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DAAD-Short-term scholarships for master's degree students • DAAD
Overview
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A print version of this announcement (PDF) is available in the further tabs (e.g. “Application requirements”).
Objective
The aim of the scholarship is to enable Chinese students to become acquainted with the German university and research landscape and help them establish contact to potential supervisors for subsequent doctoral degrees.
Who can apply?
Chinese graduates from all disciplines are eligible to apply.
What can be funded?
A research visit as part of the Master's thesis at a state or state-recognised German university or non-university research institute.
Duration of the funding
1-3 months (maximum of 90 days)
Value
- Monthly scholarship payments of 992 euros
- Currently valid travel allowance
- Medical, accident and personal liability insurance
Application requirements
What requirements must be met?
- Enrolment in a full-time Master degree course. Before the scholarship starts, applicants must have completed the second semester of their Master degree course.
- Applicants must be able to prove they have completed a Bachelor degree at a Chinese university (xueshi). As a rule, applicants should not have graduated any longer than six years before the time of application.
- Application documents must be accompanied by a recommendation letter from the Chinese professor and written confirmation that the applicant has academic supervision in Germany with explicit reference to the applicant's planned undertaking. The letter confirming supervision should also indicate whether the supervisor intends to supervise the candidate as a doctoral student if he/she successfully completes his/her Master's degree. An appropriate form is available for this purpose.
- Apart from previous academic achievements, the most important selection criterion is a convincing work and study plan for the visit to Germany, which has been coordinated with an academic advisor at the chosen host institute in Germany. It should also describe future academic and professional plans.
- Applicants who are already in Germany cannot be considered. Students who have spent a mandatory period in Germany as part of their Master degree programme (e.g. double degree programmes) or who take part in an exchange programme at a German partner university for a year are also not eligible for funding.
Language skills
The applicant is required to be sufficiently proficient in German or English to be able carry out his/her project. Language skills have to be proven by TestDaF, DSH II or IELTS (5.5), TOEFL iBT (80) or TEM (8) certificates.
Application Procedure
Application deadline
08.10.2024
Application documents
Certificates, proof of credits, certifications and translations may be scanned in non-certified form and uploaded to the DAAD portal. DAAD's Head Office in Bonn will only request certified copies of the submitted documents in paper form if a grant is awarded!
1. Documents to be uploaded to the DAAD portal:
- Online application form
- Full curriculum vitae
- Extensive and detailed description of the study or research proposal and a description of previous study or research work which may be of particular relevance to the decision.
- Letter confirming supervision
- A precise schedule which has been coordinated with the host institute
- Officially certified copies of all university certificates for all annual examinations (with all individual grades)
- Language certificate; this should indicate the level of German/English language skills at the time of application
- One recent, supporting letter of recommendation from a relevant professor which provides information about your academic qualifications. Please regard the instructions given on the tab 'Submitting an application'.
- All certificates must accompanied by an explanation of grading systems. Copies of certificates must be officially certified and if possible presented in DIN A4 or DIN A5 format. It suffices if a stamp or signature from one of the following instances testifies that the copy is a true copy of the original document: embassy or consulate of the Federal Republic of Germany, German school or university that issued the original document. The correctness of the translations must be confirmed. Original certificates are only required upon enrolment in Germany.
The application procedure occurs online through the DAAD Portal.
Please note that the access to the application portal only appears while the current application period is running. After the application deadline has expired, the portal for this programme is not available until the next application period.
Application location
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Branch Office Beijing
DRC Building D1, 1102A
19 Dongfang Donglu,
Chaoyang District
100600 Beijing, VR China
Tel.: +86 010/6590 6656
Fax.: +86 (10)/6590-6393
E-Mail: postmaster@daad.org.cn
WWW: https://www.daad.org.cn/zh
Please note
- Your application is only valid if you submit all the required documents to the DAAD portal on time.
- The DAAD portal closes at 24.00 hrs. (CET or CEST) on the last application day.
- Incomplete applications cannot be considered. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that their applications are complete.
- The application documents remain with the DAAD. Data relating to applicants is saved by the DAAD in accordance with the Federal Data Protection Act and with the EU Data Protection Regulation insofar as this data is needed to process the application.
Contact and Consulting
Information and advisory centres
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Branch Office Beijing
DRC Building D1, 1102A
19 Dongfang Donglu,
Chaoyang District
100600 Beijing, VR China
Tel.: +86 010/6590 6656
Fax.: +86 (10)/6590-6393
E-Mail: information.beijing@daad.de
WWW: https://www.daad.org.cn/zh
Submitting an application
General information on the application via DAAD portal
Click on 'Application portal' at the bottom of the page to go to the DAAD portal. There you will be provided with an online application form to enter your application data.
This is what you have to do:
1. Register in the DAAD portal (Read notes about registering in the portal >>)
2. Request recommendation form
You can generate the recommendation form in the DAAD Portal as a writable PDF under 'Request recommendation form'. It can only be generated during the application period. Please send it to your university teacher and ask him or her to complete the form in full. When you have received it back, upload it in the portal under 'Letter of Recommendation'.
3. Applying online in the DAAD portal (Read notes on applying in the portal >>)
- Prepare application documents
- If necessary, translate documents (unless they are already in German or English).
- Scan paper documents and save in PDF format. You can only upload PDF files to the portal.
- Fill out the application form and upload the application documents to the portal in PDF format. Translations, if applicable, should be uploaded together with the document issued in the original language.
- Submit the application online.
Please note:
If you have any technical questions or problems your local information and advice centres could not help you with, please do not hesitate to contact portal@daad.de via e-mail.
Please consider possible processing times of your request when you are planning your application.