DAAD 2025 Study Scholarships – Postgraduate Studies in the Field of Architecture in Germany (Funded)

Application Deadline: 25 September 2024

Applications are now open for the 2025 DAAD 2025 Study Scholarships – Postgraduate Studies in the Field of Architecture. This scholarship programme offers you the opportunity to continue your education in Germany with a postgraduate or continuing course of study in the field of architecture. The scholarships also promote the exchange of experience and networking amongst colleagues.

Requirements

• You can apply if you have gained a first university degree in the areas of Architecture, Interior Design, Monument Conservation and Building in Existing Contexts/Reconditioning of Old Buildings, Urban Planning/Urban Development, Landscape Architecture, Landscape Planning at the latest by the time they commence their scholarship-supported study programme.

In this study programme, you can complete

• a Master’s degree/postgraduate degree leading to a final qualification
  or
• a complementary course that does not lead to a final qualification (not an undergraduate course)

at a state or state-recognised German university of your choice.
Funding for a Master’s degree programme/a postgraduate degree programme that has already started in Germany cannot be granted.

If you are enrolled in a Master or postgraduate degree programme which includes a study period abroad, funding for this period abroad is usually only possible under the following conditions:

• The study visit is essential for achievement of the scholarship objective,
• the visit does not take place in the home country, and
• it is no longer than a quarter of the scholarship period (for joint and double-degree programmes up to 50%, if this is provided for in the study regulations). Longer periods cannot be funded, even partially.

Duration of the funding

Master’s degree programme:

• Between 10 and 24 months depending on the length of your chosen study programme or project
• Start: usually from 1st October of the following year after the application, or earlier if a German language course is taken prior to the study programme
• The scholarships are awarded for the duration of the standard period of study for the chosen study programme (up to a maximum of 24 months). Please state the entire period for which you wish to apply for funding in your application. For example, if you are planning a 2-year degree programme, you must directly indicate two years as the desired scholarship duration in your application. After the first year of study, your academic achievements will be assessed in a further funding procedure. If this shows that you will successfully complete your programme within a reasonable period of time, the scholarship will continue as planned.

Value

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

Selection criteria

• the artistic qualification and artistic maturity, measured by study achievements and work samples
• the quality of the project as measured by the study plan and the letter of motivation