Apply DAAD In-Country/In-Region Programme Sub-Saharan Africa 2025

Apply DAAD In-Country/In-Region Programme Sub-Saharan Africa 2025 | Are you a student from African Country? If yes, The DAAD has open In-Country/In-Region Programme Sub-Saharan Africa 2025. The programme aims at fostering strong, internationally oriented higher education systems in Sub-Saharan Africa with the capacity to contribute to sustainable development.

To this end, scholarships are granted for development-related Master or doctoral studies for individuals who plan to pursue a career in teaching and / or research at a higher education institution in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Programme Types:

• Master and PhD studies in selected, development-related degree programmes

Scholarship Funding:

• Funding is provided for the usual duration of a course – generally, up to two years for Master’s and up to three years for the PhD degree programmes.
• Monthly scholarship
• Study and research allowance
• Thesis publishing costs
• Tuition fees
• Travel allowance
• Health insurance

Eligibility Universities and Programme per Country

Southern Africa

Malawi: (Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), Subject field

• Programme: Master: Aquaculture and Fisheries Science

Namibia 🙁 Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), Subject field)

Programme: PhD: Computer Science

South Africa :

In-Region scholarships only; In-Country scholarships for South Africa are addressed in a separate call for applications

• Stellenbosch University (SUN), Subject fields: (Master: Molecular Biology and Human Genetics (MBHG)
• University of Cape Town (UCT), Subject fields: (Master: Urban Studies – Southern Urbanism)
• University of the Western Cape (UWC), Subject fields: (Master: Development Studies at ISD, PhD: Development Studies at ISD

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West and Central Africa

Benin

University of Abomey – Calavi (UAC) Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, Subject fields:

• Master: Statistics, Major Biostatistics
• PhD: Agronomic Sciences, Major Biometry

Cameroon

University of Dschang, Subject fields:

• PhD: Parasitology
• PhD: Pharmacology

Ghana

Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, Subject field:

• PhD: Development Studies

West African Center for Crop Improvement (WACCI), University of Ghana, Subject field:

• Master: Seed Science and Technology

West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), University of Ghana, Subject field:

• Master: Molecular Cell Biology of Infectious Diseases

Nigeria

Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Subject fields:

• Master: Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
• PhD: Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Benue State University Makurdi (BSUM), Subject fields:

• Master: Food Chemistry
• PhD: Food Chemistry

Eastern Africa

Kenya

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Subject field:

• Master: Energy Technology
• Master: Soil and Water Engineering
• PhD: Soil and Water Engineering

Moi University, Subject field:

• PhD: Biostatistics

East and South African-German Centre of Excellence for Educational Research Methodologies and Management (CERM-ESA) – Moi University, Subject field:

• Master: Education in Research

Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (DeKUT), Subject field:

• Master: Food Science and Technology

Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR)*, Subject field: (Egerton University, University of Lagos, Maseno University, Mzumbe University, University of Ibadan)

• Master: Research and Public Policy (MRPP)

Pwani University; Subject field:

• Master: Bioinformatics

Tanzania

Ardhi University, Subject field:

• Master: Geomatics

Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), Subject fields:

• Master: Embedded and Mobile Systems

Uganda

Busitema University, Subject field:

• Master: Public Health

Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Subject fields:

• Master: Biology (Natural Resources Ecology, Management and Conservation)
• Master: Biology (Microbiology and Parasitology) (MAP)

Southern Africa

Botswan

Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST), Subject field:a

• Master: Physics (by research)

Malawi

Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS), Subject field:

• Master: Environmental Health

Eligibility Candidate:

Graduates and postgraduates from Sub-Saharan Africa with a first academic degree if applying for a Master’s programme, or with a Master’s degree if applying for a doctoral programme who want to pursue Master’s or PhD courses in their home country (so called In-Country scholarships) or in another Sub-Saharan African country (In-Region scholarships).
Female applicants and candidates from less privileged regions or groups are especially encouraged to participate in the programme.

Apply DAAD In-Country/In-Region Programme Sub-Saharan Africa 2025

Application Deadline: April 9, 2025