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DAAD
DAAD Helmut-Schmidt-Programme Masters Scholarships for Public Policy and Good Governance
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The programme offers very good graduates from developing countries the chance to obtain a Master’s degree in disciplines relevant to the social, political and economic development of their home country at German institutions of higher education.
Do I qualify 8 requirements
Do I qualify
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- nationality Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific, Western, Central, South-Eastern Europe, E…
- nationality developing countries
- degree bachelor's degree or equivalent
- degree well-qualified first university degree
- willing to actively contribute to the social, political and economic development of home countries or regions
- career stage relevant practical experience
- admission meet the selection criteria of the selected master's course in addition to DAAD selection criteria
- participate in the mandatory four-month German language course before the study programme
Preferences and flexible criteria (1)
- degree social and political sciences, law, economics, public policy and administration
- Who is eligible
- Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific, Western, Central, South-Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe, Central Asia & South Caucasus, Middle East and North Africa, developing countries
- Level of study
- Language training, Master's
- Fields of study
- Business and economics, Development studies, Peace and conflict studies, Public policy
What's covered Fully funded
- Funding type
- Fully funded
- Host country
- Germany
- Host institution
- Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg; University of Duisburg-Essen; Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at the University of Erfurt; Universität Magdeburg; Hochschule Osnabrück; Universität Passau; University of Passau
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- Read the 2027 Announcement and visit the official DAAD scholarship website to access the application form and detailed application instructions. Required
- Submit applications for the selected master’s courses and for the DAAD scholarship to the respective universities only, not to DAAD, and indicate that you are applying for the DAAD Helmut-Schmidt-Programme. Required
- Deadline
- Closed
- Deadline notes
- The page says applications are currently closed and also states that the application period at all 8 universities lasts from 1 June – 31 July 2026.
- Application cycle
- 2026 application cycle
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