Fully funded

DAAD MPhil/PhD Economic Development Policy Scholarships (WAC-SRT, UDS)

University for Development Studies, Ghana

Scholarship overview

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) funds scholarships for MPhil and PhD students in Economic Development Policy through the West African Centre for Sustainable Rural Transformation (WAC-SRT) at the University for Development Studies (UDS) in Tamale. WAC-SRT is a Centre of Excellence run with ZEF at the University of Bonn and partner universities in Ghana and Niger, funded by DAAD and the German Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

The programmes are the MPhil in Economic Development Policy (2 years, full time) and the PhD in Economic Development Policy (4 years, full time), based in the Department of Applied Economics, School of Economics. WAC-SRT works on the social, economic, political and technological sides of sustainable rural transformation in West Africa.

The most recent call found on the UDS site is for the 2024/2025 academic year, posted in June 2024. Scholarship applicants must pass an interview, and the DAAD application is separate from the programme admission application.

How recipients are selected

  • Applicants for the DAAD scholarship must pass a selection interview (face to face for local applicants, online for foreign applicants).
  • Incomplete applications are not considered in the selection.
  • Applying for the programme alone is not enough: the scholarship application is separate.

Award Information

  • MPhil admission: a first degree of at least Second Class Lower Division in Economics or a related field.
  • MPhil with DAAD scholarship: first degree of at least Second Class Upper Division in a relevant field, and the last degree should not be older than six years.
  • PhD admission: an MPhil in economics, development economics, economic development policy, quantitative development studies or an equivalent research Master's in a related field.
  • PhD with DAAD scholarship: first degree of at least Second Class Upper Division plus an MPhil in a relevant field, and the last degree not older than six years.
  • Scholarship applicants must pass a selection interview, face to face for local applicants or online for foreign applicants.
  • Ghanaian and foreign applicants can apply.
  • MPhil scholars get a two-year DAAD contract.
  • PhD scholars get a three-year DAAD contract, although the PhD lasts four years. Funding starts only after a successful first year, so the first year is self-funded.

This is a past cycle. The 2024/2025 call (posted 6 June 2024) had a DAAD scholarship deadline of 10 August 2024. No newer call was found on the UDS site. Check with the WAC-SRT coordinator for the next call.

How to apply

  1. Ghanaian applicants pay the UDS postgraduate e-voucher fee (GHS 250.00 in the 2024/25 call) at a listed bank and use the e-voucher PIN and serial number to complete the online form on the UDS portal.
  2. Foreign applicants apply free through the UDS admissions portal.
  3. Fill in the online form, upload a recent passport-size photograph and relevant certificates, and submit it after accepting the Data Confirmation Policy. A submitted form cannot be edited.
  4. Print three copies of the application summary and attach transcripts, certificates, other documents, details of three referees and a thesis proposal synopsis (maximum five pages). Send them to the Deputy Registrar, Academic and Students' Affairs, UDS, P.O. Box TL 1350, Tamale, Ghana. Ghanaian applicants are advised to use Ghana Post EMS.
  5. Foreign applicants also email scanned copies to the Senior Assistant Registrar, Graduate School, copying the Head of Applied Economics.
  6. All DAAD applicants also email a scanned copy of the form and documents to the WAC-SRT coordinator at the emails listed in the call, copying the Graduate School.

Documents you may need

  • Official transcripts and certificates from your undergraduate programme (and Master's programme for PhD applicants).
  • One-page statement of motivation.
  • Updated curriculum vitae.
  • Research proposal: a synopsis of up to five pages for the application pack, and for PhD scholarship applicants a research proposal of at least five pages.
  • Details of three referees.
  • Recent passport-size photographs and the printed application summary (three copies).

Contact

WAC-SRT coordinator: [email protected], phone 0244393855 (as stated in the 2024/25 call). WAC-SRT website lists [email protected] and +233-024-453-3268.

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Information checked against the official pages on 2026-10-08. Always confirm the current call on the official site before applying.

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