sure what possessed me to put down 12 months instead of 24 months (i.e. the actual length of the programme) in the Application form... Ah true the UK seems to have been doing well with vaccination. They are speeding up vaccination here in Australia as well, I imagine it's similar in NZ? Both Oz and NZ are in Germany's exemption list last I checked so should be no problem with arriving there. I suppose the concern is whether we're allowed to leave & when/how/whether we can go back if things get worse... I have some underlining health conditions so won't be able to leave unless it's safe overseas anyway. I won't mind studying online or even deferring the course to next year if things don't improve to be honest. We'll see soon I guess...

Mine are Bochum, Potsdam and Kassel, also in that order :). I also realised I likely got the wrong end date for the first course (and subsequently, the funding end date) when re-reading the application summary this morning. Now am writing to the school to confirm their dates so I can reason it with DAAD, hopefully they will be forgiving... To be honest, I didn't have much hope and was very surprised to be awarded the scholarship! Even so, I'm not sure how it's gonna be, with Covid and all. We Aussies and Kiwis have it (relatively) easy here but out there it seems to be a different story.

Ah in our case they haven't sent the letter yet, just asking for some information to prepare the award letter. Thanks very much! I finally found the number - it's on the application summary (the cover sheet to application, page 1, there's a "personal ID" number). It does start with 9 in my case. Not sure it's the same place you found it but I doubt it's a big deal anyway :). Where are you going to study?

Congrats!!! Australia here, also received the same email today. Do you know where we can find that "daad personal reference number" they're asking about?