DAAD In-Country/ In-Region Scholarship Program Eastern Africa 2024

DAAD In-Country/ In-Region Scholarship Program Eastern Africa 2024

The In-Country/In-Region scholarship programme in Eastern Africa aims to promote the development of university teaching staff in universities and build capacity for staff in the public sector through postgraduate training in selected postgraduate study programmes at selected Eastern African partner institutions.

This programme strongly encourages mobility of Sub-Saharan Africans to study in participating host institutions within the Eastern Africa region. Check the information further below for the links to the programmes funded, the links to the specific call for scholarship applications and the links to the host institutions.

We strongly recommend applicants to apply to institutions outside their home countries.

The call for scholarship applications for this scholarship programme is  open from 29 September 2023. Generally, the call for each new intake starts in October and runs until December. Please visit this page during these months to see the call for the next intake year!

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...... read more

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DAAD In-Country/ In-Region Scholarship Program Eastern Africa

Application Deadline23 Nov 2023
Country to studyKenya, Tanzania, Uganda
TypePostgraduate
Course to studyView courses
SponsorGerman Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
GenderMen and Women

Aim and Benefits of DAAD In-Country/ In-Region Scholarship Program Eastern Africa

Scholarship benefits varies 

DAAD In-Country/ In-Region Scholarship Program Eastern Africa Courses

Requirements for DAAD In-Country/ In-Region Scholarship Program Eastern Africa Qualification

The target group for scholarships are graduates and postgraduates from Sub-Saharan Africa with a first academic degree if applying for a Master’s programme, or with a Master’s degree if applying for a doctoral programme who want to pursue Master’s or PhD courses in their home country (so called In-Country scholarships) or in another Sub-Saharan African country (In-Region scholarships).

Female applicants and candidates from less privileged regions or groups are especially encouraged to participate in the programme.

Interview date, Process and Venue for DAAD In-Country/ In-Region Scholarship Program Eastern Africa

**Please note that the call for applications for the programmes below is currently open with a deadline of 23rd November 2023.

Application Deadline

November 23, 2023

How to Apply

(Post)graduate programmes in Eastern Africa for which DAAD scholarships are offered:

Country Institution Degree Programme Start of Study (2024)
Kenya

Moi University – East and South African-German

Centre for Education Research Methodologies and

Management (CERMESA)

Master Education in Research September
Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (DeKUT) Master Food Science and Technology September

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and

Technology (JKUAT)

Master Energy Technology September
Master Soil and Water Engineering September
PhD Soil and Water Engineering September
Moi University PhD Biostatistics September

Partnership for African Social and Governance

Research (PASGR)

Master Research and Public Policy (MRPP) September/October
Pwani University Master Bioinformatics September
Tanzania Ardhi University Master Geomatics November
Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology Master Embedded and Mobile Systems September
Uganda Busitema University Master Public Health September
Mbarara University of Science and Technology Master Biology (Natural Resources Ecology, Management and Conservation) August/September
Master Biology (Microbiology and Parasitology[MAP])

August/September

For more details visit: DAAD website


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