All scholarships are highly competitive. Due to limited
institutional resources, students are therefore encouraged
to obtain financial support from their employing agencies
or through outside fellowships and private sources before
seeking aid.
The German Academic Exchange Service
The German
Academic Exchange Service
(DAAD) offers a limited number of scholarships
for participants from developing countries ('Postgraduate
Courses for Professionals with Relevance to Developing Countries').
Application deadline:
At TU Berlin October 15th of the previous year!
If you apply via the German embassy in your country:
July 31st of the previous year!
You do not need an admission letter from the TU Berlin for
the application to the DAAD.
Other German foundations:
Katholischer
Akademischer Austauschdienst (KAAD)
(ecclesiastical letter of recommendation required)
Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst
(EED)
(ecclesiastical letter of recommendation required)
German political foundations offering scholarships to foreign
students:
Heinrich
Böll Foundation
Friedrich Ebert
Foundation
Friedrich
Naumann Foundation
Konrad
Adenauer Foundation
Hanns
Seidel Foundation
Rosa-Luxemburg
Foundation
International scholarships:
World
Bank: The program provides opportunities for
graduate studies leading to a Masters degree in development
related fields.
Ford
Foundation (International Fellowship Program)
United
Nations (UNESCO)
Information on the scholarship programme of the Commission
of the European Union - European Development Fund
(EDF) can be obtained from the EU diplomatic representative
in the candidate´s own country. The application is
submitted through the candidate´s employer.
For information on the EC-ASEAN Scholarship Programme contact
(application via British Councils):
EC-ASEAN Scholarship Programme
Rue de la Loi 200
1049 Brussels
Belgium
Scholarships for women:
International
Federation of University Women (IFUW)
For regional scholarship programmes see:
Any region:
OPEC Fund
Africa:
African Development
Bank
Africa
Educational Trust
Asia:
Asian Development
Bank
Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Tajikisatn, Kenya,
Tanzania, Uganda, Madagascar, Syria, Iran, France, Portugal,
UK, USA, Canada:
The
Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN)
Chile:
Becas Chile
Russia:
Institute
of International Education
Mexico:
Conacyt-Stipendium
For German applicants:
Bildungskredit
vom Bundesverwaltungsamt
BAföG
Useful Internetlinks:
European
Tropical Forest Network (Funding Opportunities)
International
Education Financial Aid (Internet resource for financial
aid information for international students wishing to study
in a foreign country - many useful links)
