Application

Requirements

• Applicants must have successfully completed a regular academic programme in Engineering or Science (e.g. Physics, Mech. Eng., Electr. Eng.)
• Your final grade has to equal at least a Second Upper; most of our students graduated from their previous studies in the First Division.
• Applicants have to provide certified proof of their English language competence (e.g. TOEFL, see below)
• Professional experience in the field of or related to (Renewable) Energy and/or Rural Development is appreciated; mandatory for DAAD applicants.

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Selection

Applications will be discussed by a selection committee selecting DAAD scholarships after the first deadline and all other participants after the second deadline.
 

Deadlines

• 15 October, 2020 of the year before entry (for DAAD applicants)

• 15 January, 2021 - 9 months before entry
  (for all self-financed / other scholarships)

• Application is possible between August 15, 2020 and Jan 15, 2021 only.

Please make sure you have Flash installed and that your browser supports Javascript (scripts have to be allowed!) and https/ssl encryption. The application website will be up from August 15th 2020, 00:00 CET.

How to apply

• Applicants for both deadlines have to use the button "Apply now" for online application. This button will be available on our website as from August 15. There is no possibility to hand in a paper application.

• DAAD applicants are strongly advised to check www.daad.de for requirements and documents the DAAD asks for.

DOCUMENTS NEEDED

You will have to prepare and scan the following documents for your application and upload (!) them after registering and before the end of the deadline (DAAD: 15^th October 2020 / self-financing: 15^th January 2021); preferred in jpg format; pdf is also ok - but please note: zip-files are not accepted!:

1. Copies of Academic Degrees (certified translation necessary if your certificate is neither in German nor English)
2. Copies of Academic Transcripts incl. grading-scale (certified translation if necessary)
3. Personally signed CV (please use the sample europass form at http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/) with current date
4. Personally signed Letter of Motivation with current date (two pages maximum with reference to current occupation, fields of interest, outlook of career planned)*
5. Proof of English Language Proficiency: IELTS or TOEFL (Note: The institutional TOEFL is not accepted) or official statement from University that previous studies were conducted in English language. Native speakers of English are exempted.
6. Letter of recommendation from your current employer (if applicable)**
7. Certificate(s) of Employment from employer(s)***
8. DAAD application form – signed and with current date (for DAAD-applicants only)****
9. Financial statement – signed with current date (self-financing applicants only; please see our FAQ for details)

Only for DAAD-applications:

*When applying for more than one postgraduate course - maximum 3 courses - you have to submit one letter of motivation explaining why you are applying for these specific courses and why you chose that priority
**Letter of recommendation from your current employer is necessary and needs to have letterhead, signature and official stamp and must be of current date
*** proof of minimum of two years of relevant working experience (after the bachelor degree) at the time of application and if possible, a guarantee of re-employment from your current employer upon returning home
****DAAD application available at: (www.daad.de/medien/deutschland/stipendien/formulare/forschungsstipendium_en.pdf)

Please see our FAQ if you have any questions about the above documents. We cannot check your application for completeness, so please compare with the confirmation emails you will get after uploading if you handed in everything we asked for. If you are missing documents and do not provide an explanation, we will have to disqualify you without warning, unfortunately, due to the high number of applicants.