1. DAAD Scholarship
In-Country/In-Region Programme Sub-Saharan Africa
The In-Country/In-Region scholarship programme aims at fostering strong, internationally oriented higher education systems in Sub-Saharan Africa with the capacity to contribute to sustainable development. To this end, scholarships are awarded to individuals to pursue postgraduate and doctorate programmes, aiming to train future professionals and managerial staff in developing countries, in particular university teachers.
Background
In many developing countries, top-level university teachers are scarce, especially in development-related subjects. This limits the quality of university education: due to the small numbers of highly qualified lecturers, it is not possible to provide enough adequate study places. A well-developed higher education sector is essential for training the professionals and managerial staff that can be highly conducive to the political, economic, and social success of developing countries.
The In-Country/In-Region programme in developing countries ought to contribute to train highly qualified professionals and managerial staff for sustainable development in the partner countries and for the development of top-quality, cosmopolitan universities. The programme thus offers scholarships to future academic and professional leaders from developing countries for postgraduate courses and for doctorates. They study at universities in their home country or at highly qualified institutions in the region.
The partner universities and partner institutions in the respective countries are intermediaries but profit directly from the programme through tuition fees. The regional focus of the programme is Sub-Saharan Africa; however, very similar programmes are run in Central America, South America, South and South-East Asia, and the Middle East.
Programme Objectives
By training future academic and professional leaders, the programme contributes to the following long-term impacts:
Qualified professionals’ involvement in the solution of development-related problems in developing countriesGraduates strengthening education and research in developing countries
Structural strengthening and regional networking of partner institutions and partner universities
To achieve these long-term impacts, the following outcomes have been formulated as programme objectives:
Programme objective 1: Graduates are qualified to take on responsible positions in or for their region of origin. Supported study courses equip graduates for taking on positions of responsibility in development-related areas in teaching and research.
Programme objective 2: The participation of women and underprivileged groups is reinforced.
Programme objective 3: Organisational, financial and personal capacities of partner institutions are strengthened.
This programme strongly encourages mobility of Sub-Saharan Africans to study in participating host institutions within the Sub-Saharan region.
Programmes by DAAD at SWEED, JKUAT
Call for Master Scholarship Applications 2026 at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya; Master of Science in Soil and Water Engineering – Click here to Apply.
Call for PhD Scholarship Applications 2026 at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya; Doctor of Philosophy in Soil and Water Engineering – Click here to Apply.
Application Deadline
The application deadline for the programmes is 27 November 2025.
2. SPIS Scholarship
