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DAAD
DAAD Helmut-Schmidt Programme (Public Policy and Good Governance)
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The DAAD Helmut-Schmidt-Programme Masters Scholarships for Public Policy and Good Governance Programme offers very good graduates from developing countries the chance to obtain a Master’s degree in disciplines that are of special relevance for the social, political and economic development of their home country at German institutions of higher education.
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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 or equivalent
- degree well-qualified first university degree, as a rule in social and political sciences, law, economics, public po…
- willingness to actively contribute to the social, political and economic development of the applicant's home …
- career stage practical experience relevant for the programme
- admission all applicable selection criteria of the respective master's course, including degree, grades, language skill…
- mandatory participation in a four-month German language course prior to the study programme
- Who is eligible
- Eligible developing and emerging countries including West Bank and Gaza Strip, subject to the official list and course criteria
- Level of study
- Master's
- Fields of study
- Development studies, Other, Peace and conflict studies, Public policy
What's covered Fully funded
- Funding type
- Fully funded
- Host country
- Germany
- Host institution
- German institutions of higher education, including 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, and University of Passau.
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- Deadline
- 31 July 2026
- Deadline notes
- Applications are currently closed. The application period at all 8 universities lasts from 1 June – 31 July 2026.
- Application cycle
- 2026 application cycle
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- Closed 31 July 2026
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