DAAD GERMANY SCHOLARSHIP
The DAAD awards the German government funding to Sub-Saharan African students for full-time Master or PhD degrees in their home country or in another Sub-Saharan African country as part of its In-Country/In-Region Scholarship Programme. The Programme promotes the mobility of researchers between Sub-Saharan African countries and capacity building at Sub-Saharan African universities. Scholarships are granted for development-related Master or doctoral studies for individuals who plan to pursue a career in teaching and / or research at a higher education institution in Sub-Saharan Africa. Scholarship holders are eligible to apply for a short-term research visit to Germany, y for one of six interdisciplinary summer schools:
Heidelberg University – Enhancing Academic Qualifications in Teaching and Research in Public Health
HAW Hamburg – Education And Research oriented Training in Health Sciences
TH Cologne – Data to Decision: Assessment of the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus
University of Frankfurt – Environmental and Remote Sensing Data Analysis via Geospatial Technologies in Research and Teaching
ABI Freiburg – Contested Governance
University of Leipzig – Project Development for Knowledge Transfer
ELIGIBILITY
The target group for scholarships are graduates and postgraduates from Sub-Saharan Africa with a first academic degree if applying for a Master’s programme, or with a Master’s degree if applying for a doctoral programme who want to pursue Master’s or PhD courses in their home country (so called In-Country scholarships) or in another Sub-Saharan African country (In-Region scholarships). Female applicants and candidates from less privileged regions or groups are especially encouraged to participate in the programme. First, applicants submit their scholarship application to the host institution. After a pre-selection has been conducted, shortlisted applicants will be asked to submit their application again via the DAAD portal for the final selection.
BENEFIT
Funding is provided for the usual duration of a course – generally, up to two years for Masters and up to three years for the PhD degree programmes. This includes Monthly allowance, Study and research allowance, Printing allowance, Tuition fees, Travel allowance and Health insurance.
COURSES
Please find below the list of degree programmes funded within this scholarship programme in the regions West and Central Africa, Eastern Africa and Southern Africa, including the links to the respective calls for applications.
University of Abomey – Calavi (UAC) Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, Subject field: Mathematics (Master, PhD) as well as International Chair in Mathematical Physics and Applications (CIPMA), Subject fields: Natural Sciences (Master, PhD)
International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE), Subject field: Engineering (Master, PhD)
University for Development Studies (UDS), Department of Public Health, Subject field: Medicine - Public Health (Master Phil, Master Sc)
University of Ghana, Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), Subject field: Humanities / Political Science (Master, PhD) as well as West African Center for Crop Improvement (WACCI), University of Ghana, Subject field: Agricultural Sciences (Master, PhD)
Centre d 'Etudes Régional pour l'Amélioration de l'Adaptation à la Sécheresse (CERAAS), Subject field: Agricultural Sciences (Master, PhD)
Addis Ababa University - IPSS, Subject field: Global & Area Studies (PhD)
Hawassa University - Wondo Genet College of Forestry and Natural Resources (WGCF), Subject field: Agro-Forestry (Master)
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Subject fields: Information Technology (PhD), Mechanical Engineering (PhD)
Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Subject field: Health Management (taught at Strathmore University) (PhD)
Kenyatta University, Subject fields: Biotechnology (PhD), Environmental Planning (PhD), Renewable Energy (Master)
Moi University, Subject field: Mathematics (PhD) as well as East and South African-German Centre of Excellence for Educational Research Methodologies and Management (CERM-ESA) - Moi University, Subject fields: Education (Master), Sociology of Education (PhD)
Mount Kenya University, Subject fields: Medical Surgical Nursing (Master), Public Health (Master)
Strathmore University, Subject fields: Computer Science/IT (PhD), Mathematics (Master, PhD)
Alzaiem Alazhari University, Subject field: Family Medicine (Master)
Ardhi University, Subject fields: Built Environment Analysis (PhD), Housing and Settlement Studies (PhD), Urban Planning and Management (PhD)
Tanzanian-German Centre for East African Legal Studies (TGCL), University of Dar es Salaam, Subject field: Law (Master)
Busitema University, Subject field: Public Health (Master)
Makerere University, Subject fields: Environment and Natural Resource (Master), Plant Breeding (PhD)
African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Subject field: Agriculture Economics (PhD)
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Subject field: Insect Science (PhD)
Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), Subject field: Aquaculture and Fisheries Science (PhD)
University of Malawi, Subject field: Environmental health (Master)
University of Namibia (UNAM), Subject fields: Biodiversity Management (Master)
Stellenbosch University (SUN), Subject fields: Molecular Biology and Human Genetics (Master, PhD) as well as Mathematics (Master, PhD)
University of Witwatersrand, African Centre for Migration and Displacement (ACMS), Subject field: Migration and Displacement Studies (Master, PhD)
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