Country: Germany

Program: Bachelor /Masters/ PhD

Duration: Up to 3 years.

Introduction:

Would you like to study, carry out research or learn German in Germany and are you looking for funding? Every year, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) supports well over 100,000 German and international students and researchers around the world, making it the world’s largest funding organization of its kind.

DAAD scholarship are aimed primarily at graduates, doctoral students and postdocs and are awarded for study and research visits to universities and non-university research institutions in Germany. In some programs, internships are also funded.

Benefits:

• Up to 1500 euros monthly Stipend.
• Payments towards insurance cover
• Annual study allowance
• Travel allowance
• Additionally, under certain circumstances:
  • Monthly rent subsidy
  • Monthly allowance for accompanying members of family
  • If applicable, allowance for additional needs in case of disability/chronic illness
  • Preparatory language course

Application Timelines:

Application period	June 2024
Application Deadline	31st August 2024
Email for Acknowledgements	October 2024
Interview for short listed candidates	November 2024
Offer letter to successful Applicants	February 2025
Travel to Germany and three month language course	June to August 2025
Start of Degree	September 2025

List of Programs:

Language Requirement:

If you are awarded the scholarship, the DAAD can provide a preparatory German language course for you. The DAAD scholarship selection committee will assess whether such a German course is necessary for you and how many months (maximum six) are appropriate. These German courses will enable you to improve your German language skills. However, it is not realistic to reach the level required for university admission within the framework of these courses if you have no or only very limited German language skills by then.

In order to apply for a place at a German higher education institution and thus to start your scholarship, you must also submit proof of your language skills (e.g. DSH or Test DaF if the language of instruction is German; e.g. TOEFL or IELTS if the language of instruction is English). Level C1 is often required; however, this varies from degree program to degree program. Please contact your chosen host university as early as possible to find out about the requirements you need to meet.

Selection Process:

Scholarship applications are reviewed by an independent and voluntary selection committee. This may be made up of local and/or German university teachers, researchers and DAAD Lecturers. Depending on scholarship program and the local situation, the best applicants may also be required to introduce themselves personally. This can take place either on site, face-to-face, or virtually. Depending on program, the selection decision is made either by the local selection committee directly or – in the case of a two-stage selection procedure – by another independent committee of academics in Germany. DAAD staff are not entitled to vote in the scholarship selection procedure.

Professional qualification:

• Academic achievements (grade point average, development of grades)

• Academic progress Knowledge of the language(s) of instruction or working language(s)’

• Academic performance (general grade point average, grade development)

• School-leaving certificate, if applicable

• Course of studies

• Knowledge of the language of instruction or working language

• If applicable, relevant internships, work experience

Quality of the study or research project

Study project:

• Quality of the study project and of the preparation (preliminary information, choice of degree program, host university and establishment of contacts)

• Integration of the project into the academic career path

• Quality of the study project as well as the preparation (preliminary information, choice of study program host university and establishment of contacts)

Research project:

• Quality of research proposal and preparation (originality, topicality and relevance of the project, choice of host institution and first contacts)

• Feasibility and consistency of study plan and schedule

• Incorporation of project within the overall doctorate (in terms of content and time), if relevant

• Quality of the research project as well as the preparation (originality, topicality and relevance of the project, choice of host institution and establishment of contacts).

• Feasibility and consistency of the work plan and timetable (analysis and evaluation steps)Embedding of the project in the overall doctoral project (in terms of content/time), if relevant

Potential Of the Applicant:

• Motivation: academic and personal reasons for the stay in Germany, German language skills (if different from the working language);
• Prospects: Significance of the stay in Germany for further academic, professional and personal development.
• Extracurricular commitment: extracurricular knowledge and skills, social commitment.
• Motivation: professional and personal reasons for the stay in Germany, German language skills (if different from the working language);
• Perspectives: Importance of the stay in Germany for further academic, professional and personal development.

Deadline:

The last date to apply for DAAD Scholarship is August 2024 but apply AEAP for a better chance of selection.