DAAD Leadership for Africa Master’s Scholarship Programme 2025/2026 for East Africans (Fully Funded study in Germany)

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Application Deadline: 10 June 2025

Applications are actually open for the 2025/2026 DAAD Leadership for Africa Master’s Scholarship Programme. The scholarship programme “Leadership for Africa” (LfA) goals to help the educational qualification and development of younger refugees and nationwide students from South Sudan and Uganda at greater training establishments in Germany. In occasions of conflicts and displacement, this programme intends to contribute to the training of future leaders, who will likely be important for the additional improvement of societies in Africa and past. “Leadership for Africa” gives scholarships for Master’s research in Germany to certified candidates in all fields of study besides for Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Dentistry, Law, Fine Arts and Architecture in addition to Nursing, Midwifery or related well being care-related educational fields.

Requirements

The programme targets two teams:
1) Highly certified refugees who maintain refugee standing and fulfil the mandatory {qualifications} for Master’s research in Germany.
Applicants should fulfil the next circumstances:

• Holding refugee standing in their host international locations, being granted earlier than 2nd of April, 2024. Refugee standing should be legitimate at the very least till April 2026. In case of renewal of standing, please present ample proof.
• Country of asylum should be both South Sudan or Uganda.
• Completed Bachelor’s diploma on the time of application.

2) Highly certified graduates from South Sudan or Uganda who fulfil the mandatory {qualifications} for Master’s research in Germany.
Applicants should fulfil the next circumstances:

• Citizenship of both South Sudan or Uganda.
• Country of residence is South Sudan or Uganda.
• Completed Bachelor’s diploma on the time of application.

Please be aware:

• With a Degree in Medicine, you possibly can apply for Public Health or Biomedical Master associated programmes solely. A Master’s programme in Medicine shouldn’t be eligible for funding.
• For candidates from creative disciplines and the sphere of structure, the DAAD gives subject-specific scholarship programmes

• Successful completion of a Bachelor’s diploma on the time of application that meets the necessities of German universities for admission to a Master’s programme.
• A Bachelor’s diploma of at the very least 2nd class higher division stage is required.
• As a rule, no more than 6 years ought to have handed for the reason that completion of the final educational diploma (see important information for scholarship applicants / Section A, level 2).
• Good English or good German language abilities
• For Refugees: Copy of Refugee ID card issued earlier than 02.04.2024

What Can be funded

The scholarship contains:

• German language course (as much as 6 months) in Germany earlier than the beginning of the college research
• Tuition-free M.A. or M.Sc. diploma programme at a public or state-recognized college in Germany beginning in winter time period 2026 (September/October 2026)

Scholarship Worth

• German language course (as much as 6 months) in Germany earlier than the beginning of the study programme, together with the protection of the take a look at charges for a German language certificates (TestDaF or DSH take a look at), pocket cash and lodging (solely through the language course). The DAAD will determine whether or not to fund participation and for how lengthy, based mostly on the applicant’s German language abilities and study necessities. Participation in a language course is obligatory.
• Monthly scholarship funds of 992 euros
• Adequate well being, accident and personal/private legal responsibility insurance coverage in Germany
• Travel allowance
• Yearly study allowance
• If relevant, month-to-month hire subsidy and month-to-month allowance for accompanying members of the family (partner and/or youngsters)
  Please be aware that household reunions could also be delayed or not be doable through the length of the scholarship, as a result of size of the visa course of for some home or host international locations.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the DAAD Leadership for Africa Master’s Scholarship Programme