Students who intend to pursue their studies in Germany may now apply for scholarships, according to a joint announcement from the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan and the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), a German assistance organisation.
Also, The HEC announced on Tuesday that scholarships are available for anyone wishing to enrol in Development-Related Postgraduate Courses (EPOS) for a Master’s degree.
The HEC announced on Twitter that the Development-Related Postgraduate Courses (EPOS) programme allows foreign graduates from developing and newly industrialised nations to pursue a postgraduate or Master’s degree at a state or state-recognized German university, regardless of their discipline and with at least two years of professional experience.
The following fields currently offer postgraduate courses:
- Economic Sciences/Business Administration/Political Economics
- Development Cooperation
- Engineering and Related Sciences
- Regional and Urban Planning
- Agricultural and Forest Sciences
- Natural and Environmental Sciences
- Medicine and Public Health
- Social Sciences, Education, and Law
- Media Studies
Also, Pakistani graduates with a four-year Bachelor’s degree in a related field and at least two years of professional experience are eligible to apply for the programme.
“Candidates can prove their motivation is development-related and be expected to take on social responsibility and initiate and support processes of change in their personal and professional environment after their training/scholarship,” DAAD mentioned on its website.
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More details are available on DAAD’s website.
https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/stipendium/datenbank/en/21148-scholarship-database/
