Master's Scholarship•Germany

KAAD Scholarship Programme 2

Funding

Partial / Stipend

Program dates

TBA

Scholarship Programme 2 is one of the four scholarship lines of KAAD (Katholischer Akademischer Ausländer-Dienst, the Catholic Academic Exchange Service). Unlike Programme 1, which invites academics from their home countries, Programme 2 is for students from developing or emerging countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East or Latin America who are already studying in Germany and want support to complete a Master’s or PhD there. The defining gate is therefore residency: applicants must already be enrolled at a German institution with at least ten months of study still ahead of them. The programme is faith-linked (Catholic, or more broadly Christian) and oriented toward the scholar’s eventual reintegration into their home region. Applications do not go to KAAD directly — they run exclusively through the Catholic University Chaplaincies (KHG or KSG) at the applicant’s German university.

Benefits & funding

  • A KAAD scholarship supporting Master’s or PhD study (also Diplom or Magister) already under way at a German institution.
  • A monthly scholarship toward living costs, together with KAAD’s wider support model (the official pages confirm the scholarship but do not publish the exact monthly amount).
  • Personal, academic and spiritual accompaniment through KAAD and the local Catholic University Chaplaincy, plus access to KAAD’s international alumni and scholar network.
  • Support is geared to candidates who already meet the German-language requirement; KAAD expects preparatory German to have been done in the home country.

Eligibility

  • Come from a developing or emerging country in Africa, Asia, the Middle East or Latin America.
  • Be already studying in Germany, with at least 10 months of study remaining.
  • Pursuing a Master’s degree (application is permitted during the final Bachelor’s semesters), a Diplom or Magister, or a PhD at a German institution.
  • Be of Catholic denomination, or belong to a Christian denomination (which applies especially to students from the Near and Middle East); non-Christian applicants may qualify if they show a documentable willingness to engage in interreligious dialogue.
  • German-language skills of at least level B1 (or at least A2 for English-language degree programmes); preparatory German courses in the home country are expected.
  • Show above-average performance potential and orient your studies toward permanent reintegration into your home region.

Application process

  1. 1
    Contact the Catholic University Chaplaincy (KHG or KSG) at your German university location — applications are made exclusively through them; it is not possible to apply directly to KAAD.
  2. 2
    The chaplaincy nominates and forwards eligible candidates; confirm that location’s exact application deadline with your KHG/KSG.
  3. 3
    The KAAD selection committee, which meets twice a year, reviews nominated candidates and decides on the award.

Program timeline

  1. Application deadlines

    set locally by each Catholic University Chaplaincy (KHG/KSG); no single global date.

  2. Selection committee

    meets twice a year to decide on nominated candidates.