Deadline:
July 31, 2024
Location(s)
Germany
Potsdam, Pasau, Bonn, Osnabrück, Magdeburg, Erfurt, Essen
Overview
With the Helmut-Schmidt-Programme, the DAAD strives to contribute to promoting good governance and civil society structures in developing and emerging countries.
Details
The Programme
- offers future leaders master's courses in disciplines that are of special relevance for the social, political, and economic development
- prepares them in a practice-oriented course for responsible posi- tions in or for their regions of origin and contributes to establishing economic and social forms that are democratically oriented and de- signed to overcome social inequalities
The following master’s courses are part of the Helmut-Schmidt-Programme (Master’s Scholarships for Public Policy and Good Governance):
- Social Protection, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
- Development and Governance, University of Duisburg-Essen
- Public Policy, Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at the University of Erfurt
- Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Magdeburg
- Management in Nonprofit-Organisationen, Hochschule Osnabrück
- Development Studies, University of Passau
- Governance and Public Policy, University of Passau
Application process
All applications must be submitted in English or German.
Please indicate clearly that you are applying for the DAAD Helmut-Schmidt- Programme (Master’s scholarships in Public Policy and Good Governance). You may apply for up to two courses of study from the list below.
- Please complete the DAAD application form ‘Application for a re- search/study scholarship’ (see Attachment 2) only once and indicate your selected master’s course or courses, in the latter case clearly indi- cating your first and second priority.
- If you are applying for two master’s courses: Please submit a single ap- plication for both master’s courses, and only one letter of motiva- tion. In this letter, you should explain in detail, why you chose the re- spective master’s courses as well as your reasons for prioritising.
- Please submit the application form to the master’s courses of your choice (no more than two), along with the required documents (see below). Scholarship applications are only accepted via the master’s courses.
Selection
The selection will be made by a selection committee in October/November 2024. The committee comprises professors from the participating master’s courses and representatives of the DAAD.
Next step: The candidates that were proposed for a scholarship are contacted by the DAAD and asked to upload their full documents to the DAAD portal. Please do not upload any application documents unless you are nominated by the DAAD.
Important: Please make sure that you have a full set of copies of your appli- cation documents in PDF format. Please only submit original documents, if you are explicitly asked to do so by the master’s course.
Thus, the selection process is finalised. All applicants are informed in writing after the end of the selection process, expected in December 2024/January 2025.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Who can apply?
Graduates from developing countries (bachelor or equivalent)
- with a well-qualified first university degree as a rule in the fields of social and political sciences, law, economics, public policy and administration
- willing to actively contribute to the social, political and economic development of their home countries/regions
- who have already gained practical experience relevant for the programme (professional experience, internships, political/social com- mitment)
WHAT REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET?
Applicants who already hold a master's degree can only be considered in well-justified cases, if they can explain conclusively, why they would like to ob- tain another master's degree.
The following groups are not eligible:
- Applicants who obtained their most recent higher education degree more than six years before submitting their application
- Applicants who have resided in a country that is not included in the DAC list of developing and emerging countries for more than 15 months at the time of the application deadline
All master’s courses have their own selection criteria (degree, grades, lan- guage skills, work experience, etc.) that have to be met in addition to the DAAD’s selection criteria.
The requirements for language skills and the required language certificates vary depending on the respective master’s course.
Dates
Deadline: July 31, 2024
Cost/funding for participants
What can be funded
- Academic education in one of the master’s courses, listed below and selected by the DAAD, will take place from September/October 2025. The courses have an international focus and are mainly offered in English
- Throughout their studies, all scholarship holders of the Helmut-Schmidt-Pro- gramme benefit from accompanying support services provided by the pro- gramme coordinators at the respective study locations.
- Scholarship holders benefit from events and seminars organised specifically for them, as well as close exchange with other international scholarship holders.
- Planning also provides for participation in interdisciplinary networking events.
- DAAD scholarship holders are exempt from paying tuition fees.
Value
The scholarship holders will receive
- Scholarships (of currently € 934 per month) for master’s courses at German higher education institutions
- Health insurance cover in Germany
- Appropriate travel allowances for travel between Germany and the respective developing and emerging countries
- A study and research grant
- Rent subsidies and family supplements, as applicable
- Preceding German language course in Germany, lasting up to 6 months; participation is mandatory
The following deviation regarding funding benefits applies for the “Social Protection” master’s course, due to its blended learning concept: A sur-placerate of € 500 per month is paid in the 4th semester (mandatory online semester in the student’s country of origin or another developing/emerging country).
Un-save Opportunity
Internships, scholarships, student conferences and competitions.
