With its development-oriented postgraduate study programmes, the DAAD promotes the training of specialists from development and newly industrialised countries. Postgraduate courses are currently offered in the following areas:
• Economics, business administration, political economics
• Development cooperation
• Engineering and related sciences
• Regional and urban planning
• Agricultural and forestry sciences
• Natural and environmental sciences
• Medicine and public health
• Social sciences, edu
SCHOLARSHIP BENEFITS
The scholarships offer foreign graduates from development and newly industrialised countries from all disciplines and with at least two years' professional experience the chance to take a postgraduate or Master's degree at a state or state-recognised German university, and in exceptional cases to take a doctoral degree, and to obtain a university qualification (Master's/PhD) in Germany.
Duration of the funding: 12 to 42 months (dependent on study programme)
Depending on academic level, monthly payments of 992 euros for graduates or 1,300 euros for doctoral candidates
Payments towards health, accident and personal liability insurance cover
Travel allowance, unless these expenses are covered by the home country or another source of funding
Under certain circumstances, scholarship holders may receive the following additional benefits:
Monthly rent subsidy
Monthly allowance for accompanying members of family
Selection
Candidates fulfil the necessary academic requirements and can be expected to successfully complete a study programme in Germany (above-average result for first academic exam – top performance third, language skills)
Candidates have a Bachelor degree (usually a four-year course) in an appropriate subject
Candidates have at least two years' professional experience
Candidates can prove their motivation is development-related and be expected to take on social responsibility and initiate and support processes of change in their personal and professional environment after their training/scholarship
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Institution | Degree | Duration | Deadline | |
* Intake every two years - next intake 2026 | ||||
Economic Sciences/Business Administration/Political Economics | ||||
HTW Berlin | MA | 17 months | 31.08.2024 | |
GAU Göttingen | MSc | 24 months | 01.10.-15.11.2024 | |
U Leipzig | MBA | 22 months | 01.10.2024 | |
Development Cooperation | ||||
RU Bochum | MA | 18 months | 30.09.2025 | |
U Bonn/United Nations University | MSc | 24 months | 15.12.2024 | |
U Bonn | PhD | 42 months | 31.08.2024 | |
HS Rhein-Waal | MA | 18 months | 01.05.-01.06.2024 | |
TU Dresden/ UNU FLORES/ IOER | PhD | 42 months | 31.03.2024 | |
Engineering and Related Sciences | ||||
TU Dresden | MSc | 24 months | 15.10.2024 | |
U Flensburg | MEng | 24 months | see website | |
U Hannover | MSc | 24 months | 30.09.2024 | |
U Oldenburg | MSc | 24 months | 15.10.2024 | |
HfT Stuttgart | MSc | 18 months | 15.10.2024 | |
U Stuttgart | MSc | 24 month | 01.08.-30.09.2024 | |
BHU Weimar | MSc | 24 months | 15.10.2024 | |
Regional and Urban Planning | ||||
TU Berlin | MSc | 18 months | 31.08.2024 | |
TU Dortmund | MSc | 24 months | 01.10.2024 | |
U Stuttgart/ Ain Shams University | MSc | 24 months | see website | |
Agricultural and Forest Sciences | ||||
TU Dresden | MSc | 24 months | 30.10.2024 | |
U Giessen/ U Hohenheim | PhD | 42 months | 31.08.2024 | |
GAU Göttingen | MSc | 24 months | 31.10.2024 | |
U Hohenheim | MSc | 24 months | 15.12.2024 | |
Natural and Environmental Sciences | ||||
U Bremen | MSc | 24 months | 15.10.2024 | |
TU Darmstadt | MSc | 24 months | 15.12.2024 | |
U Freiburg | MSc | 24 months | 15.10.2024 | |
U Greifswald | MSc | 24 months | 01.12.2024 | |
TH Köln | MSc | 24 months | 30.09.2024 | |
TH Köln/ German Jordanian University | MSc | 24 months | 15.11.2024 | |
Medicine/Public Health | ||||
Charité Berlin/ FU Berlin/ HU Berlin | MSc | 12 months | 15.10.2024 | |
U Freiburg | MSc | 12 months | 15.04.-15.10.2024 | |
U Heidelberg | MSc | 12 months | 15.05.-15.10.2024 | |
U Bonn | MSc | 12 months | 01.09.-15.11.2024 | |
LMU München | PhD | 36 months | 01.12.24-01.01.2025 | |
Social Sciences, Education and Law | ||||
PH Ludwigsburg / Helwan University Cairo | MA | 24 months | see website | |
Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC) | LL.M. | 12 months | 15.10.2024 | |
Media Studies | ||||
HS Bonn-Rhein- Sieg/DW Akademie/U Bonn | MA | 24 months | 31.03.2025 |
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