Fully Funded DAAD EPOS Scholarship in Germany 2025

You can study in Germany on a fully funded DAAD EPOS scholarship 2025. Apply now because it is a fully funded Scholarship Program by the Germany Government that occurs annually.

The Scholarship is available for interested international students to pursue their Master, MPhil, MBA, LLM, and Ph.D. degree programs from German Universities. You don’t need to worry, the Scholarship is fully funded.

The fully funded DAAD EPOS Scholarship 2025 is deemed one of the biggest German scholarship programs. Each year around 100,000 international students come to study in Germany.

Do you know that Germany is recognized for its world-class education? And its universities always rank favorably where German Degrees are recognized worldwide.

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAMME

• Postgraduate courses for young professionals from developing countries
• Internationally recognised masterʼs and PhD degrees
• Duration: 12-24 months for a masterʼs degree (depending on the institution)
  and 42 months for a PhD degree
• Study courses at German universities and universities for applied sciences
• Scholarships funded by the BMZ (German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation
  and Development), but admission is also open to self-financing participants or students
  financed through government or other sources.
• Academic year 2025/2026

Germany has a powerful economy. So you can do a part-time Job during your studies if you want.

Scholarship Benefits

• Depending on academic level, monthly payments of 934 euros for graduates or 1,300 euros for doctoral candidates
• Payments towards health, accident and personal liability insurance cover
• Travel allowance, unless these expenses are covered by the home country or another source of funding

Under certain circumstances, scholarship holders may receive the following additional benefits:

• Monthly rent subsidy
• Monthly allowance for accompanying members of family

 

Scholarship Duration

The duration is 12 to 42 months, although this is dependent on the study program. Also, If you want, you can apply for self-financing mode.

Academic Fields of Study

Postgraduate courses are currently offered in the following areas:

• Economics, business administration,
  political economics
• Development cooperation
• Engineering and related sciences
• Regional and urban planning
• Agricultural and forestry sciences
• Natural and environmental sciences
• Medicine and public health
• Social sciences, education, and law
• Media studies

All the courses are uploaded on a PDF File for the 2024 intake. See below:

• List of all Postgraduate courses with application deadlines 2025/2026.

PREREQUISITES AND REQUIREMENTS
The ideal scholarship holder:

• Is currently working for a public authority, a state, or a private company in a developing
  country and is involved in planning and executing directives and projects with emphasis
  on development policies.
• Holds a bachelorʼs degree (or a masterʼs degree if applying for a PhD programme) in a
  related subject.
• Has completed their academic degree/-s with far above average results (upper third) and
  can prove at least two years of related professional experience after completing their first
  degree (bachelorʼs).
• Their academic degrees are no more than six years old.
• Is a national of a country listed on the OECD-DAC list (except Bosnia-Herzegovina,
  Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia (including Kosovo), Turkey)
• Applicants from the following countries are eligible. Please check list of eligible countries.

APPLICATION DOCUMENTS

DAAD application forms are available on the DAAD website:
Development-Related Postgraduate Courses (EPOS) – DAAD – Deutscher Akademischer
Austauschdienst
Required Documents for a DAAD scholarship application (in the following order):

• Completed and signed checklist
• DAAD application form “Application for a research/study scholarship”
• A curriculum vitae in reverse chronological order without any unexplained gaps (europass cv)
  including exact information about your studies and practical experience
• One letter of motivation with detailed reference to academic, professional, and personal
  reasons for applying to the programme.
• Letter of recommendation from your current employer. The letter must include an official
  letterhead, a signature, and an official stamp and must be of current date
• Certificate(s) of employment from the employer(s) showing at least two years of relevant work
  experience after the bachelorʼs degree at the time of application. The certificate of employment
  from the current employer should, if possible, include a guarantee of re-employment after
  returning to the home country.
• Recent proof of language skills:
  ‒ English – Proof of adequate language skills, according to the regulations of the respective courses.
  ‒ German – Proof only required for study courses taught in German
• Copies of higher education degree certificates including a certified translation if the original
  is not in German or English.
• Copy of the complete transcript of records including an explanation of the grading system.

Language skills:

• For courses in German: At the time of application, a current German language certificate (not older than one year) must be submitted to prove a minimum of B1 level. The DAAD scholarship includes a preparatory German language course in Germany of up to six months. This course prepares the scholarship holders for the DSH 2 or TestDaF 4 language exams. Passing these exams is a formal requirement for enrolling in the courses in German.
  Note: It is not possible to pass the required exams without prior knowledge of German, even with the preceding 6-month German course.
• For courses in English: Proof of adequate language skills, according to the regulations of the respective course.

Proof of current and previous employment:

All applicants must provide evidence of at least two years of professional work experience and
state their current employment situation. They must provide the following evidence:

• Certificate(s) of employment stating the exact position and period of employment
• A letter of reference from the employer(s), ideally guaranteeing re-employment after
  completion of the postgraduate course in Germany.

Letter of motivation:
Applicants must submit a letter of motivation explaining why they are interested in attending
a particular postgraduate course with reference to their current employment. They further
should describe their development-related motivation and how they intend to make full use of
their scholarship and education by taking on social responsibility in their careers and for their
home countries

IMPORTANT: If applying for more than one postgraduate course (maximum of 3 courses),
the applicant is only allowed to submit one letter of motivation describing their motivation
for all selected study courses. This letter of motivation must include an order of priority
of the courses chosen and an explanation of why the courses were chosen in that order of priority.

Deadline

The last date to apply for the DAAD EPOS Scholarship for 2024 is not single. Each Course has its own deadline and you have to apply before the deadline if the course meets the course requirements.

How to Apply

You may check the application process on the official website or directly click on the course name it will take you to the official website of the University where this course is. So, you can apply from there. You can apply for up to three courses.

CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO VISIT OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Please Visit HERE TO APPLY.