ELIGIBILITY:

Citizen of a developing country 

Minimum 2 years professional experience post Bachelor’s, prior to the date of applying

Academic degrees should be less than 6 years old

Development-related motivations and intentions

Must not have resided in Germany for longer than 15 months by the application deadline

Bachelor’s degree in a related subject with above-average results

Official proof English proficiency as detailed in the admission regulations (see below)
eg. IELTS academic (overall Band 6.5), TOEFL ibt (90).

Proof of undergraduate courses in statistics and economics

Proof of self-evaluation through the AgEcon PreTest

Detailed admission regulations are available for download: official (in German); for reference (in English).

BENEFIT:

DAAD EPOS scholarship recipients will have their tuition fees waived for the 2 years of the Agricultural Economics Master’s program, and they will receive health insurance, a monthly living stipend, travel costs to Germany and back as well as for research (see EPOS webpage for details and extras). Furthermore, an integral part of the DAAD EPOS initiative is an intensive German language course from August to September at a language center in Germany, prior to starting the Master’s program.