Highly qualified professionals or students worldwide who wish to study a postgraduate (Masters or PhD) degree program in Germany from the 2027 academic year are invited to apply for the DAAD EPOS Scholarship 2027 at University of Göttingen which aims to promote the training of specialists from development and newly industralized countries.
Because highly qualified professionals with international networks are important actors towards sustainable development of their countries and a better future with less poverty, more education, and better health for all, the DAAD EPOS Scholarship 2027 offers individual scholarships to rigorously selected students from the Global South to study development-related postgraduate courses at selected universities in Germany. The master programme Development Economics at the University of Göttingen is one of these programmes.
The Postgraduate Scholarships offer graduates from development and newly industrialized countries from all disciplines and with at least two years’ professional experience the chance to take a master’s degree at a state or state-recognized German University, and in exceptional cases to take a PhD degree.
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Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must:
- Be either working for a public authority or a state or private company in a developing country and, as such, is engaged in the planning and execution of directives and projects with emphasis on development policies having a bearing on technological, economic or social areas.
- Possess a Bachelor’s degree (normally four years) in a related subject.
- Have completed an academic degree with far above average results (upper third) and at least two years of related professional experience after the first degree (bachelor) at the time of application.
- Have his/her academic degrees normally not be more than six years old.
- Show proof of language proficiency.
Scholarship Benefits
- Monthly stipends for graduates and doctoral candidates.
- Payments towards health, accident and personal liability insurance cover.
- Travel allowance
- Monthly rent subsidy
- Monthly allowance for accompanying family members
Method of Application
Interested applicants for the DAAD EPOS Scholarship 2027 at University of Göttingen should follow these guidelines to apply online:
- Create an account with your email address and preferred password on the Application Portal, which will open only during the application period and can be accessed on the Information on the Application and Admission Procedures webpage under “Application Form.” Enter the verification code that is sent to your email account. Make sure to keep your login data.
- Once you have access to the Application Portal, complete your application profile with the required information. You complete the profile once, and it applies to all applications.
- Once you have completed your profile, you will land on the homepage, where you choose ‘Regular Procedure’. This will direct you to a list of available programmes. You can find the “Development Economics with DAAD EPOS SCHOLARSHIP” under the list of programmes on the Application Portal and click on ‘Start Application’ to begin.
- The application is a three-step process: acquired skills, further declarations and documents. Please ensure you fill in all requested information accurately and completely in the first two steps before proceeding to the next.
- In the final step, you are asked to upload the required documents. Please note that you need to upload the documents required by the programme as well as the documents required by the DAAD (see Required application documents (EPOS)). Once all documents have been uploaded, click on ‘Submit Application’ to finalise your application. A successful submission is confirmed once the ‘Start Application’ button changes to ‘Application Submitted’ on the course list page.
Application Deadline: November 15, 2026.
For More Information: Visit the Scholarship Website.
