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Application Deadline: 23rd November 2023
The In-Country/In-Region scholarship programme in Eastern Africa aims to promote the development of university teaching staff in universities and build capacity for staff in the public sector through postgraduate training in selected postgraduate study programmes at selected Eastern African partner institutions.
This programme strongly encourages mobility of Sub-Saharan Africans to study in participating host institutions within the Eastern Africa region. Check the information further below for the links to the programmes funded, the links to the specific call for scholarship applications and the links to the host institutions.
Requirements
- The target group for scholarships are graduates and postgraduates from Sub-Saharan Africa with a first academic degree if applying for a Master’s programme, or with a Master’s degree if applying for a doctoral programme who want to pursue Master’s or PhD courses in their home country (so called In-Country scholarships) or in another Sub-Saharan African country (In-Region scholarships).
- Female applicants and candidates from less privileged regions or groups are especially encouraged to participate in the programme.
(Post)graduate programmes in Eastern Africa for which DAAD scholarships are offered:
| Country | Institution | Degree | Programme | Start of Study (2024) |
| Kenya | Moi University – East and South African-German Centre for Education Research Methodologies and Management (CERMESA) | Master | Education in Research | September |
| Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (DeKUT) | Master | Food Science and Technology | September | |
| Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) | Master | Energy Technology | September | |
| Master | Soil and Water Engineering | September | ||
| PhD | Soil and Water Engineering | September | ||
| Moi University | PhD | Biostatistics | September | |
| Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) | Master | Research and Public Policy (MRPP) | September/October | |
| Pwani University | Master | Bioinformatics | September | |
| Tanzania | Ardhi University | Master | Geomatics | November |
| Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology | Master | Embedded and Mobile Systems | September | |
| Uganda | Busitema University | Master | Public Health | September |
| Mbarara University of Science and Technology | Master | Biology (Natural Resources Ecology, Management and Conservation) | August/September | |
| Master | Biology (Microbiology and Parasitology[MAP]) | August/September |
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the DAAD In-Country/ In-Region Scholarship Programmes 2024/2025
