Apply for the DAAD Development-Related Postgraduate Courses (EPOS) (Fully Funded to Germany)

Do you seek to complete a postgraduate degree in Germany? If yes, this is a chance to make your dreams come true. Applications are open for the DAAD Development-Related Postgraduate Courses (EPOS). Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.

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About DAAD Development-Related Postgraduate Courses (EPOS)

Opportunity Details

Objective

With its development-oriented postgraduate study programmes, the DAAD promotes the training of specialists from development and newly industrialised countries. Well-trained local experts, who are networked with international partners, play an important part in the sustainable development of their countries. They are the best guarantee for a better future with less poverty, more education and health for all. 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.

Benefits of DAAD Development-Related Postgraduate Courses (EPOS)

Value

  • Depending on academic level, monthly payments of 934 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

DAAD Development-Related Postgraduate Courses (EPOS) Requirements

Who can apply?

Graduates with at least two years' professional experience from the following countries: list of eligible countries

What can be funded?

Individual scholarships exclusively for Postgraduate courses in Germany that are listed on the 

Duration of the funding

12 to 42 months (dependent on study programme)

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

 

Application Date and Process

  • Click on the link to the application website to apply based on your country.

Further information

Scholarship Application Portal

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