[DAAD Master Studies for All Academic Disciplines 2022-2023]

On 3/16/2022 at 3:59 PM, fitto said:

I applied for the Master Studies for All Academic Scholarships, and my application is being considered for selection! I applied from USA, so the committee is meeting early April to make decisions.

For those who have won the scholarship or know people who have won, would you mind sharing what your stats like? (Grading average, background, work experience, etc.)

Hi, fitto. Answering your question:

I applied for the Study Scholarship - Postgraduate Studies in the Field of Architecture and last month received the selection results saying that I was selected.

My average grade is 8,75/10 (which I think it's a B for the US). I also sent for the application a document stating my class ranking, which is 2nd place out of 40 students.

I'm an architect and urban planner who graduated from a respected university in Brazil. I come from a tough background and the previous scholarships were crucial to my educational path. During grad, I did an exchange programme in France, co-founded a feminist collective, participated in academic research, published articles at national and international scale, and my final thesis received a 10, highest grade here. I also worked as an intern at an architecture office specialised in high-complexity projects, which hired me after graduation. Parallel to my work, I volunteered at the Architecture Council and, after that, at a social impact startup, in which I was promoted to Creative Director, my last working position. I also have advanced certificates in English, Spanish and French. 

Important to mention that I'm 29. If you're younger, avoid unfair comparisons. Also, this was my 2nd time applying for the scholarship. If you know that this is what you really want but received a rejection, don't give up - it's really worth it. Good luck to you all! ♥

[DAAD Master Studies for All Academic Disciplines 2022-2023]

2 hours ago, Onyango Otoyo said:

Hi guys, I got a message in DAAD portal in an hour ago that i should confirm that I will be able to take part in the language study in Germany so that they can send me an official confirmation of the scholarship. Is there any other person who got this? How do we confirm, is it through the same portal messages or is there any official document needed?

 

Congratulations for the scholarship! ?
Yes, you should answer through the same portal and application. Just click in new message, select a topic, subject, and write your message confirming that you'll take part in the language course as if it was a regular email.

[Erasmus Mundus Scholarship 2021]

3 hours ago, exhaustedelf said:

Hi all, i received an interview call from Utrecht today. I dont remember if it was my first choice though. In the email it says everyone on the shortlist is getting interviewed. Does anyone know how much weightage the interview has? Or how big is the shortlist? When I was applying, I did not know there would be an interview. I wonder if this is new protocol. Good luck to all! 

Congrats! ? I think this selection procedure may be up to each institution and that's why they don't mention it in the instructions. How much time in advance they contacted you for scheduling the interview?

[Erasmus Mundus Scholarship 2021]

14 minutes ago, Opuntia said:

Not me. 

This is my first time doing anything like this... are the interviews supposed to happen before the results?

Good question. I can't say for sure, they aren't mentioned in the instructions of the selection process. But I saw posts from last year in the fb group and some people was talking about it.

[Erasmus Mundus Scholarship 2021]

12 hours ago, Opuntia said:

Hiii! I made an account just to answer this and find someone to anxiously wait with. 

I wrote them a week ago and they just answered that they are still deciding and that the results will be posted in April. Then, I googled it and some rando on Reddit said they would be out by the 20th but without any further explanation.

Today they posted the call for the self-financed candidates so they must be close to publishing the results for the scholarship aaaaand I keep refreshing facebook to see if anyone answered what some other candidate posted in the Gemma group. 

Aaaaaaand that's all I know. 

Hi there! I'm also waiting for the gemma results.

Has anyone here already been interviewed or scheduled?