DAAD EPOS Scholarships for Young Professionals from Developing Countries 2026

The “Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst” (DAAD) has selected the MSc Environmental Governance (MEG)  as a development-related postgraduate course and so the programme can offer a limited number of EPOS Scholarships. Candidates will be selected first by the programme committee of the MEG programme. In a second step, DAAD will check our selection carefully and decide upon the candidates.

This is a highly competitive application process with strict requirements. Scholarship applicants must fulfill both the DAAD EPOS requirements AND the admission criteria for the MEG programme.

Note: The DAAD-EPOS scholarship application has to be submitted one year ahead of admission (15 October 2025 for study begin October 2026). The applications for the MEG programme and for the scholarship are linked, meaning that the required documents compose an application for both.

• Table of Content
• About German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
• DAAD EPOS Scholarships
• Requirements for DAAD EPOS Scholarships Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

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...... continue reading

DAAD EPOS Scholarships

Requirements for DAAD EPOS Scholarships Qualification

Young professionals from developing countries (DAC countries) who meet all of the following requirements:

• have an academic degree, that is not older than six years at the time of application (October 2025)
• have a minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience (post Bachelor, at the time of application); internships and volontary work are not accepted

Note that employment in academia, like teaching and research at a university or research institute, is not considered relevant work experience for this scholarship type; only in very exceptional cases can it be accepted.

• have an academic degree above average (upper third)
• having resided in Germany for no more than 15 months before applying

Check also:
Commonwealth Master's Scholarship to Study in UK 2027/2028
Mandela Washington Fellowship for Africans 2027 (Fully Funded to USA)

Application Deadline

How to Apply

Complete the Online Eligibility Assessment (OEA)

If you are not sure if you fufill the admissions requirements for the programme and the consder , consider filling in the OEA. Within one week you will receive an e-mail confirming if you are eligible to apply for the programme and for the DAAD scholarship or not. OEAs will be processed only until October 1.

Basic Information

• All documents listed below, under Application Documents, need to be compressed or merged as one singe PDF file and then be uploaded to the online application form. The link will be published on July 1, 2025. 
• Incomplete applications cannot be considered.
• Referees have to send their reference letters directly to [email protected], not to the applicant.
• If you submit the documents listed below, there is no need to submit additional documents required in the DAAD application form (e.g. project outline).

For more details, visit DAAD Scholarship webpage