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

This scholarship program offers you the opportunity to continue your education in Germany with a postgraduate or continuing course of study in the field of music. The scholarships also promote the exchange of experience and networking amongst colleagues.

Please note: This program only funds projects in the artistic field. Other DAAD scholarship programs are available for applicants from the field of musicology or music education or musicians with a scientific project.

About German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

DAAD scholarship in Germany is a private, federally funded and state-funded, self-governing national agency of the institutions of higher education in Germany, representing 365 German higher education institutions (100 universities and technical universities, 162 general universities of applied sciences, and 52 colleges of music and art) [2003].

The DAAD itself does not offer programs of study or courses, but awards competitive, merit-based grants for use toward study and/or research in Germany at any of the accredited German institutions of higher education. It also awards grants to German… read more

DAAD Postgraduate Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of DAAD Postgraduate Scholarship

In this study program, 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.

The funding of postgraduate studies is possible in the so-called 2nd cycle (usually a four-semester Master’s degree) or a 3rd cycle which usually takes place in two semesters (concert examination, masterclass, or Ph.D. in an artistic subject).

A Master’s degree program in Germany that has already started at the time of the application deadline cannot be funded.

If you are enrolled in a Master’s or postgraduate degree program that includes a study period abroad, funding for this period abroad is usually only possible under the following conditions:

• The study visit is essential for the achievement of the scholarship objective,
• the visit does not take place in the home country, and
• it is no longer than a quarter of the scholarship period. Longer periods cannot be funded, even partially.

Value

• A monthly payment of 934 euros
• Travel allowance
• One-off study allowance
• Payments toward health, accident, and personal liability insurance cover

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

• Monthly rent subsidy
• Monthly allowance for accompanying members of the family. Please also read our important information for scholarship applicants/section F, point 3
• In the case of a disability or chronic illness: subsidy for additional costs that result from the disability or chronic illness and are not covered by other funding providers: Further information
• Green Mobility Top Up (Support for climate-friendly travel) or partial reimbursement of carbon offset payments for air travel

To allow you to improve your language skills in preparation for your stay in Germany, the DAAD offers the following benefits:

• Payment of course fees for an online language course after receipt of the Scholarship Award Letter
• if necessary: German language course (2, 4 or 6 months) before the start of the study visit in Germany; the DAAD decides whether to fund participation and for how long depending on German language skills and project. Participation in a German language course is compulsory if the language of instruction or working language at the German host institution is German.
• Allowance for a personally chosen German language course during the scholarship period
• Reimbursement of the fee for a TestDaF or DSH test, which you can take either in your home country after you have received your Letter of Award or in Germany during your funding period.

Please note that the DAAD does not cover tuition fees.

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Requirements for DAAD Postgraduate Scholarship Qualification

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 program; 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.

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Interview date, Process, and Venue for DAAD Postgraduate Scholarship

A special DAAD committee made up of professors from German colleges of music makes the final decision about scholarships in the field of music. The decision is based on written applications and sound recordings which have to be submitted (see: www.daad.de/extrainfo).

Selection criteria

• the artistic qualification and artistic maturity, measured by study achievements and work samples
• the quality of the project as measured by the study plan and the letter of motivation; the quality of the project includes the following aspects: the justification of the application, the plausibility and feasibility of the project, the state of preparation of the stay abroad, the embedding of the stay in the artistic career as well as the connection with professional perspectives

In addition, the selection committee will give due consideration to aspects of equal opportunities, on which you can provide information in the application form.
For further information on the selection procedure, please refer to the Important Scholarship Information / Section E.

Documents Required for Application

Documents to be uploaded to the DAAD portal:

Master’s degree/postgraduate study program leading to a final qualification:

Also for all applicants:

• A current Transcript of Records with individual grade(s), including an explanation of the grading system
• University degree certificate indicating final grade(s): the certificate must be subsequently submitted before the scholarship-supported study program 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”).

Application Deadline

September 28, 2023

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) on mydaad.b2clogin.com to apply

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