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DAAD MIPLC SCHOLARSHIPS 2026/2027 FOR STUDENTS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES – GERMANY

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Application Deadline: 15 October, 2025

LOCATION: Germany

MIPLC collaborates with the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), which offers a limited number of scholarships through their Development-Related Postgraduate Courses (EPOS) to highly qualified applicants facing financial constraints.

ELIGIBILITY:

MIPLC students bring to the learning community a high level of excellence expressed in a rich diversity of backgrounds, accomplishments, talents, and interests. Students in past classes have consistently found this special atmosphere to be very conducive to their studies—and great fun, too. To be eligible for admission, applicants need to have at least a prior university or college degree, professional experience, and very good knowledge of the English language.

All applicants must hold a Bachelor’s degree or higher. While most of their students have a previous degree in law, natural sciences, or engineering, they also welcome students from other disciplines. If the subject of your prior studies seems to lack an obvious relation to IP, they invite you to persuade us in your letter of motivation why you are nevertheless an interesting candidate for our LL.M. program.

To start your studies at MIPLC, you are required to have attained at least 240 ECTS credits, which are generally equivalent to a four-year Bachelor’s degree. At MIPLC, you will earn 60 ECTS credits, amounting to 300 ECTS credits, which is the minimum required for the Master’s degree. If you have fewer than 240 ECTS credits, e.g., because you only have a three-year Bachelor’s degree, we can recognize additional credits you have acquired through professional experience. You can earn a maximum of 60 ECTS credits in this manner.

However, if you are awarded 60 ECTS credits for prior professional experience, you must have at least two years of professional experience: one year for the extra credits, and another year to satisfy the professional experience requirement

Since the program is taught entirely in English, all students must have very good knowledge of the English language. One of the admission requirements, therefore, is a minimum score on one of the following tests taken within the last three years:

TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language http://www.toefl.org): minimum score of 85 (iBT), 223 (CBT), or 563 (PBT) Please note that MIPLC does not have an institution code; or

IELTS (International English Language Testing System, academic version http://www.ielts.org): minimum score of 6.5; or

Cambridge C1 (https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams-and-tests/advanced/): minimum score of 185.

BENEFIT:

The scholarship recipient(s) will get a full tuition waiver from the MIPLC.

The DAAD will pay the scholarship recipient(s) a monthly stipend of EUR 750.00.

As a rule, the scholarship additionally includes certain payments towards health, accident and liability insurance coverage in Germany.

In addition, the DAAD will generally pay an appropriate travel allowance, unless these costs are covered by the home country or by another funding source.

Furthermore, the DAAD will also pay a study and research allowance.

Last but not least, the scholarship covers a mandatory two-month German course before the start of the MIPLC LL.M. program.

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH ARRELL FOOD INSTITUTE GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS

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Application Deadline: April 15, 2026

LOCATION: Canada

The Arrell Food Institute Scholarships are available to master’s students to support research focused on agriculture and food. Applicants are expected to have applied for admission, including the submission of two referee assessments and all transcripts of study undertaken by the application deadline, to an eligible graduate program submitted by April 15 annually. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Citizenship: Canadian-PR-PP & Non-Canadian-PR-PP

Scholarship application materials will be submitted online by submitting the Arrell Food Institute Scholarship application form (statement of research and personal motivation (2-page maximum with additional 1-page citations list), CV, unofficial transcripts, names and institutional or professional emails of 2-3 references, and proposed AFI Chair supervisor or co-supervisor). 

Selection will be based on outstanding academic achievement; Relevance of proposed research and personal motivation to the vision of the Arrell Food Institute; Evidence of involvement and experience with community e.g. volunteer, knowledge sharing or otherwise. Scholarship recipients will be supervised or co-supervised by one of the Arrell Chairs.

Evidence of involvement and experience with community e.g. volunteer, knowledge sharing or otherwise. Scholarship recipients will be supervised or co-supervised by one of the Arrell Chairs.

Award recipients will also be expected to contribute time equivalent to UNIV*6050 coursework to the collaborative Arrell Food Institute projects over the course of the award period. Award recipients will be expected to register for UNIV*6050 in their first year of study or commit to an equivalent experiential learning opportunity as approved by their supervisor and the AFI Director.

Recipients must maintain full-time registration and satisfactory progress in their graduate program.

Recipients of the Arrell Scholarships will be known as the Arrell Scholars. Parental leave or other caring responsibilities will be considered under the normal terms offered by the University of Guelph.

Deferral of start will be considered for one year subject to the Supervisor’s agreement and a justification rationale. It is preferred that six months’ notice of any deferral be given unless circumstances preclude that.

Students awarded an Arrell Scholarship at the Master’s level who subsequently apply for and transfer to Doctoral studies are permitted to do so, subject to the prior approval of the Supervisor, AVP Graduate Studies, and the AFI Director.

Students entering a full-time Master’s program in the fall semester following the application deadline under the supervision or co-supervision of one of the Arrell Food Institute Chairs, with a minimum first-class (A-) admissions average. The Master’s student’s research must align with the Arrell Food Institute mission, which is to produce more healthy and nutritious food with less negative environmental and social impacts.

BENEFIT:

Their scholarship will only cover their studies under their original award timeframe (e.g., master’s level for a total of 6 semesters for a total of $100,000, payable in installments of $16,667 per semester or $50,000 per year). The financial implications of the student’s continued Doctoral studies will be borne by the student. 

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