DAAD Masters Scholarship (2024)

DAAD Masters Scholarship – The German Academic Exchange Service, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), is offering reliable masters degree scholarships to exceptional international students.

This scholarship programme offers you the opportunity to continue your academic education in Germany with a postgraduate course of study. The scholarships are funded by the German Federal Foreign Office.

Highly qualified final year undergraduate students or those who have received an undergraduate degree of all disciplines may apply for the DAAD Study Scholarship for a full Master’s degree program at a State or State-recognized university in Germany.

Or they may apply for a study at a German university as part of a postgraduate or Master’s degree program completed in the home country.

DAAD Masters Scholarship (2024)

Benefits

Scholarship payments of 934 euros a month
Payments towards health, accident and personal liability insurance cover
Travel allowance
One-off study allowance (if you come from a DAC country, you will receive a flat rate of € 460; for all other countries the grant is € 260)

Under certain circumstances, you can apply for the following additional benefits after start of funding:

Monthly rent subsidy
Monthly allowance for accompanying members of family.
In the case of a disability or chronic illness: subsidy for additional costs which result from the disability or chronic illness and are not covered by other funding providers.
Green Mobility Top Up (Support for climate-friendly travel) or partial reimbursement of carbon offset payments for air travel

To allow you to improve your language skills in preparation for your stay in Germany, the DAAD offers the following benefits:

Payment of course fees for an online language course after receipt of the Scholarship Award Letter
if necessary: German language course (2, 4 or 6 months) before the start of the study visit in Germany; the DAAD decides whether to fund participation and for how long depending on German language skills and project. Participation in a language course is compulsory if the study programme is taught in German.
Allowance for a personally chosen German language course during the scholarship period
Reimbursement of the fee for a TestDaF or DSH test, which you can take either in your home country after you have received your Letter of Award or in Germany during your funding period.

Please note that the DAAD does not cover tuition fees.

Eligibility Requirements

Students in their last year of undergraduate studies at an accredited US or Canadian university.
US or Canadian citizens or permanent residents.
Foreign nationals who live in the USA or in Canada by the time of application deadline are eligible, if your last degree was obtained in the US/Canada, or you will have received a degree in the US/Canada before your scholarship starts. All other foreign nationals may need to apply via a different DAAD office.
Recent BA/BS or MA/MS graduates who completed their last degree no longer than 6 years ago.
Applicants may not have been living in Germany for more than 15 consecutive months by the time of application deadline.
A Master’s degree program already started in Germany cannot be funded.

Application Guidelines

The DAAD portal closes at MIDNIGHT Central European Time (6 PM EST/5PM CST/4PM MTN/3PM PST) on the deadline date.

Check here if your University is a DAAD Partner University.

At a DAAD Partner University: contact your DAAD campus coordinator and follow the application guidelines for your university’s pre-selection. Please note that your university may have an earlier internal deadline. (if you miss your university’s deadline, you may follow the general application guidelines). This does not apply to short-term research grant applicants or to performing/visual artists.
Not at a DAAD Partner University: follow the general application guidelines

Download the Application Checklist for US & Canadian applicants in the gray box below.
Helpful Links for the Online Portal

Step by step Manual for Personal Funding.
Technical support with the online portal, please email portal(at)daad.de.

After You Submit Your Application

Please DO NOT CALL OR EMAIL. You will receive an acknowledgement letter through the portal 8 weeks after the deadline.
Results will be announced through the portal at the beginning of April.
Application decisions will not be accompanied with an explanation.
The application documents remain with the DAAD. Your personal data is saved by the DAAD in accordance with the Federal Data Protection Act and with the EU Data Protection Regulation insofar as this data is needed to process the application.

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