The scholarships offer foreign graduates from developing and newly industrialized countries from all disciplines and with at least two years of professional experience the chance to take a postgraduate or Master's degree at a state or state-recognized German university, and in exceptional cases to take a doctoral degree, and to obtain a university qualification (Master's/PhD) in Germany.
Eligible Country List
Europe -
- Albania
- Belarus
- Ukraine
Africa -
- Algeria
- Egypt
- Libya
- Morocco
- Tunisia
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- The central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo, Dem. Rep.
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- The Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Sâo Tomé and Principe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- St. Helen
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
North & South America -
- Belize
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Montserrat
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent and The Grenadines
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Columbia
- Ecuador
- Guyana
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Suriname
- Venezuela
Asia -
- Afghanistan
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Georgia
- India
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Maledives
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Uzbekistan
- Iraq
- Iran
- Jordan
- Lebanon
- Palestinian territories
- Syria
- Yemen
- Cambodia
- China
- Indonesia
- Korea DPR
- Laos
- Malaysia
- Mongolia
- Philippines
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Vietnam
Oceania -
- Fiji
- Kiribati
- Marshall Island
- Micronesia
- Nauru
- Niue
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tokelau
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
- Wallis and Futuna
Eligible Requirement
- Graduates with at least two years of professional experience from the list of eligible countries
- Applicant must be completed at least a Bachelor's degree
- Two-year Professional Experience
- Motivation letter (two pages)
- Applicant academic degrees should normally not be more than six years old.
- Applicants who have been resident in Germany for longer than 15 months at the application deadline cannot be considered
- If the applicant selects the German Language you need to prove B1 lever, otherwise, you can apply German language preparatory course (6-month language course)
- If the applicant selects English medium - IELTS 6.0, a TOFEL score of 550 or above
- Letter of recommendation from your current employer; the letter must have letterhead, a signature, and an official stamp and must be of the current date (not in a sealed envelope)
- Bachelor's degree certificate and transcript
- Work experience certificate
- No age limit
Benefits
- Eligible Time period - 12 to 42 months
- Graduate Candidate - 861 Euro per month / Doctoral Candidate - 1200 Euro
- Health care, Accident, and Personal liability insurance
- Travel allowance
- Monthly rent
- Monthly allowance for accompanying members of the family
Note -
The complete applications have to be submitted in English or German to be considered. Incomplete applications cannot be considered.
If applying to more than one course, please list courses in order of priority in the DAAD application forms and do not change these priorities
in the respective application, When applying for more than one postgraduate course (maximum 3 courses), you have to submit one motivation letter explaining why you are applying for these specific courses and why you chose that priority. If this information is ignored, the application cannot be
Application deadline
Depending on your chosen study program; please check the scholarship brochure or the website of your chosen study program.
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