DAAD In-Country In-Region Programme
The In-Country/In-Region programme supports the training of future professionals and managerial staff in developing countries, in particular university teachers. Support is available for postgraduate programmes and for doctorates.
Background
In many developing countries top-level university teachers are scarce, especially in the area of development-related subjects. This limits the quality of university education: due to the small number 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 university teachers 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, some of which are organised in networks.
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
The objective of the programme is to qualify graduates for taking on positions of responsibility in development-related areas in teaching and research. It also aims to promote the participation of women and disadvantaged groups and to strengthen the organisational, financial, and personnel capacities of the partner institutions.
Here is an overview of the funded institutions:
(Post)graduate programmes in West and Central Africa for which DAAD scholarships are offered:
| Country | Institution | Degree | Programm |
| Benin | University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC) | Master | Master in Statistics, Major Biostatistics |
| PhD | PhD in Agronomic Sciences, Major Biometry | ||
| Cameroon | University of Dschang | PhD | PhD in Parasitology |
| PhD | PhD in Pharmacology | ||
| Ghana | University of Ghana – Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research | PhD | PhD in Development Studies |
| Ghana | University of Ghana – The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement | Master | Master in Seed Science and Technology |
| Ghana | University of Ghana – The West Africa Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens | Master | Master in Molecular Cell Biology of Infectious Diseases |
| Nigeria | Federal University of Technology | Master | Master in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering |
| PhD | Doctor in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | ||
| Nigeria | Benue State University | Master | Master in Food Chemistry |
| PhD | PhD in Food Chemistry |
(Post)graduate programmes in Southern Africa for which DAAD scholarships are offered:
| Country | Institution | Degree | Programm |
| Malawi | Malawi University of Business and Applied
Sciences (MUBAS) |
Master | Master programme in Environmental Health |
(Post)graduate programmes in Eastern Africa for which DAAD scholarships are offered:
| Country | Institution | Degree | Programm |
| Kenya | Moi University – East and South African-German Centre for Education Research Methodologies and Management (CERMESA) | Master | Master of Education in Research |
| Kenya | Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and
Technology |
Master | Master of Science in Energy Technology |
| Kenya | Pwani University | Master | Master of Science in Bioinformatics |
| Kenya | Partnership for African Social and Governance
Research (PASGR) |
Master | Master of Research and Public Policy (MRPP) |
| Kenya | Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and
Technology |
Master | Master of Science in Soil and Water Engineering |
| PhD | PhD Doctor of Philosophy in Soil and Water Engineering | ||
| Kenya | Moi University | PhD | PhD in Biostatistics |
| Kenya | Dedan Kimathi University of Technology | Master | MSc Food Science and Technology |
| Tanzania | Ardhi University | Master | Master of Geomatics |
| Tanzania | Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology | Master | Master of Science in Embedded and Mobile Systems |
| Uganda | Busitema University | Master | Master of Public Health |
| Uganda | Mbarara University of Science and Technology | Master | Master of Science in Biology (Natural Resources Ecology, |
| Master | Master of Science in Biology (Microbiology and Parasitology) [MAP] |
DAAD Scholarship database:
https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/stipendium/datenbank/en/21148–scholarship–database/?status=&origin=&subjectGrps=&daad=&intention=&q=sub–sahara&page=1&detail=10000486
**Please note that the deadline for studies starting in 2023 has passed. Please check this page again around October 2023 for the next call.
