If you are from a developing country seeking to study your doctoral degree in a recognized university in the world, you can apply to the doctoral program offered by the ZEF -the Center for Development Research at the University of Bonn, Germany. ZEF is offering a great doctoral program for scientists from developing countries that DAAD funds.

Description

Students need to attend 800 teachings per year. When they complete their six to nine months of coursework, they are required to do practical research in a developing country for six months or one year.

Successfully defending and completing the thesis will result in obtaining a doctoral degree.

Brief Details of the ZEF Program 

Location: Bonn, Germany

Application Deadline Via DAAD: August 31, each year

Start of the Program: October 1, the Next year

Number of Opportunities: 20-30

Host Institution: University of Bonn

Level of study: Doctoral Program

Duration: 3-4 Years

Funding Organization: DAAD

Language of Study: English

Study Background Needed:

• social sciences
• sociology
• economics,
• development economics
• political science
• Mathematics
• biology
• agriculture
• resource economics
• ecology
• agronomy
• earth sciences

Benefits of DAAD Doctoral Scholarships

DAAD will cover the following items for this Program:

• Monthly living allowance of  1,400 euros
• Payments towards health, accident and personal liability insurance cover
• Travel allowance, unless these expenses are covered by the home country or another source of funding
• Under certain circumstances, scholarship holders may receive the following additional benefits:
  • Monthly rent subsidy
  • Monthly allowance for accompanying members of family

Who Can Apply for This Scholarship?

The applicants applying to the ZEF doctoral program onthe  DAAD scholarship must meet the following requirements:

• Strong English language skill ( IELTS  6 or TOEFL 80 iBT certificate, other English language certificates from a language institution, or a university certificate indicating English as the instruction language)
• Two years of professional work experience
• be a citizen of a developing country
• have not lived in Germany
• Obtained a master’s degree with a great GPA higher than 3 in the American system in the last six years. or will graduate in the current year.
• The master’s degree was taken in the last 6 years.

How to Apply?

Eligible applicants can apply to this scholarship by following the steps below,

1.  Complete the online application form, and you will receive your personal registration number by email when you finish.
2. Document and application preparation

Note: Provide all required documents in English and in one PDF file, not larger than 20 MB.

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Required Documents

Applicants should submit the following application documents:

• Motivation letter (Your address, Signed and dated- one or two pages).
• two recommendation letters
• CV (Europass format)
• BIGS-DR application form (Signed and dated)
• DAAD Application form. select “scholarship for a postgraduate course with relevance to developing countries”
• Graduate research statement
• Master thesis (One page)
• Academic documents
  • Master’s degree certificate and transcripts
  • bachelor’s degree certificates and diploma
  • school certificate and diploma
• Employer statement
• Passport
• English proficiency proof

Apply Now

For more information, applicants can visit the official website of the ZEF. 

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