Scholarships at the Humboldt University of Berlin offers Yousef Jameel Scholarships for doctoral students. With the support from the Yousef Jameel Scholarship Fund Humboldt-Universität annually awards two scholarships to doctoral candidates in the natural science fields of Informatics/ Computer Science, Mathematics, Biology/ Biomedicine, Chemistry, Physics, Geography, and Agricultural Science.

Funding 

The scholarships are available for a period of three years and commence on October, 1. The stipend is 1340 Euros per month, plus materials expenses.

Eligibilities 

• Applicants must hold an academic degree and fulfil the requirements necessary for admission to a doctoral programme at the appropriate Humboldt Universität faculty.
• The applicant must also obtain admission to a doctoral programme (Promotionszulassung) before the scholarship’s starting date.
• Very good written and spoken English as well as good German communications skills.
• Furthermore, applications will be considered from students of Arab countries and Turkey who credibly demonstrate their intent to return.

Application Materials

• A cover letter detailing the intended field of study of the doctoral program, as well as the motivation of the applicant.
• A CV and list of publications, if applicable.
• An exposé including a detailed work plan for the three-year scholarship period (maximum ten pages).
• Copies of academic records and references from previous employers, with certified German translations if necessary.
• An evaluation from the applicant’s PhD supervisor of the Humboldt-Universität.

Application 

Candidates must send applications and questions to
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Research Service Centre
Yousef Jameel Scholarship
Unter den Linden 6
10099 Berlin
[email protected]

The Humboldt University of Berlin is a university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany. The university has nine faculties, including its medical school shared with the Free University of Berlin, has a student enrollment of around 32,000 students, and offers degree programmes in some 189 disciplines from undergraduate to postdoctorate level. Its main campus is on the Unter den Linden boulevard in central Berlin. The university is known worldwide for pioneering the Humboldtian model of higher education, which has strongly influenced other European and Western universities