University of Freiburg DAAD EPOS Scholarship 2027

The DAAD EPOS Scholarships are funded by the German Government for Young Professionals from Developing Countries.

The “Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst” (DAAD) has selected the MEG programme as a development-related postgraduate course, and so the programme can offer a limited number of EPOS Scholarships.

Candidates will be selected first by the programme committee of the MEG (Master’s in Environmental Governance) programme. In a second step, DAAD will check our selection carefully and decide on the candidates.

To be considered for the University of Freiburg DAAD EPOS Scholarship 2026, you must:

• have an academic degree that is not older than six years at the time of application (October 2027)

• have a minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience (post-Bachelor, at the time of application); internships and voluntary work are not accepted

• Note that employment in academia, like teaching and research at a university or research institute, is not considered relevant work experience for this scholarship type; only in very exceptional cases can it be accepted.

• have an academic degree above average (upper third)

• have not resided in Germany for more than 15 months before applying

The University of Freiburg DAAD EPOS Scholarship covers;

• Monthly payments of 992 euros for graduates or 1,300 euros (1,400 euros beginning with February 2026) for doctoral candidates

• Payments towards health, accident and personal liability insurance cover

• Travel allowance, unless these expenses are covered by the home country or another source of funding

Under certain circumstances, scholarship holders may receive the following additional benefits:

• Monthly rent subsidy

• Monthly allowance for accompanying members of family

To apply, candidates must be ready to submit the following documents;

• Completed and signed checklist

• EPOS application form (please type your answers or make sure they are easy to read)

• A curriculum vitae in reverse chronological order without any unexplained gaps (please use the Europass template )

• One Letter of Motivation with detailed reference to academic, professional and personal reasons for applying for the programme.

• Letter of recommendation from your current employer; the letter must include official letterhead, signature and official stamp and must be dated (not in a sealed envelope)

• Certificate(s) of Employment from the employer(s) showing at least two years of relevant work experience after the Bachelor’s degree up to the time of application

• Recent proof of Language Skills

• Copies of your higher education degree certificates. Please provide a certified translation if the original is not in German or English, and make sure these are clearly legible.

• Copy of your full set of transcripts of records.

To apply for the University of Freiburg DAAD EPOS Scholarship 2027, interested and qualified candidates should;

• 1

  click the button below to navigate to the University of Freiburg scholarship webpage.

• 2

  Fill out the MSc Environmental Governance (MEG) and DAAD Scholarship application forms respectively.

• 3

  The University will pre-select suitable candidates and nominate them to DAAD.

• 4

  DAAD will review the nominations and inform the successful applicants directly.