PPGG Application Instruction

If you wish to obtain a PPGG scholarship for our general MPP or for our MPP with the specialization track in conflict studies and management (MPP /CSM), you need to submit your application directly to the DAAD, usually to the DAAD office in your home country. If your application gets accepted, the DAAD will forward us your application and a joint selection committee will decide on admission. There is no need to submit a second application to the Brandt School. Please refrain from sending your application materials as e-mail attachments to the Brandt School.

The final decision of admission to the scholarship program and to the MPP will be made by representatives of both the DAAD and the Brandt School. The DAAD will let you know whether your application was successful or not. Please understand that the Brandt School cannot inform you about the status of your application in the meantime.

All PPGG scholarship applicants who want to study the MPP at the Brandt School need to fulfill the MPP's general application requirements. Please read them through carefully. Below you will find the most important requirements listed.

For all questions related to the admission process, you may contact Ms. Kathrin Janisch via admissions-mpp[at]uni-erfurt.de

The Brandt School requires English language proficiency tests (TOEFL, IELTs, Cambridge Certificate) of all applicants whose native language is not English or whose undergraduate degree program was not conducted in English. Applicants from countries whose official language is not English, must submit an official letter from their university stating that English was the language of instruction, all coursework, and all examinations.

The admissions committee requires all other applicants to have a minimum TOEFL score of:

• 90 on the Internet-Based Test (IBT);
• 233 on the Computer-Based Test (CBT); or
• 577 on the Paper-Based Test (PBT); or
• an overall IELTS score of 6.5; or
• the Cambridge Certificate: A or B.

The deadline for applying to Master and PhD scholarships within the Public Policy and Good Governance program is July 31, 2011.  Detailed information can be obtained from the DAAD’s current offer.

Please note, deadlines for applying to PPGG scholarships are early.  To get accepted into the MPP by October 2012, you will need to submit your application to the DAAD by July 31, 2011. All PPGG scholars will need to attend an additional German language course of generally six months starting in April 2012. If you already profess knowledge of the German language, exceptions may be possible.

The Brandt School cannot issue a letter of acceptance/admission until you are officially admitted to the MPP.  Applicants may, but do not have to include a document proving that they have been in contact with our institution or professors in order to get accepted.

In general, all applicants holding an eligible university degree (Bachelor, Master, state exam, etc.) with distinguished undergraduate records are invited to apply to our MPP program. Applicants to the MPP specialization conflict studies and management are usually expected to have an academic background or working experience in this specific field of study.

DAAD scholarships are open to candidates from countries in the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, South-East Asia, Africa and Latin America. A detailed list of eligible countries can be obtained from the DAAD's website.