List of Application Deadlines
DAAD
Scholarship Self-
financing
* Intake every two years - next intake 2026
Economic Sciences/Business Administration/Political Economics
Master's Programme in International and Development Economics - MIDE HTW Berlin English MA 17 months 31.08.2025 see website
MSc Development Economics GAU Göttingen English MSc 24 months 01.10.-15.11.2025 see website
Small Enterprise Promotion and Training - SEPT U Leipzig English MBA 22 months 01.10.2025 15.03.2026
Development Cooperation
Development Management* RU Bochum English MA 18 months 30.09.2025 see website
Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security
U Bonn/United
Nations University
English MSc 24 months 15.12.2025 see website
Bonn International Graduate School for Development Research (BIGS-DR)
(formerly ZEF Doctoral Studies Program)
U Bonn English PhD 42 months 31.08.2025 see website
Sustainable Development Management HS Rhein-Waal English MA 18 months 01.06.2025 see website
PHD Programme „Resource Nexus for Sustainability Transformations“ (NEXtra)
TU Dresden/ UNU
FLORES/ IOER
English PhD 42 months 15.03.2025
see website
Engineering and Related Sciences
Hydro Science and Engineering TU Dresden English MSc 24 months 15.10.2025
see website
Textile Machinery and High Performance Material Technology TU Dresden German MSc 24 months 15.09.2025 see website
Master of Engineering in "Sustainable Energy and Development" (SEDev)
(formerly EEM)
U Flensburg English MEng 24 months see website see website
Water Resources and Environmental Management - WATENV U Hannover English MSc 24 months 30.09.2025 15.01.2026
Sustainable Renewable Energy Technologies SuRE U Oldenburg English MSc 24 months 15.10.2025 15.01.2026
Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics HfT Stuttgart English MSc 18 months 15.10.2025 see website
Air Quality Control, Solid Waste and Waste Water Process Engineering (WASTE) U Stuttgart English MSc 24 month 01.08.-30.09.2025 15.11.25-15.02.2026
Natural Hazards and Risks in Structural Engineering - NHRE BHU Weimar English MSc 24 months 15.10.2025 see website
Regional and Urban Planning
Urban Management - UM TU Berlin English MSc 18 months 31.08.2025 30.04.2026
SPRING - Regional Development Planning and Management TU Dortmund English MSc 24 months 01.10.2025 01.05.2026
Master of Science Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design – IUSD
U Stuttgart/
Ain Shams
University
English MSc 24 months see website see website
Agricultural and Forest Sciences
Tropical Forestry TU Dresden English MSc 24 months 30.10.2025
30.05.2026(Non EU)/
15.07.2026 (EU)
IPPAE: International PHD Program in Agricultural Economics, Bioeconomy and
Sustainable Food Systems (Giessen)
IPPAE: International PHD Program Agricultural Economics, Bioeconomy and
Sustainable Food Systems (Hohenheim)
Agricultural Economics - AgEcon U Hohenheim English MSc 24 months 15.12.2025
15.03.2026 (Non-EU)/
15.09.2026 (EU)
Natural and Environmental Sciences
M.SC. Marine Biology - International Studies in Aquatic Tropical Ecology (ISATEC) U Bremen English MSc 24 months 15.10.2025 30.04.2026
Tropical Hydrogeology and Environmental Engineering – M.Sc. TropHEE TU Darmstadt English MSc 24 months 15.12.2025 31.08.2026
Environmental Governance - MEG U Freiburg English MSc 24 months 15.10.2025 see website
Landscape Ecology and Nature Conservation - LENC U Greifswald English MSc 24 months 01.12.2025 01.03.2026
Natural Resources Management and Development (NRM)/
Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)/
Renewable Energy Management (REM)
TH Köln English MSc 24 months 30.09.2025
31.03.2026
(Foreigners)
Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)
TH Köln/
German Jordanian
University
English MSc 24 months 15.11.2025
31.03.2026
(Foreigners)
10.06.2026 (Germans)
Environment and Resources Management (ENREM)
– Focus Latin America
TH Köln/
Universidad de
San Luis Potosi
English/
Spanish
MSc 24 months 31.01.2026 31.01.2026
Medicine/Public Health
Master of Science in International Health (Berlin)
Charité Berlin/
FU Berlin/
HU Berlin
English MSc
12 months 31.10.2025 31.03.2026
Master of Science in Global Urban Health U Freiburg Englisch MSc 12 months 15.04.-15.10.2025 15.06.2026
Master of Science in International Health (Heidelberg) U Heidelberg English MSc 12 months 15.05.-15.10.2025 30.04.2026
Global Health U Bonn English MSc 12 months 01.09.-15.11.2025 see website
PhD Medical Research – International Health (PhD Program) LMU München Englisch PhD 36 months 01.12.25-01.01.2026 see website
Social Sciences, Education and Law
Vocational Education and Personnel Capacity Building TU Dresden German MA 24 months 15.09.2025 see website
International Education Management – INEMA
PH Ludwigsburg /
Helwan University
Cairo
English MA 24 months see website see website
Master of Laws in Intellectual Property and Competition Law
Munich Intellectual
Property Law
Center (MIPLC)
English LL.M. 12 months 15.10.2025 30.04.2026
Media Studies
International Media Studies
HS Bonn-Rhein-
Sieg/DW
Akademie/U Bonn
English MA 24 months 15.03.2026 15.03.2026
see website
Development-Related Postgraduate Courses
https://www.daad.de/epos
Institution
Language
Degree
Duration
without
German
language
Application Deadlines
for Intake 2025/2026
U Giessen/
U Hohenheim
English
PhD
42 months
31.08.2025
ST42 - EPOS Deadlines - Stand 04/2025
