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DAAD Bi-nationally Supervised Doctoral Degrees / Cotutelle 2026/27

This programme offers you the opportunity to do a bi-national doctoral degree at your home university and at a university in Germany.

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Summary

  • Application DeadlineDecember 1, 2025
  • Study LevelPhD
  • SponsorDAAD
  • Eligible CountryAll Countries
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Benefits

  • Monthly payments for doctoral candidates during the stay in Germany: 1,400 euros.
  • Payments towards health, accident and personal liability insurance cover
  • Travel allowances for up to three outward and return journeys unless these expenses are covered by the home country or another source.
  • A research allowance of € 460
  • Travel and accommodation expenses according to the German Federal Travel Expenses Law for your supervising university teachers for one trip of up to 10 days.
  • monthly rent subsidy
  • monthly allowance for accompanying members of family.

Requirements

  • As a rule, applicants should not have graduated any longer than six years before the application deadline
  • If you have already started your doctorate, it also applies that the start of the doctorate should not be longer than 3 years ago.
  • Your application cannot be considered, if you have been resident in Germany for longer than 15 months at the application deadline.

Application Deadline

December 1, 2025

How To Apply

1. Register in the DAAD portal (Read notes about registering in the portal >>)
2. Request recommendation form
3. Applying online in the DAAD portal (Read notes on applying in the portal >>)

If you have any technical questions or problems your local information and advice centres could not help you with, please do not hesitate to contact [email protected] via e-mail.

For more information, kindly visit DAAD scholarship portal.

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