Scholarship Infos - Bertelsmann University

Infografic

Who?

All Bertelsmann employees, who want to expand their Tech, Data, AI and Human-centric skills and are at least 18 years old may apply for the “Scholarship Program.”

When?

Application Phase:
October 16 – November 30, 2025

Coursera:
January 15, 2026 – December 31, 2026

Udacity:
January 15, 2026 – August 15, 2026

Harvard Online:
Group 1: January 15 – February 12, 2026
Group 2: June 3 – July 1, 2026
Group 3: September 2 – September 30, 2026

Where?

The application has to be made proactively.
Please visit:

https://www.bertelsmann-university.com/scholarship-program

Info Material

FAQs

All important questions answered in one document:

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Presentations

Master Presentation

An overview with all available slides. Select the slides that are important for you and amend them to your needs:

Download Scholarship Master Presentation

Download Leading Teams in Times of AI Master Presentation

Scholarship at a glance

All important information in one presentation:

Download Scholarship at a glance

HR Info Presentation

All important HR information:

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Provider Comparison

Differences between the scholarship providers Udacity, Coursera and Harvard Online:

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Udacity Details

Udacity Content Overview:

All necessary Nanodegree information in one overview document:

Download Udacity content overview

Udacity Nanodegree Syllabi:

// Intro to Cybersecurity Beginner

// AI Product Manager Beginner

// Agentic AI Intermediate

// Generative AI Intermediate

// Data Engineering with Azure Advanced

Recording HR Info Session

Recording of our session for HR professionals:

Watch session recording

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Recording Employee Info Session

Recording of our session for all employees

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Marketing Material

Lock Screens

Use the different images and deploy them as lock screens on your employees' computers. If you have the possibility to change the lock screens during the application phase, we recommend to change the screens to "Last chance" in the end.

TURN YOUR SPARK INTO SKILLS

Download: Lock Screen

Download: Lock Screen Last Chance!

Download: Lock Screen Last Chance (german version)

Monitor Slides

Use the various images and deploy them as digital posters on all the monitors at your locations! If you would like to make best use of it, we recommend to change the screens from time to time.