DAAD Leadership for Africa (LFA) Scholarships 2025 For International Students:
The “Leadership for Africa” (LfA) scholarship scheme seeks to assist young refugees and national academics from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, and Uganda in their academic qualification and development at German higher education institutions.
Experts with the necessary training and connections to foreign partners are crucial to the long-term growth of their nations. They offer the best assurance of a brighter future with increased access to healthcare, education, and reduced poverty. The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) facilitates the training of experts from established and emerging economies through its development-focused postgraduate study programmes.
The scholarships give international graduates in all fields, from developed to newly industrialised nations, the opportunity to pursue a postgraduate or Master’s degree at a state or state-recognized German university. In exceptional circumstances, they can pursue a doctorate degree and earn a master’s or doctorate in Germany.
Features:
- Offered by: Leadership for Africa Scholarships.
- Degree level: Masters Degree.
- Scholarship coverage: Fully Funded
- Eligible nationality: All Nationalities
- Award country: Germany
Deadline For Application:
The deadline for Application to apply for DAAD Leadership for Africa (LFA) Scholarships 2025 is June 7th 2024.
Financial Benefits:
Benefits of the DAAD LFA Scholarship 2025 for Masters and PhD in Germany include the following for the recipient:
- Before beginning university studies, students can take a German language course in Germany for up to six months.
- Free of charge master’s or master’s degree programme in art or science at a state-approved or public institution in
- Germany beginning in the winter term of 2025 (September/October 2025)
- Mandatory additional training programme GO AHEAD!
Scholarship Duration:
Generally speaking, chosen applicants will enrol in a German language programme in April 2025 and begin their studies there by roughly October 1st, 2025. The length of funding depends on how long the programme of choice typically takes to complete. Admission to authorised master’s programmes typically requires two years of full-time study.
Worth
- Before the start of the study programme, a six-month German language course in Germany will cover the cost of the test costs for a German language certificate (the TestDaF or DSH test), pocket money, and housing (but only while the language course is in session). Determining whether and for how long to sponsor participation, the DAAD takes into account the criteria for study and German language proficiency. It is necessary to enrol in a language course.
- Payments for scholarships per month totalling 934 EURO
- Sufficient private/personal liability, health, and accident insurance in Germany
- Allowance for travel
- Annual study allowance
- Mandatory additional training programme GO AHEAD!
- If applicable, a monthly rent subsidy and a monthly allowance for accompanying family members (spouse and/or children). Please be aware that, because of the length of time required for certain home or host country visa processes, family reunions may be postponed or not possible during the scholarship period.
Documents Required:
- Online application for DAAD, properly filled out (accessible on the DAAD webpage).
- A resume (no more than three pages) that includes details about your past and present academic work, jobs you’ve held, scholarships you’ve received, your current address, and any other relevant abilities you may have.
A one to three page letter of motivation outlining your academic, professional, and personal justifications for the intended research topic. - Fully filled out DAAD Form “Study course profile” (please specify three Master’s programmes). Kindly note that DAAD does not consider master’s programmes that require tuition fees.
It is important to consider this when selecting master’s degree degrees. - Candidates with a Master’s degree already earned or in progress will only be taken into consideration in exceptional circumstances when they can provide a convincing argument for why they want to earn another Master’s degree.
- Please complete the “Additional Master’s Degree” form.
- Evidence of language proficiency required for the desired master’s programmes.
- A transcript of records for each study year with each individual grade, including an explanation of the grading system, and a university degree certificate with the final grade(s) indicated
- Copies of your passport or national identity card, as well as copies of the biodata page and any documents that include personal information about you and your present status as a resident Refugee ID cards, UNHCR registration documents, and formal government or official proof of asylum.
Required
- It is necessary to have at least a second-class upper division bachelor’s degree.
Generally speaking, the latest academic degree should have been completed no more than six years ago. - Good command of the English or German language
- Regarding Refugees: Copy of ID card for refugees issued before April 2, 2023
Additional papers that may be relevant to your application but are optional include recommendation letters, transcripts of previous coursework, employment and/or internship certificates, evidence of previous scholarships, extracurricular activity, and (expired) admissions to German master’s programmes.
completion of a Bachelor’s degree successfully at the time of application, which satisfies German university standards for admission to a Master’s programme.
Important Information:
- Only the DAAD website may be used to submit applications.
- There will be no consideration of applications submitted to other authorities or through other channels.
- On the final day of applications, the DAAD portal shuts at 24.00 Central European Summer Time (CEST).
- Applications that are not complete won’t be taken into account.
It is the responsibility of applicants to make sure their applications are complete. - Please be aware that the scholarship database’s “Application portal” tab is only available while the current application period is open. After the deadline, the application portal for this course becomes inaccessible and won’t be available again until the following year.
Eligibility Criteria:
To qualify for the Masters and PhD Germany DAAD LFA Scholarship 2025, candidates must meet the following criteria:
- It is necessary to speak English and German.
- In German study courses, instruction is normally given in German; in international study programmes, instruction may be given in English or German. As a result, in order to be admitted to a curriculum, you typically need to provide an acceptable language certificate (such as the TOEFL or IELTS in the case of English instruction, or the DSH or TestDaF in the case of German teaching). By the time the study programme begins, the requisite language proficiency for the intended field of study must be established, at the latest. Application materials must be sent with appropriate documentation attesting to the applicant’s language proficiency or ability to pick it up throughout the German language course.
- Young refugees and academics from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, and Uganda are eligible.
Application Process:
The detailed application process for the DAAD Scholarship for a Master’s or PhD in Germany is as follows:
For a maximum of three courses, you may apply. If you are applying to more than one course, please indicate on the DAAD application forms which courses are most important to you. Kindly refrain from adjusting the application form’s priorities!
- Select courses that align with your interests.(You can only apply for three courses at a time.)
- Send applications to universities that offer those courses.
- You submit your completed application(s) to the colleges directly together with the aforementioned paperwork.
- A DAAD scholarship selection committee makes recommendations for possible recipients.
- DAAD will get in touch with the recommended individuals to ask them to upload their finished applications to the DAAD Portal. (DAAD will send an email with the link to the DAAD Portal.) After the selection process is complete, the recommended candidates will be notified.
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Note: Should you be suggested for a DAAD scholarship, you will have to provide PDF copies of all the documentation you submitted to the DAAD Portal.