DAAD 2025 Study Scholarships – Postgraduate Studies in the Field of Architecture in Germany (Funded)

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About DAAD 2025 Study Scholarships – Postgraduate Studies in the Field of Architecture

This scholarship programme offers you the opportunity to continue your education in Germany with a postgraduate or continuing course of study in the field of architecture. The scholarships also promote the exchange of experience and networking amongst colleagues.

• Sponsor Organisation: The Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)

Benefits of DAAD 2025 Study Scholarships – Postgraduate Studies in the Field of Architecture

• A monthly payment of 992 euros
• Travel allowance
• One-off study allowance
• Payments towards health, accident and personal liability insurance cover

Under certain circumstances, you can apply for the following additional benefits after start of funding:

• Monthly rent subsidy (please read the important scholarship information / section F, point 9)
• Monthly allowance for accompanying members of family. Please also read our important information for scholarship applicants / section F, point 3.
• In case of a disability or chronic illness: on application, a subsidy may be provided for justified additional costs, incurred in Germany due to the disability, that are necessary to realise the project in Germany and that are not covered by a third party; whether and to what extent a subsidy will be paid will be reviewed and determined on an individual basis (see important information for scholarship applicants, section F, point 8).
• Green Mobility Top Up (Support for climate-friendly travel) or reimbursement of carbon offset payments for air travel

To allow you to improve your language skills in preparation for your stay in Germany, the DAAD offers the following benefits:

• Payment of course fees for an online language course after receipt of the Scholarship Award Letter
• if necessary: German language course (2, 4 or 6 months) before the start of the study visit in Germany; the DAAD decides whether to fund participation and for how long depending on German language skills and project. Participation in a German language course is compulsory if the language of instruction or working language is German at the German host institution.
• Allowance for a personally chosen German language course during the scholarship period
• Reimbursement of the fee for a TestDaF or DSH test, which you can take either in your home country after you have received your Scholarship Award Letter or in Germany during your funding period.

Please note that the DAAD does notcover tuition fees.

DAAD 2025 Study Scholarships – Postgraduate Studies in the Field of Architecture Requirements

Who can apply?

You can apply if you have gained a first university degree in the areas of Architecture, Interior Design, Monument Conservation and Building in Existing Contexts/Reconditioning of Old Buildings, Urban Planning/Urban Development, Landscape Architecture, Landscape Planning at the latest by the time they commence their scholarship-supported study programme.

What can be funded?

In this study programme, you can complete 

• a Master's degree/postgraduate degree leading to a final qualification
  or
• a complementary course that does not lead to a final qualification (not an undergraduate course)

at a state or state-recognised German university of your choice.
Funding for a Master's degree programme/a postgraduate degree programme that has already started in Germany cannot be granted.

If you are enrolled in a Master or postgraduate degree programme which includes a study period abroad, funding for this period abroad is usually only possible under the following conditions:

• The study visit is essential for achievement of the scholarship objective,
• the visit does not take place in the home country, and
• it is no longer than a quarter of the scholarship period (for joint and double-degree programmes up to 50%, if this is provided for in the study regulations). Longer periods cannot be funded, even partially.

This programme funds projects in the area of Design/Projects. 
When selecting the desired degree programmes, please take care that they provide a minimum number of CP (credit points according to the European Credit Transfer System/ECTS) for the area of Design/Projects.
This means for degree programmes with

• 120 CP at least 45 CP
• 90 CP at least 34 CP
• 60 CP at least 23 CP.

DAAD scholarships cannot be used for participation in degree programmes which do not meet this requirement. Information on the quantitative distribution of CP can be found in the module overview of the degree programmes on the website of the respective university.

Projects in the area of preservation of historical monuments and construction in existing buildings/restoration of old buildings are also supported.
Other DAAD scholarship programmes are available for applicants from the field of History of Architecture or applicants with a scientific project.
 

Duration of the funding

Master's degree programme: 

• Between 10 and 24 months depending on the length of your chosen study programme or project
• Start: usually from 1st October of the following year after the application, or earlier if a German language course is taken prior to the study programme
• The scholarships are awarded for the duration of the standard period of study for the chosen study programme (up to a maximum of 24 months). Please state the entire period for which you wish to apply for funding in your application. For example, if you are planning a 2-year degree programme, you must directly indicate two years as the desired scholarship duration in your application. After the first year of study, your academic achievements will be assessed in a further funding procedure. If this shows that you will successfully complete your programme within a reasonable period of time, the scholarship will continue as planned.

Complementary studies not leading to a final qualification 

• one academic year
• Start: usually from 1st October of the following year after the application, or earlier if a German language course is taken prior to the study programme

Selection criteria

• the artistic qualification and artistic maturity, measured by study achievements and work samples
• the quality of the project as measured by the study plan and the letter of motivation

In addition, the selection committee will give due consideration to aspects of equal opportunities, on which you can provide information in the application form.
For further information on the selection procedure, please refer to the Important Scholarship Information / Section E.

Application Date and Process

• Click on the link to the application website to begin your application process.

Application Deadline

25 September, 2024

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