Postgraduate Degree Courses with Relevance to Developing Countries

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Summary

Last update: 25 January 2012

Description

Study scholarships are awarded to provide foreign graduates from developing or threshold countries of all disciplines with opportunities to complete a postgraduate or Master's degree course at a state (public) or state-recognised German higher education institution and to gain a degree in Germany (Master's/Diplom). Exceptions for doctoral studies in order to gain a university degree (PhD) in Germany are possible.

Eligibility

Applicants must meet the following requirements:

• Applications for DAAD study scholarships with relevance to developing countries are open to excellently-qualified graduates who hold a Bachelor's, Diplom or comparable academic degree. Generally, no more than six years should have passed between the time when they gained their degree and the time of this application. Please note: For some courses with relevance to developing countries there are age limits.
• Besides previous academic achievements, the most important selection criterion is a convincing presentation of the applicant's academic and personal reasons for the planned study project in Germany and the expected profit towards development policy.
• Applicants are expected to look upon at least two years of work in their special field and should, if possible, working in a ministery, central department, subdivision, Chamber of Industry and Commerce, a company or firm or in a project for aid towards developing countries.
• If the degree programme includes a several month long stay abroad, funding for this stay abroad will generally only be considered if it takes place in a developing country and lasts a maximum of 6 months and covers a maximum of 25 per cent of the scholarship term.
• Good German language skills are generally a requirement for German/English postgraduate studies. Exceptions are possible when scholarship holders are enrolled in degree courses which are instructed in English. The DAAD may fund attendance of an online language course (DUO) in the the scholarship holder's country and a German language course at a language school in Germany before the scholarship-supported studies begin. This is free of charge to the scholarship holder.
• Please note: All graduate courses use additional application conditions which have to be considered in any case.
• Applicants, who have been resident in Germany for longer than one year at the time of application, cannot be considered.

Duration

Depending on the length of the chosen degree course, the study scholarship will be awarded for between 10 and 24 months.

This listing is made possible as part of our cooperation with DAAD. The information about this scholarship originates from Stipendiendatenbank Ausland or Stipendiendatenbank Deutschland.