DAAD Study Scholarships for Postgraduate Studies in the Field of Music 2027

This scholarship programme offers you the opportunity to continue your studies in the field of music in Germany with an advanced postgraduate course.

• Table of Content
• About DAAD
• DAAD Scholarship Postgraduate Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of DAAD Scholarship Postgraduate Scholarship
• DAAD Scholarship Postgraduate Scholarship Courses
• Requirements for DAAD Scholarship Postgraduate Scholarship Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for DAAD Scholarship Postgraduate Scholarship
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

DAAD Scholarship Postgraduate Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of DAAD Scholarship Postgraduate Scholarship

• A monthly payment of 992 euros
• Travel allowance (upon application only)
• One-off study allowance
• Payments towards health, accident and personal liability insurance cover

Under certain circumstances, you can apply for the following additional benefits after the start of funding:

• Monthly rent subsidy
• Monthly allowance for accompanying members of family.
• In case of a disability or chronic illness: on application, a subsidy may be provided for justified additional costs incurred abroad that are necessary to realise the project in Germany and that are not covered by a third party; whether and to what extent a subsidy will be paid will be reviewed and determined on an individual basis
• Green Mobility Top Up (Support for climate-friendly travel) or reimbursement of carbon offset payments for air travel

To allow you to improve your language skills in preparation for your stay in Germany, the DAAD offers the following benefits:

• Payment of course fees for an online language course after receipt of the Scholarship Award Letter
• if necessary: German language course (2, 4 or 6 months) before the start of the study visit in Germany; the DAAD decides whether to fund participation and for how long depending on German language skills and project. Participation in a German language course is compulsory if the language of instruction or working language at the German host institution is German.
• Allowance for a personally chosen German language course during the scholarship period
• Reimbursement of the fee for a TestDaF or DSH test, which you can take either in your home country after you have received your Letter of Award or in Germany during your funding period.

Please note that the DAAD does not cover tuition fees.

DAAD Scholarship Postgraduate Scholarship Courses

• Music

Requirements for DAAD Scholarship Postgraduate Scholarship Qualification

The programme is aimed at graduates from the field of Music. You are eligible to apply if:

• you will have obtained a first degree in music by the time the scholarship begins
• or you have exhausted all training opportunities for your instrument or subject in your home country if no degree is offered in your country of origin.

Interview date, Process and Venue for DAAD Scholarship Postgraduate Scholarship

A special DAAD committee made up of professors from German colleges of music makes the final decision about scholarships in the field of music. The decision is based upon written applications and video/sound recordings which have to be submitted (see: www.daad.de/extrainfo).
Selection criteria

• the artistic qualification and artistic maturity, measured by study achievements and work samples
• the quality of the proposed project as measured by the study plan and letter of motivation; the quality of the project includes the following aspects: justification of the application, plausibility and feasibility of the project, level of preparation for the stay abroad, integration of the stay into the applicant's artistic development, and its relation to professional perspectives

In addition, the selection committee will give due consideration to aspects of equal opportunities, on which you can provide information in the application form.

Check also:
Erasmus Mundus Scholarship 2027
Global Korea Scholarship 2027

Application Deadline

How to Apply