The DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), as a publicly funded, self-governing organisation of the institutions of higher education in Germany, promotes international academic exchange as well as educational co-operation with developing countries through a variety of funding and scholarship programmes.
As part of the ‘In-Country/In-Region Scholarship Progamme’ DAAD offers scholarships for PhD and Master studies The programme is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and aims at university staff in the first line, without neglecting the public sector demand of academically trained personnel.
WORTH
The scholarship covers:
- Tuition fees
- Study and research allowance
- Travel allowance
ELIGIBILITY
Applicants:
- have successfully completed generally a three-year university degree
- (Master candidates) or a two-year university degree (doctoral candidates)
- with above average results (second class upper division)
- clearly show motivation and strong commitment
- have thorough knowledge of the language of instruction
- have completed their last university degree not more than 6 years ago at
- the time of application
- must be nationals or permanent residents of a Sub-Saharan African
- country
- should generally be a) staff member of a public or private university, b)
- candidate considered for teaching or research staff recruitment, c) from the public sector or d) DAFI-Alumni (Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative)
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