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DAAD MASTER OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS (MIDE)

Application Deadline: 31 August, 2024

LOCATION: Germany

HTW Berlin, the largest university of applied sciences in Berlin, offers an 18-month full-time Master’s degree programme in “International and Development Economics” (MIDE), taught entirely in English. Designed for students from developing and transitional countries as well as from Germany and other developed countries with a special interest in the economic challenges facing “third world” countries, the programme prepares students to work in areas related to global economic affairs and development.

ELIGIBILITY:

Bachelor’s degree*

Proficiency in English

The first degree must be equivalent to a three-year German Bachelor’s degree (180 ECTS). It is highly recommended that applicants get in touch with the MIDE office (mide@htw-berlin.de) to find out whether the degree from a foreign country is equivalent.

Applicants with three years of study (180 ECTS) or the equivalent either must study an additional 30 ECTS at the university or prove that they have completed at least one year’s professional employment or training since graduating. Applicants with an equivalent of three and a half or more years (210 ECTS) of study do not need to prove professional experience or take additional modules.

Applicants for a DAAD scholarship must come from a developing country and have at least two years of professional experience since graduation, but should not have graduated more than six years ago.

BENEFIT:
Approx. 900 to 1,000 EUR monthly.

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WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE COMMITMENT SCHOLARSHIP

LOCATION: USA

The University of Western Illinois invites exceptional international students to apply for the International Graduate Commitment Scholarship programme. Scholarship only applied to WIU tuition. No cash refund is available.

ELIGIBILITY:

F-1 students are eligible

Must be a newly admitted graduate, non-sponsored international student enrolling to WIU for the first time.

Minimum cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (confirmed by WIU)

Scholarship eligibility is determined at the time of evaluation for admission

Applicants will not be reconsidered for scholarships after the point of admission if additional coursework is completed. (IE, an in progress degree is completed AFTER admission is granted to WIU). These scholarships cannot be earned after arriving on campus. You may choose to wait until completion to submit your application if you believe it would be to your advantage.

Renewable for a second year with a 3.0 GPA maintained

Continuous enrollment required (Prorated to $650 per 3 SH if an immigration exemption has been awarded for the final semester)

50% will be awarded fall semester and 50% will be awarded spring semester

Students enrolled in online studies are eligible. Full-time continuous enrollment is required. Full time enrollment for graduate students is a minimum of 9 semester hours  per semester each fall and spring semester.

Students receiving a graduate assistantship are not eligible for this award

BENEFIT:

$4,000 per year, available fall and spring semester

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