Study In Germany: 2022 BIGSAS/DAAD Graduate School Scholarship Programme for Female African Scholars

Applications can only be taken into consideration if the following documents are provided (in English, French or German) and meet the requested specifications. We do accept one PDF file per category not exceeding 2 MB.

• Project proposal, including the aims of the dissertation, a detailed work and time schedule for the project, ten pages at max. Please include your name, page number and title of the proposal on each page. The proposal should also include a one-page summary of the proposal in English.
• Motivation letter, one page, explaining why you apply for BIGSAS.
• Soft copy of your written and graded Masters or equivalent thesis.
• Two recommendation letters, authors need to be from the applicant’s academic background and mentioned with title and university/institute. Letters have to be signed personally by the authors.

• Curriculum Vitae, showing your academic progress and qualification(s) in detail.
• Supervision agreement with a Member of BIGSAS detailing the framework conditions of the doctoral relationship (download the form in English or German language here). Please make sure that all necessary boxes are filled in. Otherwise, the agreement is considered incomplete.
• Self-declaration that you have not been accepted for a doctorate at another university or are enrolled at another university or university of applied sciences.
• Secondary School Graduation Certificate / Higher Education Entrance Certificate
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent degree including complete pages of the transcript of records (e.g. Licence ou Maîtrise, a certified copy is requested).
• Master’s Degree or equivalent degree including complete pages of the transcript of records (e.g. DEA or DESS, a certified copy is requested).
• List of academic publications (if available).

NOTE; Applicants must have a very good Masters or equivalent degree. The last Master’s or equivalent degree must have been obtained within the last six years at the time of nomination by BIGSAS. The application must be accompanied by two reports (letters of recommendation) from teaching faculty members at the home universities.

To apply, candidates must be ready to submit the following documents;

• Project proposal
• Motivation letter
• Soft copy of your written and graded Masters or equivalent thesis.
• Two recommendation letters
• Curriculum Vitae
• Supervision agreement
• Self-declaration that you have not been accepted for a doctorate at another university or are enrolled at another university or university of applied sciences.
• Secondary School Graduation Certificate / Higher Education Entrance Certificate
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent degree
• Master’s Degree or equivalent degree
• List of academic publications

How To Apply

Interested and qualified applicants should apply using the link provided below

Applicants should not have been resident in Germany for more than fifteen months at the time of nomination. While applications may be submitted in German, English or French, do please note that the working language of BIGSAS is English.

Study In Germany: 2022 BIGSAS/DAAD Graduate School Scholarship Programme for Female African Scholars

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