DAAD Scholarship 2025-2026

Field Included in DAAD Scholarship Program in Germany 2025-26:

Details:

• Economic Sciences / Business Administration / Political Economics
• Development cooperation
• Engineering and related sciences
• Regional and urban planning
• Agricultural and Forest System
• Natural and Environmental Sciences
• Medicine and public health
• Social sciences, education, and law
• Media Studies

DAAD Duration:

The duration of the DAAD scholarship for international students is 12 and 36 months depending on the duration (length) of the chosen study program.

Eligibility Criteria for DAAD Scholarship 2025 for Masters and PhD:

• Applicants must meet the scholarship program requirements, necessarily the academic requirements and are expected to successfully complete a study program in Germany (higher than the average result for the first academic exam – third higher performance, language skills).
• They must have a bachelor’s degree (usually a four-year course) in an appropriate subject.
• For the DAAD Postgraduate Scholarship 2025, applicants must have at least two years of professional experience.
• Furthermore, applicants can demonstrate that their motivation is related to development. They are expected to assume social responsibility and initiate and support processes of change in their personal and professional environment after their training/scholarship.
• The last academic degree (usually a bachelor’s degree) should have been completed no more than six years before.
• Applicants must be from eligible countries to be eligible for the programmes for international students. You can check the list of DAAD eligible countries on the official website.

DAAD Scholarship Requirements:

• Signed application form with the current date; you can get the application form here.
• Personally signed CV (please use the sample Europass format) with the current date.
• Personally signed Letter of Motivation (with reference to current occupation and choice of postgraduate program (s), two pages maximum) with the current date.
• IMPORTANT: 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.
• 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).
• Certificate(s) of Employment from the employer(s) that proves a minimum of two years of relevant
• working experience (after the bachelor’s degree) at the time of application and if possible, a guarantee of re-employment from your current employer upon returning home.
• Proof of Language Skills:
  • English – IELTS or TOEFL (Note: The institutional TOEFL is not accepted)
  • German – required for courses taught in German
• Copies of Academic Degree
• Copies of Academic Transcripts, incl. grading scale (certified translation if necessary).

Note: Some courses may require additional documents. For detailed information about the supporting documents for this Scholarship to study in Germany, please see the relevant course description on the following pages and on the respective websites.

link to apply

https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/stipendium/datenbank/en/21148-scholarship-database/