DAAD 2024-2025 Study Scholarships - Postgraduate Studies in the Field of Music for Master

Eligibility Criteria

Who can apply?

You can apply if you have gained a first university degree in the field of Music at the latest by the time you commence your scholarship-supported study programme; if this is not possible, you should have at least exhausted all the training options available for your instrument in your country of origin.

Please check if the following criteria are fulfilled:

• As a rule, your university degree should not date back more than 6 years at the time of the application deadline. Please read our  important information for scholarship applicants / Section A, point 2.
• The respective college of music is responsible for deciding age limits for admission, whereby differing rules may be applied depending on the applicant's academic level and chosen subject.
• Your application cannot be considered, if you have been resident in Germany for longer than 15 months at the application deadline.

Offered Benefits

In this study programme, you can complete

• a Master's degree/postgraduate degree leading to a final qualification, or
• a complementary course that does not lead to a final qualification (not an undergraduate course)

at a state German college of music of your choice.

Application Process

This is what you have to do:

1. Register in the DAAD portal ( Read notes about registering in the portal >>)

2. Applying online in the DAAD portal ( Read notes on applying in the portal >>)

• Download and complete the online application form
• Prepare application documents
• If necessary, translate documents (unless they are already in German or English).
• Scan paper documents and save in PDF format. Please note that you can only upload PDF files to the portal.
• Upload the completed application form and the required appendices (except work samples) to the portal in PDF format. Translations, if applicable, should be uploaded together with the document issued in the original language.
• Submit the uploaded application documents online.

Please note

• Your application is only valid if you submit all the required documents to the DAAD portal (see Item 1) and to the media database (see Item 2).
• The DAAD portal closes at 24.00 hrs. (CET or CEST) on the last application day.
• Late or incomplete applications cannot be considered. You are responsible for ensuring that youir applications are complete.
• The application documents remain with the DAAD. Your personal data is saved by the DAAD in accordance with the Federal Data Protection Act and with the EU Data Protection Regulation insofar as this data is needed to process the application.

Required Documents:

Documents to be uploaded to the DAAD portal:

• Online application form
• Full curriculum vitae in tabular form
• Statement about academic and personal reasons for the planned study project in Germany (letter of motivation; 1 - 3 pages). Please read our  important information for scholarship applicants / Section A, point 1.

Master's degree/postgraduate study programme leading to a final qualification:

• If available: Letter of acceptance from the host university in Germany
• If possible, confirmation of supervision from a university teacher in Germany
• Candidates for a Master's degree programme should also attach the  form "Information on your desired Master's degree programmes

Also for all applicants:

• A current Transcript of Records with individual grade(s), incl. explanation of grading system
• University degree certificate indicating final grade(s): the certificate must be subsequently submitted before the scholarship-supported study programme begins if studies have not been completed at the time of application.
• German or English translations of documents submitted in the national language
• Proof of knowledge of the language of instruction (German or English).The language certificate should be no more than two years old.
• Form with an overview of recorded pieces:  www.daad.de/extrainfo ("Information about the audio/video files").