The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Egyptian Al Alfi Foundation are offering a scholarship opportunity for students to pursue their postgraduate degrees in Germany and Egypt. The program is running for six semesters with attendance phases and online learning phases. The scholarship will host the applicant’s tuition, enrolment, and administrative fees. Besides, studying applicants can work as well. The university of Halwan and Ludwigsburg University of education will host the students self-funded too. Interested applicants can apply.

Details:

Location: Ludwigsburg, Germany and Cairo, Egypt

Duration: 3 years including online phase

Level of study: postgraduate

Host institutions: the Ludwigsburg University of Education and Helwan University

Benefits of the EPOS scholarship:

The DAAD scholarship provides great funding for the duration of the study program that includes the following:

• Monthly allowance 861 Euros for masters degree
• Health insurance
• Travel cost
• Under certain circumstances, scholarship holders may receive the following additional benefits:
  • Monthly rent subsidy
  • Monthly allowance for accompanying members of family

Benefits of the program:

• Work opportunity
• 22000 € each semester tuition fee with an additional charge of enrollment and administrative fee of each semester.

Start date of program: 1st October with scholarship

Scholarship Deadline:

Application deadline:15th March 23:59 CET
Invitations to the interview sent: 21st March
Interviews: 28th – 31st March
Letters of acceptance sent: 7th April
EPOS selection by DAAD: 8th April
EPOS-letters of award sent:  June/July

Self-funded deadline: ongoing

Sponsored by: German Academic Exchange Services (EPOS Scholarship) and Egyptian Al Alfi foundation.

Eligibilities:

• Applicants must have obtained a bachelor’s degree.
• Must be proficient in the English language (TOEFL IBT 79, IELTS 6).
• Must have at least two years of professional work experience.
• Applicants must be applied from an educational area of any development cooperation field.
• Must be interested in learning in international settings.

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Important note:

• Applicants will be selected by DAAD
• Successful applicants will receive their admission letter by May of the current year
• Applicants are advised to apply for private sources of funding/scholarships.

Required documents:

• INEMA application form
• Update CV (use the available sample form)
• Academic degree certificate and transcript.
• School diploma
• Recommendation letter from your employer with a signature and recent date.
• Letter of motivation about two pages with a personal signature.
• Passport copy (information page)
• Other supporting documents will be asked for.

Note: the documents should be in English or German

EPOS scholarship requirements:

• Applicants must not have obtained their degree more than six years
• Applicants must provide their current employment proof.

Required documents for EPOS scholarship:

• DAAD application form
• Proof of your employment.
• Recommendation letter from the last institution applicants attended with official letterhead, stamp, recent date, signature.

Related scholarship opportunity: KAAD scholarship

How to apply:

Download the application form, fill it out and submit it along with other documents to Ms. Claudia Iffland: [email protected]

Visit the INEMA website for further details

Applicants who wish to apply for an EPOS scholarship, have to fulfill the following additional requirement:

• It Should not be more than six years from their graduation from University.
• All EPOS applications will be made available to the DAAD and are to be addressed to Ms. Claudia Iffland, inema(at)ph-ludwigsburg.de only.

Applications sent to the DAAD or via the DAAD-portal will NOT be considered.

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