GPTS Doctoral Scholarships for European and Asian Students in Germany
Scholarship details
The University of Heidelberg
under Graduate Programme for transcultural studies is inviting applications for
the doctoral scholarships for the European and Asian students. The Graduate Programme
for transcultural studies (GPTS) is a program structured to conduct
interdisciplinary research environment of the cluster. The university is
offering around eight doctoral scholarships to the European and Asian
candidates. There have been five rounds of scholarships during spring and
summer 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013 so far.
Study subjects
The study subjects for the doctoral
scholarships are in the field of transcultural studies.
Scholarship Provider
The University of Heidelberg
is offering the doctoral scholarships. The
scholarship can only be taken at Germany.
Eligibility criteria for the scholarship award
The candidate must be
eligible for the doctoral fellowship if they satisfy the following eligibility
criteria.
1. The applicants must hold an M.A degree or
equivalent in the field of Humanities and Social studies.
2. The applicants should have obtained the degreewith
an above-average grade (at least 1.7, B+, 2+, “magna cum laude”, or equivalent).
3. All the documents should be submitted to the university
in the languages of English, French, Italian and German. All the other
applications can be submitted in certifiedtranslations in English and German.
4. The applicant’s degree has to demonstrate five
years of study at the university level.
Scholarship applicable to
The students of Asia and
Europe can apply to these doctoral scholarships. The Asian regions include Nepal,
Afghanistan,Bangladesh, China, East Timor, Bahrain, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Syria,
Cambodia, India Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel,Oman Pakistan, The Philippines,
Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore ,Taiwan Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey,
Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Brunei, Japan
Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea North, Korea South, Kuwait Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon
Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma). The regions of Europe include
the following. Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, (Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,Austria,
Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
and United Kingdom.
Total number of scholarship awards
Eight doctoral scholarships
are being provided by the University of Heidelberg.
Notification
The applicants can expect
the notification about these scholarships by the end of April or at the
beginning of May.
How to apply
The applicants have to apply
after registration through the online application system of the GPTS. All the
guidelines will be provided to the applicant after a successful login.
The applicant has to provide
the following details.
1. Proof of MA degree with grades
2. Proof of language skills
3. An abstract of the research project
4. About the possible supervisor details
5. Two references
6. Letter of intention
Further information
The further information
about the doctoral scholarship can be obtained from the link
http://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de/en/students/graduate-programme-for-transcultural-studies/application.html
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