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DAAD Helmut-Schmidt Masters Scholarships for Public Policy and Good Governance
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Scholarships for graduates from developing countries to pursue selected master's courses relevant to their home countries' social, political and economic development at German higher education institutions.
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Do I qualify
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- nationality developing countries
- nationality Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific, Western Europe, Central Europe, South-Easter…
- degree bachelor's degree or equivalent
- degree well-qualified first university degree
- willingness to actively contribute to home-country or regional social, political and economic development
- prior practical experience relevant to the programme
- meet the selected master's course's additional selection criteria
- participation in the preparatory four-month German language course
Preferences and flexible criteria (1)
- degree social and political sciences, law, economics, public policy and administration
- Who is eligible
- developing countries, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific, Western Europe, Central Europe, South-Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, South Caucasus, Middle East, North Africa
- Level of study
- Master's
- Fields of study
- Business and economics, Development studies, Peace and conflict studies, Public policy, Social sciences
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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- Deadline
- 31 July 2026
- Application cycle
- 2026 application cycle
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