DAAD Scholarships (Germany)
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) grants a limited number of scholarships to qualified applicants to study at up to 34 German Universities across various Masters and PHD-level disciplines. The scholarship provides a stipend for living expenses, as well as the waiving of the Service Fee. To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must be:
- a national of a developing or newly industrialized countries
- have two or more years of professional experience
- Agricultural and Forest Sciences
- Engineering
- Regional Planning
- Medicine and Public Health Mathematics
- Environmental Sciences
- Law
- Economics and Business Administration
- Development Studies
- Social and Political Sciences
- Media Studies
- 34 Universities and Applies Sciences Universities across Germany
Recipients of the scholarship are selected by DAAD in cooperation with the University.
The typical scholarship holder works either for a public authority or a state or private company in a developing country and, as such, is engaged in the planning and execution of directives and projects with emphasis on development policies having a bearing on technological, economic or social areas.
- Holds a Bachelor’s degree (normally four years) in a related subject.
- Has completed an academic degree with far above average results (upper third) and at least two years of related professional experience.
- His/her academic degrees should normally not be more than six years old.
- His/her academic degree is not equivalent to a German Master's degree.
What does the DAAD Scholarship cover?
- Monthly living expenses: EUR 750 per month
- A study and research subsidy (EUR 460 in the first month and EUR 190 in the thirteenth month)
- A subsidy for travel expenses to and from Germany (incl. insurance for accident & personal liability)
- Health insurance contract with “Die Continentale” (private insurance)
- Preparatory German Language Course (February/ March)
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