DAAD 2025 Postgraduate Scholarships in the Field of Architecture

Published: 22 Aug 2024

This scholarship programme offers you the opportunity to continue your education in Germany with a postgraduate or continuing course of study in the field of architecture. The scholarships also promote the exchange of experience and networking amongst colleagues.

DAAD Postgraduate Scholarships

Benefits of DAAD Postgraduate Scholarships

• A monthly payment of 992 euros
• Travel allowance
• One-off study allowance
• Payments towards health, accident and personal liability insurance cover

DAAD Postgraduate Scholarships Courses

• Architecture

Requirements for DAAD Postgraduate Scholarships

• You can apply if you have gained a first university degree in the areas of Architecture, Interior Design, Monument Conservation and Building in Existing Contexts/Reconditioning of Old Buildings, Urban Planning/Urban Development, Landscape Architecture, Landscape Planning at the latest by the time they commence their scholarship-supported study programme.

In this study programme, you can complete

• A Master’s degree/postgraduate degree leading to a final qualification
  or
• A complementary course that does not lead to a final qualification (not an undergraduate course)

Selection Process

Duration of the funding

Master’s degree programme:

• Between 10 and 24 months depending on the length of your chosen study programme or project
• Start: usually from 1st October of the following year after the application, or earlier if a German language course is taken prior to the study programme
• The scholarships are awarded for the duration of the standard period of study for the chosen study programme (up to a maximum of 24 months). Please state the entire period for which you wish to apply for funding in your application. For example, if you are planning a 2-year degree programme, you must directly indicate two years as the desired scholarship duration in your application. After the first year of study, your academic achievements will be assessed in a further funding procedure. If this shows that you will successfully complete your programme within a reasonable period of time, the scholarship will continue as planned.

Selection criteria

• The artistic qualification and artistic maturity, measured by study achievements and work samples
• The quality of the project as measured by the study plan and the letter of motivation

Application Deadline

How to Apply