Master’s Degree in Germany: Fully Funded Postgraduate Scholarships 2025-2027

DAAD Masters/PhD Degree Scholarship 2025-2026

The DAAD German scholarship for 2025 is ongoing, register and apply today.

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Region/country:  Germany

Description:

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarships offer foreign graduates from all disciplines and with at least two years’ professional experience the opportunity to take  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. See further details about this scholarship below.

Host Institution(s):

German Universities offering development-related postgraduate courses

Fields of Study:

Masters or PhD courses in Economic Sciences/Business Administration/Political Economics; Development Cooperation; Engineering and Related Sciences; Mathematics; Regional and Urban Planning; Agricultural and Forest Sciences; Natural and Environmental Sciences; Medicine and Public Health; Social Sciences, Education and Law; and Media Studies.

Number of Scholarships: Limited

Target group:

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

Scholarship value/worths

The scholarships value covers monthly payments of 861 euros for graduates or 1,200 euros for doctoral candidates; payments towards health, accident and personal liability insurance cover; and travel allowance, unless these expenses are covered by the home country or another source of funding.

Scholarship Duration

The scholarship duration is 12 to 24 months (depending on the particular institution) for Masters and 42 months for PhD.

Eligibility:

• Works either for a public authority or a state or private company in a developing country and, as such, is engaged in the planning and execution of directives and projects with emphasis on development policies having a bearing on technological, economic or social areas.

• Holds a Bachelor’s degree (normally four years) in a related subject.

• Has completed an academic degree with far above average results (upper third) and ideally at least two years of related professional experience after the first degree (bachelor).

• His/her academic degrees should normally not be more than six years old.

• For study courses in German (scholarship includes a 6-month German language course): Successful passing of the language examination DSH 2 or TestDaF 4 before the start of the study course. Therefore a minimum German language level of B1 at the time of application is a requirement, that needs to be proofed by providing a certificate.

• For courses in English: IELTS (Band 6) certificate or TOEFL (minimum score: 550 paper based, 213 computer based, 80 internet based)

Method of Application

Applications must be made directly to the respective course. Please refer to the respective course websites for the application procedure, the application deadline, and the documents to be submitted.

Visit the official scholarship website below:  Click here to register online.