Objective
Study scholarships are awarded to provide foreign graduates of all disciplines with opportunities to complete a postgraduate or Master's degree course at a German higher education institution and to gain a degree in Germany (Master's/Diplom).

Duration
Depending on the length of the chosen degree course or study project, the study scholarship will be awarded for between 10 and 24 months. The scholarship cannot be awarded for one semester only. If an applicant accepts the scholarship offer but returns to Australia after one semester, he/she will have to repay the grant. Initially, scholarships are awarded for one academic year and can be extended for students with good study achievements to cover the full length of the chosen degree course.

Value
The DAAD will pay a monthly award of 715 Euros or, in exceptional cases for applicants holding advanced academic qualifications (e.g. a doctorate/PhD), 975 Euros plus travel and luggage costs and a health insurance allowance. In addition to these payments, the DAAD will pay a study and research allowance and, where appropriate, a rent subsidy and family allowance. Tuition fees cannot be paid by the DAAD.

Requirements
Applications for DAAD study scholarships are open to excellently-qualified graduates who, at the latest when they commence their scholarship-supported studies, hold a first degree (Bachelor's, Diplom or comparable academic degree). Doctoral candidates cannot be considered for this program. The DAAD "Research Grant" program is available for such candidates. Besides previous academic achievements, the most important selection criterion is a convincing presentation of the applicant's academic and personal reasons for the planned study project in Germany.
Applications must either include the notification of admission issued by the German host institution for the desired degree course, or, if this is not the case, then the notification of admission must be presented to the DAAD before the scholarship-supported studies begin. The scholarship award letter from the DAAD only becomes effective once the holder has been admitted to studies.
Good German language skills - especially for applicants reading arts and humanities disciplines - are generally a requirement for studying in Germany. Exceptions are possible when scholarship holders are enrolled in degree courses which are instructed in English. The DAAD may fund attendance of a German language course at a language school in Germany before the scholarship-supported studies begin. This is free of charge to the scholarship holder.
Applicants who will already have been in Germany for more than two years at the time they begin the scholarship-supported studies cannot be considered.

Application papers
Detailed information on the application papers which need to be submitted can be found on the Application Form for "Research Grants and Study Scholarships" ("Antrag auf ein Forschungs-/Studienstipendium"), which can be obtained here.

Application address and deadlines:

Applications for stays in the following year have to be submitted by 30 September to the DAAD Information Centre in Sydney:

Dr. Andreas Jaeger
Director of the DAAD Information Centre
c/o Goethe-Institut Sydney
90 Ocean Street, Woollahra, NSW 2025, Australia
t (+61-2) 8356 8333
f (+61-2) 8356 8314
e daad.australia@gmail.com

Sorry! Late or incomplete applications cannot be considered; applications for "special consideration" cannot be accepted.