2017 PhD Scholarships for International Students in Transnational Studies, Germany

About 2017 PhD Scholarships for International Students in Transnational Studies, Germany

Application is currently ongoing for the 2017 PhD Scholarships for International Students in Transnational Studies, Germany.

The Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies (BTS) is a full-time PhD programme of the Freie Universität Berlin, the Hertie School of Governance, and the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. All three institutions are leaders in the fields of international relations and EU studies. The programme draws upon their faculty, research projects, facilities, and services.

Application Deadline

The application deadline is January 31, 2017 (January 4, 2017, for Chinese applicants).

Value of Scholarship

Two PhD positions for international (non-German) students are funded by the Graduate School Scholarship Programme (GSSP) of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for a period of three years. Two further PhD positions for students with Chinese citizenship are funded by the Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC).

Eligibility Criteria

Anyone who has completed a master’s degree in social sciences comprising the equivalent of 120 ECTS credits (for a total of 300 ECTS credits including the bachelor’s degree) is eligible to apply. The term “social sciences” refers to political science, sociology, and history as well as to economics and law. The programme is open to applicants of all nationalities and shows no preference to EU citizens.

How to Apply

All applicants, except those from China, are required to apply online. The application platform opens on 1 December 2016.
Please note that candidates selected for a nomination for a DAAD or a CSC scholarship have to submit yet another application to the respective funding organisation, who make the final decision.
Applicants from China must submit their application via the Bejing Office of the Freie Universität Berlin until 4 January 2017 (http://www.fu-berlin.de/china).
For more information about the BTS and the application procedure, please visit www.transnationalstudies.eu.

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