The long-awaited application deadlines for one of the world’s most prestigious fully-funded study opportunities—DAAD’s Development-Related Postgraduate Courses (EPOS)—have officially been released for the 2025–2026 intake! If you’re a motivated graduate with at least two years of professional experience and a dream to study in Germany, this is your moment.
Germany’s DAAD EPOS Scholarship isn’t just a study grant. It’s a transformative opportunity that enables future changemakers from developing and newly industrialized countries to gain postgraduate (Master’s or PhD) degrees at some of Germany’s top-tier universities. These scholarships are designed to fuel sustainable development by nurturing globally networked specialists who will drive progress in their home countries.
Who Can Apply?
- Graduates from developing and newly industrialised countries
- With at least two years of professional work experience
- From all academic disciplines.
What Does the DAAD 2026 Scholarship Cover?
- Monthly stipend: €992 for Master’s students and €1,300 for PhD candidates
- Travel allowance and health insurance coverage
- Monthly rent subsidy and family support.
Duration of Funding: 12 to 42 months, depending on the degree programs.
| List of DAAD Scholarships 2025-2025 Application Deadlines | |||
| German Universities List | Degree | Courses Offered Under DAAD Scholarships | DAAD Scholarship Deadline |
| U Greifswald | MSc | Landscape Ecology and Nature Conservation – LENC | 1-Dec 2025 |
| TU Dresden | MA | Vocational Education and Personnel Capacity Building | 15-Sep 2025 |
| U Freiburg | MSc | Environmental Governance – MEG | 15-Oct 2025 |
| HfT Stuttgart | MSc | Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics | 15-Oct 2025 |
| U Bonn | MSc | Global Health | November 15, 2025 |
| TU Berlin | MSc | Urban Management – UM | 31-Aug 2025 |
| TU Dortmund | MSc | SPRING – Regional Development Planning and Management | 1-Oct 2025 |
| PH Ludwigsburg / Helwan University Cairo | MA | International Education Management – INEMA | see website |
| TU Dresden | MSc | Hydro Science and Engineering | 15-Oct 2025 |
| TU Dresden | MSc | Textile Machinery and High Performance Material Technology | 15-Sep 2025 |
| U Heidelberg | MSc | International Health (Heidelberg) | October 15, 2025 |
| U Giessen | PhD | IPPAE: Agricultural Economics, Bioeconomy and Sustainable Food Systems | 31-Aug 2025 |
| Charité Berlin/ FU Berlin/ HU Berlin | MSc | International Health (Berlin) | 31-Oct 2025 |
| LMU München | PhD | Medical Research – International Health | January 1, 2026 |
| HTW Berlin | MA | Economic Sciences/Business Administration/Political Economics | 31-Aug 2025 |
| HS Rhein-Waal | MA | Sustainable Development Management | 1-Jun 2025 |
| U Stuttgart/ Ain Shams University | MSc | Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design – IUSD | see website |
| RU Bochum | MA | Development Management | 30-Sep 2025 |
| U Leipzig | MBA | Small Enterprise Promotion and Training – SEPT | 1-Oct 2025 |
| U Bremen | MSc | Marine Biology – ISATEC | 15-Oct 2025 |
| U Bonn | PhD | Bonn International Graduate School for Development Research (BIGS-DR) | 31-Aug 2025 |
| U Hohenheim | MSc | Agricultural Economics – AgEcon | 15-Dec 2025 |
| TU Darmstadt | MSc | Tropical Hydrogeology and Environmental Engineering – TropHEE | 15-Dec 2025 |
| U Oldenburg | MSc | Sustainable Renewable Energy Technologies SuRE | 15-Oct 2025 |
| U Stuttgart | MSc | Air Quality Control, Solid Waste and Waste Water Process Engineering (WASTE) | September 30, 2025 |
| BHU Weimar | MSc | Natural Hazards and Risks in Structural Engineering – NHRE | 15-Oct 2025 |
| U Flensburg | MEng | Sustainable Energy and Development (SEDev) | see website |
| U Bonn/United Nations University | MSc | Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security | 15-Dec 2025 |
| U Hohenheim | PhD | IPPAE: Agricultural Economics, Bioeconomy and Sustainable Food Systems | 31-Aug 2025 |
| MIPLC | LL.M. | Intellectual Property and Competition Law | 15-Oct 2025 |
| U Hannover | MSc | Water Resources and Environmental Management – WATENV | 30-Sep 2025 |
| HS Bonn-RheinSieg/DW Akademie/U Bonn | MA | International Media Studies | 15-Mar 2026 |
| GAU Göttingen | MSc | Development Economics | November 15, 2025 |
| TH Köln | MSc | Natural Resources Management and Development (NRM) | 30-Sep 2025 |
| TU Dresden/ UNU FLORES/ IOER | PhD | Resource Nexus for Sustainability Transformations (NEXtra) | 15-March 2025 |
| U Freiburg | MSc | Global Urban Health | October 15, 2025 |
| TU Dresden | MSc | Tropical Forestry | 30-Oct 2025 |
| TH Köln/ German Jordanian University | MSc | Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) | 15-Nov 2025 |
| TH Köln/ Univ. de San Luis Potosi | MSc | Environment and Resources Management (ENREM) | 31-Jan 2026 |
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