Main DAAD selection criteria:
# Academic degree with far above average results (upper third)
# language skills (every university has different language proficiency requirements)
# political and social engagement
# a convincing description of the subject-related and personal motivation for the study project in Germany
# expected benefit when returning to the home country or region
# Most recent university degree should be obtained in the last six years prior to the application for the scholarship.
# Applicants who have stayed in Germany for more than 15 months at the time of the application deadline are not considered as eligible.
# All master´s courses have further additional requirements that must be fulfilled by the applicants in any case.শিক্ষা সংক্রান্ত খবরাখবর নিয়মিত পেতে রেজিস্ট্রেশন করুন অথবা Log In করুন।

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Applications must be submitted in German or English.
Please indicate that you are applying for the DAAD Helmut-Schmidt Programme (Master’s scholarships for Public Policy and Good Governance).
You are allowed to submit your application for up to two master`s courses listed below.
Step 1: Fill in the DAAD Application form for Research Grants and Study Scholarships (annex 2) only once making clear which study course is your first and which is your second priority.
Step 2: Write a single letter of motivation for both university courses you choose, justifying your first and second priority choice.
Step 3: Send the DAAD scholarship form together with the letter of motivation and accompanied with the necessary documents listed below to the two universities of your choice. Do NOT send it to DAAD

In October/November 2020 a selection committee consisting of university
Step 1: Professors and DAAD representatives meets and suggests potential candidates for a DAAD scholarship.
Step 2: Afterwards the suggested candidates are contacted by DAAD to upload their complete application to the DAAD Portal.
Important: Make sure that you have a copy of each document of your application ready, as those documents (as PDF files) have to be uploaded to the DAAD Portal in case you are suggested for a DAAD scholarship!
Step 3: The selection process will be finalized. All applicants will be informed at the end of the selection process – approx. by the end of December 2020.
DAAD and the cooperating universities are checking on/looking for possibilities to ensure the planned start of the semester (including the preparatory language courses) should the travel restrictions not be lifted in time (i.e. by implementing online courses or by postponing the begin of the semester).
Information will be updated accordingly.

The necessary documents are:
# DAAD Application form for Research Grants and Study Scholarships (hand-signed, but electronically edited)
# Hand-signed and dated motivation letter (one single letter for both universities) containing a precise description of the applicants’ academic/professional and personal reasons for choosing those master´s programmes and universities (two pages maximum)
# Hand-signed and dated full curriculum vitae including information about the precise field of your studies, your political and social engagement and, if applicable, description of job experience
# Copy of acquired Academic Degrees (certified translation if necessary, please attach an explanation of the grading system)
# Copy of the transcript of records (certified translation if necessary)
# Recent language certificates (German and/or English)
# One letter of recommendation, signed and recently dated by your university professor or current employer, supplemented by an official letterhead, and stamp (not in a sealed envelope)
# If applicable certificates of employment to support relevant professional experience mentioned in your CV by documentary evidence