DAAD

Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst

German Academic Exchange Service

IIT Master Sandwich Scholarships

Announcement 2015/2016
Objectives

To spend 6 months to complete the project work under the guidance

of a German professor at one of the TU9 Technical Universities

Target Group

Masters (including Integrated and Dual degree programmes)

scholars from any discipline registered at an IIT in their 2nd (8th
Semester for Integrated and Dual degree scholars) at the time of
application

Duration

6 months

Scholarship
Value

Stipend of Euro 750.00 per month

4-6 weeks intensive German language course in Germany
A study and research subsidy
Compulsory health insurance covered by DAAD

Requirements
and Conditions

Minimum 8 CGPA
Above-average GATE /JAM /CEED scores
The last degree should not be older than 6 years
A confirmed placement letter from a German professor
Passing the German Language Course is a mandatory pre
requirement for continuation of the scholarship award

Application
Documents

To be uploaded on the portal in the order mentioned below

Application form available on the portal
Curriculum-vitae (max. 2 pages)
Letter of invitation confirming placement at one of the TU9
Technical Universities. Students are advised not to contact the
host professors directly, but rather to take the help of their
Indian mentors to find suitable placements in Germany. The
Indian mentor has to finalise the topic of the project in
consultation and mutual agreement with his German
counterpart.
Draft of envisaged research project in Germany to be finalized
through mutual agreement of Indian and German mentors with
their signatures.
2 references from senior academics from the applicant's field
of study/research on the proforma available on our website.
The referees title and academic status should be clearly
indicated in this (with official rubber-stamp). These should be
Confidential (in sealed envelopes) and should be recent-dated
(these are not to be uploaded)
All chronologically arranged academic certificates and marksheets CGPA /CPI /SGPA, GATE /JAM /CEED score card (all
copies must be attested)
One print out of the application summary generated after
submitting the document is required to be sent to the DAAD
office through the respective Deans office.

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Application
Procedure

Time Line

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The application submission process is online. The link is available

on https://portal.daad.de Scholarship programme number
57041433 under Personal Funding.
All applications have to be submitted to the respective Deans
office at the IIT. Direct applications will not be accepted.
The IITs will set their own deadlines for receipt of applications, and
will forward the ranking list of eligible students to the DAAD Office
in New Delhi by 15th April 2015.
Important: DAAD will not consider incomplete applications.

Announcement
Application deadline at DAAD
New Delhi office
Selections

Feb 2015
15th April 2015

May/June 2015 at Head

Office
Duration of programme including 01.09.2015-31.03.2016
language course in Germany

Important
Information

Kindly Note:
Please use A4 size paper only and DO NOT staple the
documents
The first and last name filled in the application form has to
be identical to the name in the Passport
Candidate must be a resident of India and an Indian national

Contact Person
and Address

Application Summary and the reference letters have to be

submitted at the DAAD office in New Delhi
German Academic Exchange Service
Mrs. Anuroopa Dixit
Regional Office New Delhi
c/o DLTA Complex,
R. K. Khanna Stadium,
1 Africa Avenue,
New Delhi 110029
Tel.: +91 11 66465505
Fax: +91 11 65465555
dixit@daaddelhi.org
www.daaddelhi.org

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Annex 1
Participating TU9 Technical Universities
RW Technische Hochschule Aachen,
Technische Universitt Berlin
Technische Universitt Braunschweig
Technische Universitt Darmstadt
Technische Universitt Dresden
Leibniz Universitt Hannover
Universitt Karlsruhe
Technische Universitt Mnchen
Universitt Stuttgart

http://www.rwth-aachen.de
http://www.tu-berlin.de
http://www.tu-braunschweig.de
http://www.tu-darmstadt.de
http://www.tu-dresden.de
http://www.uni-hannover.de
http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de
http://www.tu-muenchen.de
http://www.uni-stuttgart.de