In-Country/ In-Region Scholarship Programmes Eastern Africa

The In-Country/In-Region scholarship programme in Eastern Africa aims to promote the development of university teaching staff in universities and build capacity for staff in the public sector through postgraduate training in selected postgraduate study programmes at selected Eastern African partner institutions.
This programme strongly encourages mobility of Sub-Saharan Africans to study in participating host institutions within the Eastern Africa region. Check the information further below for the links to the programmes funded, the links to the specific call for scholarship applications and the links to the host institutions.
We strongly recommend applicants to apply to institutions outside their home countries.
The call for scholarship applications for this scholarship programme is open from 10 October 2022. Generally, the call for each new intake starts in October and runs until December. Please visit this page during these months to see the call for the next intake year!
Who can apply?
The target group for scholarships are graduates and postgraduates from Sub-Saharan Africa with a first academic degree if applying for a Master’s programme, or with a Master’s degree if applying for a doctoral programme who want to pursue Master’s or PhD courses in their home country (so called In-Country scholarships) or in another Sub-Saharan African country (In-Region scholarships).
Female applicants and candidates from less privileged regions or groups are especially encouraged to participate in the programme.
What is supported?
Select Master and PhD studies, please see the list below:
(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.