Deadline:
November 01, 2024
Location(s)
Germany
Altensteinstraße 48, 14195 Berlin
Overview
The call for applications for a scholarship for the 2025 cohort will be published in fall 2024. We usually publish a new call for applications at the end of September, and the application deadline is in November. We admit up to 10 doctoral fellows in the winter semester, which begins in October. Details about the application package can be found in our FAQ and will be published with the call for applications on our website. The availability of scholarships will be announced in the call for applications.
Details
If you are interested in affiliating as a visiting doctoral fellow, please send an email to application@bgsmcs.fu-berlin.de, including a motivation letter, a project description, and a statement on your funding for your visiting stay at the Graduate School.
Currently, our supervisors can offer supervision for doctoral degrees in the following disciplines:
- Arabic Studies
- Asian and African Studies
- Central Asian Studies
- History
- Human Geography
- Islamic Studies
- Iranian Studies
- Political Science
- Semitic Studies
- Social and Cultural Anthropology
- South and Southeast Asian Studies
- South East European History
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Doctoral fellows at BGSMCS are concurrently enrolled in a university department, either at Freie Universität Berlin or at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, depending on the discipline and your first supervisor’s affiliation. This means that the supervisors can only accept doctoral researchers pursuing a degree in the discipline that they are currently working in. E.g., a professor in Islamic Studies can usually not supervise a doctoral fellow pursing a degree in political science etc.
Please understand that we cannot determine your eligibility for admission for a specific discipline before you have submitted your application package. It is important that the choice of discipline (which is connected to your preferred supervisor) should relate to your previous academic achievements AND to your planned doctoral research. The consideration of the following three points can help you to better assess your eligibility for a specific discipline:
- Check if you have learned the relevant methodological and theoretical skills to pursue a doctoral degree in the discipline that you choose.
- Consider the research that our supervisors are engaged in to determine whether your planned doctoral research falls within their area of interest and expertise.
- Consider the department websites for information about the courses our supervisors teach on the B.A. and M.A. level.
Do I need German language skills?
No, you don’t need German language skills. However, we highly recommend to learn some German when you are admitted to the programme.
Dates
Deadline: November 01, 2024
Cost/funding for participants
We announce the availability of scholarships with the call for applications on our website. We do not have any scholarships for incoming visiting fellows.
What does the monthly stipend amount to? How high are my monthly expenses?
Currently the monthly scholarship is 1.468,- EUR. Parents who live together with their children can receive a family support payment upon application. The monthly cost for a shared room is currently about 500,- EUR, a single apartment is about 650,- EUR. Scholarships are exempt from income tax in Germany. On top of the rent, you will need to pay about 227,- EUR for public health insurance (or less for private insurance).
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