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IWRM International - Master of Science

Scholarships

DAAD EPOS Scholarship

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers highly qualified applicants a limited number of scholarships. The current call for applications and necessary application documents for the scholarship for an EPOS study program can be found on the DAAD’s website.

Application period: 1 August to 30 September at the latest (date of receipt!) of the year preceding the year of enrollment.

Who can apply?
Graduates with at least two years of relevant professional experience

Duration of funding
24 months

Admission Requirements

  • Candidates fulfill the necessary academic requirements and can be expected to successfully complete a study program in Germany (above-average result for the first academic exam – top performance, language skills)
  • Candidates have a Bachelor’s degree (usually a four-year course) in an appropriate subject
  • Candidates have at least two years of relevant professional experience
  • Candidates can prove their motivation is development-related and be expected to take on social responsibility and initiate and support processes of change in their personal and professional environment after their training/scholarship

How to apply

Please check that your application documents are complete (including all required stamps and signatures) and that all scans are of a good readability before sending them out.

Application is to be done in 2 steps:

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In addition to the documents required by DAAD, you must hand in the following documents:

    • copy of school leaving certificate and, if applicable, university entrance exam
    • a letter of motivation for ITT explaining:
      • Personal understanding of Natural Resources Management and Development (one Sentence)
      • Motivation to apply in relation to your previous experiences/education (one Paragraph)
      • Motivation to apply in relation to your future aspirations / preferred occupation in line with the specialization the NRM program offers (one paragraph)
      • Name three main benefits you expect to gain from the program (list)
      • Name three main contributions you could make to the program (list)
      • Five arguments of personal characteristics. Why you should be selected according to your view (List)
    • a research idea related to the master’s program (2 pages)
      • The subject and content of the research idea should be in line with the course content of the master’s program Natural Resources Management and Development
      • The subject must be of importance in the current scientific discussion
      • It should be written scientifically correct (e.g. structure, citation, data quality, sources, consistency)

    Documents not complying with the formal requirements, incomplete documents and late applications will not be considered! Only applications sent to application-daad@th-koeln.de will be processed.

Welcome Day / Graduation Ceremony

Sep 26, 2023 (Tuesday)

  • 9.45 a.m. – Welcome New Bachelor Students
  • 11.30 a.m. – Welcome New Master Students
  • 3.00 p.m. – Graduation Ceremony (M. Sc.)

All three events will take place at the Campus Deutz, lecture hall 3

Campus Deutz Room Plan

Module Handbook

Examination Regulations

PO1: Examination regulations in English (28.11.2014)
Please click here for the English Examination Regulations

PO1: Examination regulations in German (28.11.2014)
Please click here for the German Examination Regulations

PO2: Examination regulations in German (26.10.2022)
Please click here for the German Examination Regulations

Supported by

DAAD
BMZ