DAAD 2024-2025 AgEcon Scholarships for Developing Countries – University Of Hohenheim

These AgEcon Scholarships are provided by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) under its special initiative “Development-Related Postgraduate Courses” (EPOS).

Through the EPOS scholarships, the DAAD supports excellent candidates from developing countries who have a strong academic and professional background.

Scholarship recipients typically have work experience in a public authority, state institution and/or a private company in a developing country, and therefore they will have been engaged in the planning and execution of directives and projects with an emphasis on development policies relating to technology, economics and/or social impact.

DAAD University of Hohenheim AgEcon Scholarship recipients will have their tuition fees waived for the 2 years of the Agricultural Economics Master’s program, and they will receive health insurance, a monthly living stipend, travel costs to Germany and back as well as for research (see EPOS webpage for details and extras). Furthermore, an integral part of the DAAD EPOS initiative is an intensive German language course from August to September at a language center in Germany, prior to starting the Master’s program.

• Table of Content
• About German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
• DAAD AgEcon Scholarships
• Aim and Benefits of DAAD AgEcon Scholarships
• Requirements for DAAD AgEcon Scholarships Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for DAAD AgEcon Scholarships
• Documents Required for Application
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

DAAD scholarship in Germany is a private, federally funded and state-funded, self governing national agency of the institutions of higher education in Germany, representing 365 German higher education institutions (100 universities and technical universities, 162 general universities of applied sciences, and 52 colleges of music and art) [2003]. The DAAD itself does not offer programs of study or courses, but awards competitive, merit-based grants for use toward study and/or research in Germany at any of the accredited German institutions of higher education. It also awards grants to German...... continue reading

DAAD AgEcon Scholarships

Aim and Benefits of DAAD AgEcon Scholarships

DAAD scholars will receive a monthly stipend of EUR 750 over the two-year AgEcon Scholarships program period and will do a two-months intensive German language course before the program starts. The German language course is an integral part of the DAAD initiative. It takes place in the months of August and September at the Language Center of the University of Hohenheim.

Requirements for DAAD AgEcon Scholarships Qualification

This is a highly competitive application process with strict requirements. For applicants to be considered, they must at least fulfill the following baseline requirements:

• Citizen of a developing country 
• Minimum 2 years professional experience post Bachelor’s, prior to the date of applying

Note that employment in academia, like teaching and research at a university or research institute, is not considered relevant work experience for this initiative; only in very exceptional cases can it be accepted.

• Academic degrees should be less than 6 years old
• Development-related motivations and intentions
• Must not have resided in Germany for longer than 15 months by the application deadline

Interview date, Process and Venue for DAAD AgEcon Scholarships

Selection Criteria:

Scholarship applicants must also fulfill the basic requirements for the Master’s program:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related subject with above-average results
• Official proof English proficiency as detailed in the admission regulations (see below) e.g. IELTS academic (overall Band 6.5), TOEFL ibt (90).

Note: A language proficiency certificate from your university is NOT SUFFICIENT!
Even if you have studied in English during your entire university career (as e.g. in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia, India, etc. …) you have to present the result of an official English test!

There are no exceptions.

• Proof of undergraduate courses in statistics and economics
• Proof of self-evaluation through the AgEcon PreTest

Detailed admission regulations are available for download: official (in German); for reference (in English).

Documents Required for Application

• Checklist of all required DAAD application documents, physically signed and dated
• DAAD Application Form, physically signed and dated
• Up-to-date CV (europass), physically signed and dated
• Motivation Letter (max 2 pages), physically signed and dated

Application Deadline

How to Apply

DAAD EPOS scholarship application documents must be emailed to [email protected].

For more details, visit University of Hohenheim website